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The Raven and the Lamp

In the long night, a girl lets her grandmother's lamp burn too high, a raven steals the flame, and the fire he cannot hold becomes the northern lights.

Style Inuit stonecut print (Cape Dorset)14 keyframes9 ghost framesModel Qwen-Image 2.1 · fast

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Inside a snow house at night: Anaana and Nuka sit on either side of a black stone lamp with a low, even row of small flames; a thin stick lies on the lamp's block. — 01
Inside a snow house at night: Anaana and Nuka sit on either side of a black stone lamp with a low, even row of small flames; a thin stick lies on the lamp's block.

Closer: Anaana holds the thin stick to the wick, its tip among the first small flames, while Nuka watches. — 02
Closer: Anaana holds the thin stick to the wick, its tip among the first small flames, while Nuka watches.

A raven's head looks in through the round ice window, its beak pointed down at the lamp. — 03
A raven's head looks in through the round ice window, its beak pointed down at the lamp.

Later: Anaana lies asleep on the fur platform; Nuka sits alone by the lamp, the stick back on its block. — 04
Later: Anaana lies asleep on the fur platform; Nuka sits alone by the lamp, the stick back on its block.

The flames stand three times as tall in an even row and the whole room glows orange. — 05
The flames stand three times as tall in an even row and the whole room glows orange.

The raven flies up with the fire held in front of its beak; the lamp is dark but for one red coal, and the room has gone dark. — 06
The raven flies up with the fire held in front of its beak; the lamp is dark but for one red coal, and the room has gone dark.

Outside under the stars: Nuka runs across the snow hugging the dark lamp, the raven flying ahead with the fire held in its beak. — 07
Outside under the stars: Nuka runs across the snow hugging the dark lamp, the raven flying ahead with the fire held in its beak.

The raven is high and small, the fire in its beak as big as itself. — 08
The raven is high and small, the fire in its beak as big as itself.

Nuka stops and looks up at the ribbons of light; the raven falls head-down, beak empty, feathers loose. — 09
Nuka stops and looks up at the ribbons of light; the raven falls head-down, beak empty, feathers loose.

Closer: the raven stands hunched in the snow in front of Nuka, head hanging; she stands hugging the lamp, its coal glowing, and looks at him. — 10
Closer: the raven stands hunched in the snow in front of Nuka, head hanging; she stands hugging the lamp, its coal glowing, and looks at him.

Nuka walks home toward the igloo hugging the lamp; the raven's head peeks out of the pouch on the back of her parka. — 11
Nuka walks home toward the igloo hugging the lamp; the raven's head peeks out of the pouch on the back of her parka.

The wick catches: a low, even row of small flames, and the room is light again. — 12
The wick catches: a low, even row of small flames, and the room is light again.

Anaana wakes, props herself up and smiles at the lamp; Nuka holds the stick; the raven, awake, warms itself in the lamp's glow. — 13
Anaana wakes, props herself up and smiles at the lamp; Nuka holds the stick; the raven, awake, warms itself in the lamp's glow.

The first picture again: Anaana and Nuka by the low flames — but now the stick is in Nuka's hands, the raven sleeps settled in the lamp's glow, and the northern lights fill the window. — 14
The first picture again: Anaana and Nuka by the low flames — but now the stick is in Nuka's hands, the raven sleeps settled in the lamp's glow, and the northern lights fill the window.

Cast, props & sets

Nuka

Anaana

Tulugaq, the raven

Tulugaq flying

Tulugaq, cold and ashamed (hunched)

Nuka running with the lamp

Nuka looking down

Nuka looking up

Nuka carrying the raven on her back

The stone lamp

The lamp's flames (drawn)

Anaana's wick stick (drawn)

The northern lights

Set: the snow house, the lamp burning low

Set: the snow house, the lamp unlit (derived)

Set: the snowfield

Thrown away (29)

candidates/set-ext_t1.png — the small snow house came back as a wooden cabin, not an igloo; sky only the top third (the raven needs a big sky)

candidates/set-ext_t2.png — the small snow house came back as a wooden cabin, not an igloo; sky only the top third (the raven needs a big sky)

candidates/set-ext_t3.png — the small snow house came back as a wooden cabin, not an igloo; sky only the top third (the raven needs a big sky)

candidates/AG01-ana_t3.png — face frontal (judge DOUBT right)

candidates/AG01-nuka_t1.png — hood top clipped/feathered at the mask top (box top y280 = no headroom) and left boot feathered at the mask edge; t2/t3 face frontal

candidates/AG01-nuka_t2.png — hood top clipped/feathered at the mask top (box top y280 = no headroom) and left boot feathered at the mask edge; t2/t3 face frontal

candidates/AG01-nuka_t3.png — hood top clipped/feathered at the mask top (box top y280 = no headroom) and left boot feathered at the mask edge; t2/t3 face frontal

candidates/nuka-hood_t1.png — raven head at the shoulder cut by the mask bottom; the grey box re-tint shows as a rectangle

candidates/nuka-hood_t2.png — a second fluffy black shape on top of the hood + a head at the shoulder: two raven parts

candidates/nuka-hood_t3.png — a black ball at the shoulder, no beak; box re-tint rectangle

candidates/AG01-nuka_t1.png — v2 box (x815–1200, y215–795) drew her 465 px tall — taller than Anaana (340): the box set the size; knee/boot cut by the slab cut-out

candidates/AG01-nuka_t2.png — v2 box (x815–1200, y215–795) drew her 465 px tall — taller than Anaana (340): the box set the size; knee/boot cut by the slab cut-out

candidates/AG01-nuka_t3.png — v2 box (x815–1200, y215–795) drew her 465 px tall — taller than Anaana (340): the box set the size; knee/boot cut by the slab cut-out

candidates/AG02-reach_t1.png — the reach box (her full sitting box) made her STAND and fill it: 580 px tall vs 340 sitting — the box set the size; a pose edit inside a figure-sized box re-poses the whole figure

candidates/AG02-reach_t2.png — the reach box (her full sitting box) made her STAND and fill it: 580 px tall vs 340 sitting — the box set the size; a pose edit inside a figure-sized box re-poses the whole figure

candidates/AG02-reach_t3.png — the reach box (her full sitting box) made her STAND and fill it: 580 px tall vs 340 sitting — the box set the size; a pose edit inside a figure-sized box re-poses the whole figure

candidates/AG04-sleep_t1.png — the lying figure is longer than the box is wide: cut by the mask edges (a vertical wall at x 425 and the slab notch)

candidates/AG04-sleep_t2.png — the lying figure is longer than the box is wide: cut by the mask edges (a vertical wall at x 425 and the slab notch)

candidates/AG04-sleep_t3.png — the lying figure is longer than the box is wide: cut by the mask edges (a vertical wall at x 425 and the slab notch)

candidates/AG01-nuka_t1.png — left boot feathered at the box edge

candidates/AG01-nuka_t3.png — left boot feathered at the box edge; eyes centre

candidates/nuka-up_t3.png — none worse than t2; eyes less clear (FAIL girl=0 wrong)

candidates/AG13-ana_t3.png — face frontal, not toward the lamp (judge said LOOK; t1 DOUBT faces-right was wrong: t1 eyes are right)

candidates/AG06b-nuka_t2.png — left boot faded at the slab cut-out

candidates/AG06b-nuka_t3.png — legs cut by a vertical fade at the slab cut-out

candidates/raven-sleep_t1.png — a black puff ball: wing and feathers barely cut, feet small

candidates/raven-sleep_t3.png — eye closed but head reads awake/alert; less fluffed

candidates/nuka-run2_t1.png — only one leg drawn

candidates/nuka-run2_t2.png — legs bent under her like kneeling in air