With the release of our animation, we realized our lovely and sweet plague doctor needed a name! How silly of us to leave him unnamed. We asked our viewers (friends and family mostly at the time) and a good friend of our offered the name Alba. (the last part of Tyto Alba, the scientific name for Barn Owl.) As he mask resembeled the moon faced look of this lovely creature!

Still shot from the animation Ashes, Alba and the Ghost as looking closely at a flower bud, surrounded by rubble from a burnt village

So Alba was named, the animation was out in the world and we were all exhausted!

As amazing as it felt to get the animation out to the world, the project as whole took a toll on all 3 of us. and it especially strained a few relationships for a time (no worries! those have cleared up nicely now!) but with differing views and wants for life, Motion decided that this wasn't what she wanted at the time. So still our dear friend, but no longer part of Haanimation, Bun and Mouse deciced to rebrand to Sleepyduo Studio and with this came lots of new planning!

Losing Motion did however effect our self esteem and this is why we haven't animated anything since, but that is all about to change! We have new plans! Big ideas and we can't wait to share them with you!