Animation from Sean David Christensen

While Maggie Dave collaborates with world class animators from around the globe, lead singer Sean David Christensen is also known to dabble in the craft. Here is SDC describing his creative process behind the official music video for "Closer to Blue" by Astronaut Ice Cream:

"This was my first attempt at rotoscoping, a process of hand-tracing or coloring frames of film (in this case, digital photographs) to create a mimesis of human movement with realistic action. 16 individual drawings of singer Heather Marie Ellison's face were sequenced in a loop to create this dizzying effect, one that complimented the swirling nature of the synthesizers in the song. As inspiration, I recalled these animated Mickey Mouse outlines that would slowly rotate at the beginning of all Disney VHS tapes from the early 80s. Strange how those childhood memories find their way back to the surface!