Why I Didn’t Show God in This Animation - and Why He Is Still There

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Some decisions in animation are technical.

Others are moral.

This one belonged to a third category: spiritual.

While working on a Christian animation project, I encountered a question that appears rarely, but always at the worst possible moment:
should God be shown?

From a technical perspective, everything is possible.

From a symbolic one — even more.


But the longer I sketched the scenes, the clearer it became that every attempt to “show” God was taking something essential away from the project.

Because animation does not always need to explain.

Sometimes its role is to leave space.


So I chose absence.
I chose space.
I chose a kind of motion that guides the eye, but does not close meaning.

Stylized motion design animation showing a city skyline with geometric buildings, a large light disc on the horizon and fish floating in the air.

Something unexpected happened:
viewers spoke about presence.

Not about imagery.

Not about symbols.

About presence.

This animation taught me something no motion design course ever did:
not everything that matters should be visible.

Since then, every question that starts with “what else can I add?”
I try to replace with another one:
“what can I leave untouched?”

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