First video for my speculative evolution seed world project, about a world full of the greatest creatures that ever crawled out of the primordial sludge: turtles!

Thanks for watching, thoughts and feedback hugely appreciated.

Software:
Adobe Photoshop (painting)
Clip Studio Paint (sketching and animation)
DaVinci Resolve (editing and animation)

Footage taken from various places (listed below)
All art done by me :)

Credits:
Water Hyacinth
Biological Weed Control at the University of Idaho
   • Water Hyacinth  

Seagrass Beds: Prairies of the Sea
The Marine Diaries
   • Seagrass Beds: Prairies of the Sea  


The History of Red Algae
   / @journeytomicro  

Deep Look
Tadpole Shrimp Are Coming For Your Rice | Deep Look
   • Tadpole Shrimp Are Coming For Your Ri...  
Meet the Dust Mites, Tiny Roommates That Feast On Your Skin | Deep Look
   • Meet the Dust Mites, Tiny Roommates T...  

Journey to the Microcosmos
The History of Red Algae
   / @journeytomicro  
The Many Ways Microbes Eat, Get Eaten, and Poop | Compilation
   • The Many Ways Microbes Eat, Get Eaten...  

Animal Planet
Take A Closer Look At These Feisty Alligator Snapping Turtles! | Animal Planet
   / @animalplanet  

Cursed turtle shell image
Satoshi Kawasaki
Kame no Kōra wa Abarabone: Jintai de Arawasu Ugokumonozukan (Turtle Shells Have Ribs: A Picture Book of Animal Anatomy Represented by the Human Body)
https://www.nhbs.com/kame-no-kra-wa-a...

Smithsonian Channel
You Absolutely Don't Want to Get Bitten By This Turtle
   • You Absolutely Don't Want to Get Bitt...  

Animal Network
ワニガメ スイカ割り Alligator snapping turtle snaps Water melon off
   • ワニガメ スイカ割り Alligator snapping turtle ...  

DireWeevil
Snapping Turtles Swimming Up to Us
   • Snapping Turtles Swimming Up to Us  

Will the snapping turtle eats the vegetable?
龜日常 Daily Turtle
   • Will the snapping turtle eats the veg...  

Triassic Park
Triassic Park Triops on Triops Egg laying behaviour
   • Triassic Park Triops on Triops Egg la...  

JCU, James Cook University, Australia
Sea turtle swarm
   • Discover Raine Island Recovery Project  

Garden state tortoise
some footage of a friendly looking snapping turtle just chillin out
   • Giant Alligator Snapping Turtles Livi...  

Nature on PBS
footage of Monarch butterfly swarm
   • Watch a Breathtaking Monarch Butterfl...  

Bart Coppens
some Luna moth footage
   • Luna Moth Care: BREEDING TUTORIAL [5 ...