Eddy the Existential Rock began as a classroom example — part of a project I set for my Year 8s called Animating the Inanimate. But after that first episode, something shifted. I wanted to see how far I could go with it: could I create emotion from a character that never moves, never changes?

The series is short — five episodes, some only two frames — but each one tries to land something poignant. Eddy is anthropomorphised, yes, but he’s also still a rock. He thinks, he hopes, he struggles quietly with the kinds of problems a rock might have.

I used Canva — the same tool I gave my students. Simple, fast, accessible. But there’s something tender about how minimal it is — just enough to hold the idea.

Looking back, Eddy marks a shift. After Dancing on Ripples, which felt heavier and more abstract, this series let me approach my own questions with a lighter hand. It doesn’t deny difficulty. But it leans into hope, gently.