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Szewczyk Dratewka - classic slavic dragon tale

In 16th century, something really weird happened... In then-capital city of Poland, Cracow, there lived an evil dragon who was ruining people's lives - literally. This situation continued until a poor but clever shoemaker, formerly known as Skub, appeared and defeated the dragon with his power of inventive thinking. Thanks to this, Kraków is now free of dragons and up to this day you can visit the dragon's lair.

We made the animation sequences for an alternative version of this tale, written and performed by G.F. Darwin - YouTube content creators. Video has reached more than 1MLN views so far.

This project was a really fun adventure for us! We got inspired by lots of crazy medieval arts, and we faced the challenge to combine what we saw with more modern approach.

Character design

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Still Frames

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Credits

client & script
producer

directed by
art direction
character design
animation & riging
storyboard artist
background artist
compositing
music & sound
GF Darwin
Dominik Bartosik

javvie
Joanna Bernat
javvie
Dominik Bartosik
javvie
Joanna Bernat, javvie
Dominik Bartosik
GF Darwin