creating a new visual approach I needed something to base the content of my development piece on; in this situation, it's a good idea to pick an existing work of art, a non-visual piece - a poem, book or song - to provide the emotional content freeing you to focus solely on the visual / making aspects

I chose Fish & Bird by Tom Waits, out of a collection of songs spanning five decades I always felt this song would suit an assemblage-style animation (I started imagining this well over a decade ago)

Seeing as I consider this a sketch - a proof of concept - I didn't commit to retelling the entire song, this is why I truncated the track and why I haven't polished certain edits, loops and other details; I was more concerned with investigating the process, workflows, outcomes and mediums etc to be utilised in my future personal work