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A Little Spark

一点火花

Year: 2026
Medium: hand-drawn-style animated short
Tools: Python · Skia · numpy
Spec: 60 s

A small octopus finds a spark on paper.

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a-little-spark-720p.mp416.1 MB↓

The octopus watches a pencil-drawn paper plane — A page, a beginning

It starts with a sheet of paper and a small shape. Little Ke reaches out to the world beyond the page.

every frame drawn in code

Little Ke holds brushes, a book, music and small tools — A little of this, a little of that

every frame drawn in code

Little Ke meets a star in an ink-blue sky — the music is computed too

96 bpm

The spark lands on paper and slowly grows into flowers. Sixty seconds later, Little Ke is still here, waiting for the next beginning.

Little Ke looks up at a spark above paper flowers — Let something grow

Little Ke sits among flowers at the end of the film — A spark to keep