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During his life Sun Ra developed a complex persona and an idiosyncratic, myth-based credo that would make him a pioneer of Afrofuturism. He claimed to be an alien from the planet Saturn on a mission to preach peace, throughout his life he publicly denied any ties to a prior human identity.
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The video uses 2d digitally drawn and vector animation arranged within a 3d enviroment of layers in Adobe After Effects. See the video above for the results.
During his life Sun Ra developed a complex persona and an idiosyncratic, myth-based credo that would make him a pioneer of Afrofuturism. He claimed to be an alien from the planet Saturn on a mission to preach peace, throughout his life he publicly denied any ties to a prior human identity.
The video uses 2d digitally drawn and vector animation arranged within a 3d enviroment of layers in Adobe After Effects. See the video above for the results.
I was inspired to create an animation to pay homage to the great Saturnian cosmic jazz composer, Sun Ra.
I was inspired to create an animation to pay homage to the great Saturnian cosmic jazz composer, Sun Ra.
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/51ba1bbf153bb8028bc02e41b42f91854e735bc28bda63fec29fb5a3e074a7e5/Sun-Ra-reference.jpg)
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After watching the Samurai Jack Series reboot I wanted to see what a short animation of a Sun Ra like character in the style of a Samurai Jack environment would look like.
After watching the Samurai Jack Series reboot I wanted to see what a short animation of a Sun Ra like character in the style of a Samurai Jack environment would look like.
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fed3efa6e90143941027764a51420bee5624736e49654267a5a44f071b02c4fb/Sun-Ra-reference-4.jpg)