Karma ¬ Cartoon Animation

88gee

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    Na antalikkhe ne samuddamajjhe – na pabbatanam vivaram pavissa
    Na vijjathi so jagatippadeso – yatthatthito munceyya papakamma

    Not in the sky, nor in mid – ocean, nor in a mountain cleft is there a place in the whole world where abiding one ay escape from the result of one’s evil deeds.
    (Dhammapada ¬ Verse 128)

    The base of this story is adopted from Dammapada ¬ Verse 128.

    Kamma is Inescapable

    KING SUPPABUDDHA was indeed not an admirer of the
    Buddha. He had not forgotten how the Buddha, while
    he was still a prince, had abandoned his beloved daughter
    Yasodhara for the renunciant’s life.
    One day, knowing that the Buddha and his disciples
    would be entering the city for almsfood, the king got drunk,
    and the wine in his veins made him brave enough to go and
    block the Buddha’s way. He would not let the Buddha pass,
    saying that he, the king, could not make way for someone
    younger than he was. Not protesting, the Buddha and his
    disciples turned back. King Suppabuddha then ordered one
    of his men to spy on the Buddha and report back to him
    whatever the Buddha said.
    Once back at their monastery, the Buddha said to
    Ananda, “The king has created bad kamma by blocking
    the way of the Buddha and soon he will have to pay for it.”
    This was reported to the king who became determined
    to prove that the Buddha didn’t know what he was talking
    about. He commanded all of his attendants and guards to
    be extra vigilant in protecting him, while he himself would
    take special precautions.
    The news of the king’s increased efforts to protect himself
    from harm reached the monastery where the Buddha
    was staying. The Buddha said that it didn’t matter whether
    the king lived in a tower, in the sky, in an ocean, or in a cave, because he couldn’t escape the result of his kamma.
    Nobody could.
    Several days after the road incident, the king was sitting
    in his room when he heard his favorite horse neighing and
    kicking about wildly. He became so worried that he immediately
    went to see what the matter was, forgetting what
    the Buddha had predicted for him. As he rushed out of his
    room, he tripped and fell down some stairs and died. When
    he was reborn, he was reborn in hell. So no matter how hard
    he tried, the foolish king was unable to escape the effects of
    his evil kamma. That is how the law of kamma works.
    Not in the sky, nor in the middle of the ocean,
    nor in the cave of a mountain, nor anywhere
    else, is there a place where one cannot be
    overcome by Death.

    I made this cartoon out of this story from Dhammapada , did some slight changes as I wanted without damaging the core of the story .

    Technically speaking , this project was not easy for me , coz i worked out all the animations from my laptop the backgrounds are made from 3D Max , as well as digital painting & composting . The king's palace is based on Durbar square - Katmandu Nepal.
    The characters are hand drawn and painted digitally from Adobe Photoshop and animated from Adobe After effects . Rendering took such long time as some rendering took 6 hours time for one min. video lengths .... I couldn't see a real time play back before rendering :(

    Anyhow I'm happy to finish this project in this way . :)




    enjoy the video and n don't forget to comment guys ................
     

    Pink panther

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    ~ ση тнє ƒℓσω ~
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    +4 :D