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Dada's Moustache Grew a Garden

Dada naps on his charpai every afternoon. One afternoon his enormous moustache sprouts, then grows into a flowering garden — and Tara waters it.

Style Madhubani (Mithila) folk painting7 keyframes1 ghost framesModel Qwen-Image 2.1 · fast

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    7 keyframes. 1 ghost frames — the one-change-per-edit steps between them — are hidden; switch them on at the bottom left.

    Every afternoon, Dada dozes on his charpai. Tara watches his enormous moustache.
    01

    Every afternoon, Dada dozes on his charpai. Tara watches his enormous moustache.

    One afternoon, his moustache turns into vines. Tara grins.
    02

    One afternoon, his moustache turns into vines. Tara grins.

    The vines burst into flowers. A parrot moves in.
    03

    The vines burst into flowers. A parrot moves in.

    Tara waters Dada's moustache.
    04

    Tara waters Dada's moustache.

    Dada wakes up wearing a garden — and loves it.
    05

    Dada wakes up wearing a garden — and loves it.

    By evening it is just a moustache again — with one flower left in it. They laugh.
    06

    By evening it is just a moustache again — with one flower left in it. They laugh.

    Nobody notices Tara's plait. It has started to sprout.
    07

    Nobody notices Tara's plait. It has started to sprout.

    Cast, props & sets

    Dada
    Tara
    The watering can
    Set — the courtyard (painted wall-eyes removed)

    Thrown away (23)

    candidates/N08a_evening_t1.png — all 3 N08a takes: eye CLOSED, lying + flower = funeral read again; edit of a sleeping frame keeps the eye shut
    candidates/N10_t1.png — crop too wide (708..1248 × 472..832): the sprout is ~10% of the frame — the crop sets the scale
    candidates/N10_t2.png — crop too wide (708..1248 × 472..832): the sprout is ~10% of the frame — the crop sets the scale
    candidates/N10_t3.png — crop too wide (708..1248 × 472..832): the sprout is ~10% of the frame — the crop sets the scale
    candidates/N01_t1.png — living nap reads right, but a WIDE again: head at the left edge, Tara at the right — the moustache (the premise) is small and no crop can hold both big
    candidates/N01_t2.png — living nap reads right, but a WIDE again: head at the left edge, Tara at the right — the moustache (the premise) is small and no crop can hold both big
    candidates/N01_t3.png — living nap reads right, but a WIDE again: head at the left edge, Tara at the right — the moustache (the premise) is small and no crop can hold both big
    candidates/N01_t4.png — living nap reads right, but a WIDE again: head at the left edge, Tara at the right — the moustache (the premise) is small and no crop can hold both big
    candidates/N06_t1.png — the whole-frame state reference (v2 N06) imposed its composition: face flipped, TWO parrots, black moustache back under the nose
    candidates/N06_t2.png — the whole-frame state reference (v2 N06) imposed its composition: face flipped, TWO parrots, black moustache back under the nose
    candidates/N06_t3.png — the whole-frame state reference (v2 N06) imposed its composition: face flipped, TWO parrots, black moustache back under the nose
    candidates/N06_t2.png — a SECOND face drawn on the right of the head (nose, lips, small black moustache facing right)
    candidates/N06_t3.png — a SECOND face drawn on the right of the head (nose, lips, small black moustache facing right)
    candidates/N06_t2.png — eye still shut
    candidates/N06_t4.png — eye still shut
    candidates/N07_t1.png — "pleased" not readable: mouth hidden by the vines, the stroking hand ambiguous (t1 = Tara's arm), t2 winks with a white beard
    candidates/N07_t2.png — "pleased" not readable: mouth hidden by the vines, the stroking hand ambiguous (t1 = Tara's arm), t2 winks with a white beard
    candidates/N07_t3.png — "pleased" not readable: mouth hidden by the vines, the stroking hand ambiguous (t1 = Tara's arm), t2 winks with a white beard
    candidates/N07_t4.png — "pleased" not readable: mouth hidden by the vines, the stroking hand ambiguous (t1 = Tara's arm), t2 winks with a white beard
    candidates/N06_t1.png — repaint of an upscaled crop REDREW the face: black hair on bald Dada (t1-3), hair + snore kept (t4)
    candidates/N06_t2.png — repaint of an upscaled crop REDREW the face: black hair on bald Dada (t1-3), hair + snore kept (t4)
    candidates/N06_t3.png — repaint of an upscaled crop REDREW the face: black hair on bald Dada (t1-3), hair + snore kept (t4)
    candidates/N06_t4.png — repaint of an upscaled crop REDREW the face: black hair on bald Dada (t1-3), hair + snore kept (t4)