The Romance of The Skeleton

“The Romance of the Skeleton (O Romance de Uma Caveira) is a two-and-a-half minute, weird and wonderful animation depicting “the lows and lower lows of love in the afterlife”. In collaboration with designer and illustrator Adele Davies, The Romance Of The Skeleton was our final year university project. It was featured in the Creative Unions exhibition within the London Design Festival at the Lethaby Gallery in 2017.

The song combine satirical lyrics with a slow, romantic melody to create a tragic comedy.

Adele and I made it our goal to create a faithful visual translation to the song, using puppeteering, printmaking, painting, collage and drawing.

The animation was featured on It’s Nice That, read the article here.

Animation: Adele Davies and Vitoria Bastos | Character Design: Adele Davies and Vitoria Bastos
Music: Alvarenga & Ranchinho, O Romance De Uma Caveira, 1965