Coen Hooper - Grey Cult
Programmer, 3D Environments and Animation
Dr Seuss Inspired Works
The Trone of Nace came from outer space...
This was my first animation project at QUT. The semester was themed around Dr. Seuss, and so I made two pieces.
The first of these was the development of a drone; the second, a humanoid character. And of course both of these had to be inspired by the works of Dr. Seuss.
Keep scrolling! There's a poem at the end!
Part 1 -
The Drone
I had a pretty vivid idea of what I wanted to do from the get-go. I wanted to develop a drone with automated hands, which would do the work that a human normally would.
And so the self-inflating hot air balloon was devised!
Initially there was going to be a steering wheel on the bow of the vessel but it looked clunky. I instead gave it a moustache!
Part 2 -
The Trone of Nace
The Trone of Nace come from outer Space.
They once came from a faraway Place.
One you haven’t heard of, a place called Glace.
The Trone have Flown very far from Home, to a place they only simply call the Unknown.
A Space between Glace, a Place between Mars, their work is to Replace broken Stars.
And although they are so very far from Home, the Trone of Nace are hardly Alone.
There’s Ma and Pa and Grandfatha, there’s the Forefather the Fivefather and even a Tsar.
There’s a brother, a sister and a Castaway, but most importantly there is a child named Ray.
Ray is important because on this day, he celebrates his coming of Age.
He’s done his counting, his twelfth Birthday, his third leap year, and his 36th Third-day.
Today he follows his solemn Birthroot. Today he dons his first Spacesuit.
And then he can be with the Trone of Nace, venturing the Unknown of OuterSpace.
Ray jumps in his jumpsuit, Ray kicks on his Kicks. He tightens his belt for 32 Clicks.
Then to the mirror Ray goes to Admire. But then to Dismay does he see his Attire.
The jumpsuit is too long, he can barely Sprunt. And the kicks are unkickable, barely a Punt.
Ray was too small, and let out Groan, he could not go out into the Unknown.
This is because to work as a Trone, you have to first be fully Grown.
But ray did not sulk, ray did not wean, because in 52 weeks we would be thirteen.
Truly an adult, and much more mature, he would most certainly fit the suit, for sure.
And then he would be with the Trone of Nace, venturing forth into OuterSpace.
