Direction, Design & Animation: Sebastian Marek

Direction, Design & Animation: Sebastian Marek

Direction, Design & Animation:
Sebastian Marek

Music & SFX: Giovanni Dubini

Music & SFX: Giovanni Dubini

Music & SFX: Giovanni Dubini

"When Gravity and I Take a Day Off" is a short animation that merges the surreal logic of dreams with skateboarding.

It imagines a brief moment where the rigid laws of reality take a pause, allowing movement to break free from the weight of the daily grind.

"When Gravity and I Take a Day Off" is a short animation that merges the surreal logic of dreams with skateboarding.

It imagines a brief moment where the rigid laws of reality take a pause, allowing movement to break free from the weight of the daily grind.

"When Gravity and I Take a Day Off" is a short animation that merges the surreal logic of dreams with skateboarding.

It imagines a brief moment where the rigid laws of reality take a pause, allowing movement to break free from the weight of the daily grind.

To an observer, skateboarding often looks like an act of defying physics. Each trick pushes the limits of balance and control, turning movement into a precise choreography.

In this piece, I take that idea literally by placing the skater in a dreamlike environment where these physical constraints loosen their grip and the familiar rules of the real world begin to dissolve.

To an observer, skateboarding often looks like an act of defying physics. Each trick pushes the limits of balance and control, turning movement into a precise choreography.

In this piece, I take that idea literally by placing the skater in a dreamlike environment where these physical constraints loosen their grip and the familiar rules of the real world begin to dissolve.

To an observer, skateboarding often looks like an act of defying physics. Each trick pushes the limits of balance and control, turning movement into a precise choreography.

In this piece, I take that idea literally by placing the skater in a dreamlike environment where these physical constraints loosen their grip and the familiar rules of the real world begin to dissolve.

The lessons in rhythm, timing, and flow that define my animation today actually began on a skateboard. Long before I became a designer, this lifestyle shaped the way I perceive movement.

While it played an essential role in forming my creative identity, the deeper I moved into design, the more skateboarding took a backseat. This animation is a tribute to that passion, a symbolic pause from reality and a return to the roots that shaped my aesthetic sensibility.

The lessons in rhythm, timing, and flow that define my animation today actually began on a skateboard. Long before I became a designer, this lifestyle shaped the way I perceive movement.

While it played an essential role in forming my creative identity, the deeper I moved into design, the more skateboarding took a backseat. This animation is a tribute to that passion, a symbolic pause from reality and a return to the roots that shaped my aesthetic sensibility.

The lessons in rhythm, timing, and flow that define my animation today actually began on a skateboard. Long before I became a designer, this lifestyle shaped the way I perceive movement.

While it played an essential role in forming my creative identity, the deeper I moved into design, the more skateboarding took a backseat. This animation is a tribute to that passion, a symbolic pause from reality and a return to the roots that shaped my aesthetic sensibility.

Process video

Process video

Process video

A look at the steps it took to land this sequence.

A look at the steps it took to land this sequence.

A look at the steps it took to land this sequence.