it's October 2015, We had just started our collage careers in animation, we didn't even know each other yet and Mouse, outside one fall evening drew the very first rendition of what everyone knows today as Alba.

A character sheet of a plague doctor. He is wearing a coat and scarf with little detailing. he is drawn in a cartoon style almost like kingdom hearts. art by mouse

Always in love with dialougless animations (like Paperman), emotions driven by music (similar to Fantasia) and the amazing expressions played by a masked actor (in V for vendetta); Mouse planned that the animation would be her final project in the 2 year animation course that we were told would be a free chosen story.

Fast forward to Jan 2017, Mouse and Bun finally meet and of course, we shared our final project ideas as we're in our final semester of our final year! Unfortunately when the time finally arrives, the teachers inform us that this year is different and we'll be collaborating with a local power company to make safety advertisements for them.

This is when mouse thought that perhaps the story of the plague doctor and his ghostly companion would never see the light of day past the paper sketches she continued to draw of him.

Bun had other plans!

sketch of a plague doctor. He is wearing a coat and scarf with little detailing. he is drawn in a cartoon style almost like kingdom hearts. He is kneeling and looking at a flower and is accompanied by a ghost with big round curious eyes and a snake body. art by mouse