They had the first go at the project three years ago. In 2006 after reading the comic the first models, sketches and storyboards were created. A small group of friends came together and created a preproduction package. It was closely related to the aesthetics of the comic. It was nice when it comes to background but the characters had too large heads and ears. It looked great in the comic but when they started composing the film, did not look that good according to the director. The characters looked like rodents, like some rats. Since it was supposed to be a film about feelings and they had to believe that a creature with a head like a balloon and eyes like lumps of coal could be the object of our hero’s feelings, it stopped being believable.

Graphic Concept
Jakub Jablonski’s appearance brought new life to the project. He designed the characters which matched the film language and format perfectly. The world that he proposed, even though it referred to Mateusz Skutnik’s art, took on a character of a colourful fable where warmth was met by melancholy.

They did not want the aesthetics to bring the viewer down, but to make the sad message of the story lighter. Everything was supposed to resemble a fairy-tale but at the same time not to be cartoonish or Hollywood-like. They wanted it to be associated with a puppet film. I designed the characters. The idea was that the background would refer to illustrations in a children’s book - explains Jakub Jablonski.