W owczej skórze/ In sheep's clothing - student film

[@sockatiel8043]

Thanks for the positive reception everyone! Love reading everyone's interpretations in the comments! No i tak, jestem Polką :)

[@rhythmheaven]

So are you gonna like, pin your comment or not?

[@davvid_M]

Ej fajnie ci to wyszło. O wiele płynniejsza niż z 91% polskiej sceny animatorów

[@nito8066]

POLSKA GUROM

[@need890]

POLAND

[@endercongamer0125]

BAAAAAA

[@HellishSpoon]

The ending twist of every sheep being actually their own unique predator was amazing

[@Busterdrag]

I know, right? Like I was honestly a bit humored and slightly confused as to why none of the sheep are in the slightest bit intimidated by the Wolf when it shows its "wolfiness", and just act annoyed. The fact that none of them are really "sheep" is a great explanation.

[@Jirodyne]

But then. Where ARE the sheep?

[@katarinacarrico7887]

@@Jirodyne Maybe it started with one animal pretending to be a sheep for fun, then when a predator disguised itself to eat them and failed, that predator lost its identity, and it's just one big loop of 'predator pretends to be a sheep -> loses identity -> plus 1 to "sheep" population'

[@Christian-gr3gu]

Everyone may look the same, but are unique underneath

[@TheCloudek]

Keep improving your talents and always walk with God; seek Him! He loves you and created you for great things. ✨🐢 God bless you and your family. 🌻 "10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.". Ephesians 2:10. Read, please: Romans 10:8-13. To be save you need to be born again. God loves you and wants to change your life. You are important to Him. 😊♥

[@RedWolf34ef]

3:10 You can see the sheep(likely cat) staring concerningly in the window, which means that they likely just had the same realization that the wolf did. Very nice touch

[@hiuyanso-j4f]

i didn’t notice it until you said it

[@fireandice2164]

It was a bobcat or lynx, as you see in this shot 3:44 the feline hopping away, pretty sure that was the one staring at the window

[@NightGuardGamer]

​@@fireandice2164yeah I think the short tail indicates that it is a bobcat

[@fireandice2164]

@@NightGuardGamer well it could be a bobcat or lynx, i'm thinking lynx, they have shorter tails then bobcats and longer eartufts

[@SpringBross]

Correct!

[@DanTheLoler_17]

I swear if this doesn't give you a passing grade that teacher is absolutely out of their mind

[@naajilyons2872]

Sure it's good, but we don't know the criteria lol .

[@irjectjade]

REAL ..

[@Etx-z9]

The poor guy has to pay taxes now.

[@cosmicradi]

Damn

[@gun7er796]

AGHHH IT’S YOU AGAIN

[@cosmicradi]

@@gun7er796 WHAT?

[@gun7er796]

@@cosmicradi oh- that was directed to Etx-z9 x3

[@Etx-z9]

@@gun7er796 Hello again

[@endercongamer0125]

Instructions were unclear, I became a freaking sheep instead of having dinner.

[@dumbvillage9253]

i am also inside my walls

[@GraniteFaun]

BAAAAAA

[@Irelynn-vv8fu]

Baaaaa

[@PuppyLuvU2]

@@GraniteFaun Sadly, Translate to English is not working. UwU

[@dogmax.]

Baaaaaaa

[@re-blitz]

This makes me wonder who the sheep that started this whole thing was, and what time of charisma they had to be able to indoctrinate THIS many other animals into their society. … Wait a second.

[@pixel2copy]

oh no

[@alanava7022]

hehehe a certain Lamb, perhaps?

[@shapphirethewolf8814]

Probably the cat or lynx next to the wolf

[@Quantumact2908]

mayhaps a certain new god masquerading as a lamb? :)

[@TheLilRosyMoth]

​@@alanava7022Whaaatt? Noo no wayy

[@Corpsebeetlezzz]

For me this says, that if you pretend to be someone you arent for too long, youll soon start losing sense of who you are on the inside.

[@realdragon]

For me it's just funny animation

[@Corpsebeetlezzz]

Good for you!

[@Poty3108]

I think it's more about the people who do not condone to the unspoken rules of their society, and how they're often deemed as odd or weird. They feel pressured to be different, and act the way society deemed as 'normal'.

[@Corpsebeetlezzz]

@@Poty3108 Thats good too!

[@zebefreod871]

​@@Poty3108 yeah. It's an allegory on society: our true self is hidden and we have to comfort to our social norms to the point of being indistinguishable from one another. That's what the plot twist is about imo.

[@AccordYeen]

Oh... this hurts, actually.

[@pinkie_sense]

I agree with you

[@lexws]

why?

[@AccordYeen]

@@lexws the erosion of personal identity gets to me, I guess.

[@GraingyAircraft]

Perhaps this isn’t the best example to sympathize with “erosion of personal identity” seeing as the wolf was trying to kill people.

[@breklaberif7553]

​@@GraingyAircraft sheep aren't people

[@RandonPersom542]

At 2:00, on rewatch you realize they cheer not because of the theater, but because the wolf is starting to act more “sheep”, fitting into this society better. They’re cheering on the wolf for conforming. I also realized they showed the “sheep” first as simple animals; then it’s revealed they have a full society. Hell the wolf regularly gets praised for conforming, see the job interview.

[@SeeMyEvil]

There's so many ways you can interpret this. Love yours as well. Is also saw how life sways away from your goals and desires. And you slowly stopped to see yourself is no better than anyone else. You got all those outlines but those outliers of fraction of a percent in total billions. In reality you can do everything right or putting no effort and you can or cannot achieve the same goals.

[@dollzo]

I noticed that on first watch

[@PerfectlyEdited]

​@@dollzo same

[@STEVEYTHEEXEEVEE]

why should anyone ostrachized "conform" to society? lol

[@LadyLambkins]

​​@@STEVEYTHEEXEEVEE because not conforming makes you a senseless murderer who chooses to deny that there are healthy, moral ways to sustain yourself. And it is commonly understood that doing this is bad. It makes you a bad/dangerous living thing to do that willingly.

[@greed0599]

I think its really more a metaphor about how a lot of people would seek to take advantage of others because they don't see them as individuals; And only through living through the same shared experiences as everyone else, the wolf realizes that everyone is not, in fact, a sheep, but rather individuals that have to operate and live within the same rules of society that he has found himself conforming to.

[@SeeMyEvil]

Again I love it I love all the takes we can get from this.

[@Birdsflight44]

Yep. People see "Sheep" as a derogatory term, but there's merits to not being actively antisocial, and a reason people play the game and conform. Kinda unsettling to me that the comments are so singularity sympathetic to the state of the predators when, by all accounts, they seem to be pretty unhinged when predating in the civil world presented by the video. I mean, the wolf's food-oriented antics are cartoonishly delightful, but I can't help but start getting an uncomfortably growing sense of Beastars-level *concern* the moment the sheep start using lawn mowers. Which I feel is kinda the intention, as the presentation of humanlike amenities steadily ramps up from there.

[@EvonixTheGreatest]

Yeah, the idea of them being "just sheep" isn't just something the "sheep" inflict on each other or something the wolf is only effected by later on, if anything he was more blind to the sheep at the start than at the end. He may have lost sight of himself but he's only now started to see others clearly

[@ethribin4188]

I like this interpritation.

[@AzulBird]

Yeah, I definitely see this interpretation more than plain peer pressure. The fact that the wolf is in disguise with the intent to harm the sheep becomes *MUCH* less sympathetic than just a predator needing to hunt once they *all* begin being anthropomorphized. The most sympathetic things are: - When the poor wolf’s joy is stifled by *accidentally* being a bother to someone else. It’s no reason to take it out on someone, but an understandable and relatable frustration. - Ending up having to work what seems to be an unfulfilling job is… unfortunate, but something many have to go through due to circumstances. It just seems more like struggling to fit in society while also seeing others as below oneself, but ultimately learning that others are in the same position-different individuals just trying to live their own lives and facing similar yet different challenges-the hawk at the end *can’t fly* while trying to fit in as a sheep. The wolf learning both humility and empathy through hardship: realizing that it truly does seem like just a sheep on the surface, *just like everyone else in its eyes,* leading to the realization that no one else was ever was “just a sheep” to take advantage of.

[@kennydarmawan13]

The ending makes sense to everything now. The reason why the wolf was so easily trampled and bossed around by the sheep was because they're not all sheep. Some are different animals, with some WAY bigger than the wolf itself. The moment it got ganged on, that was the wolf realizing it's surrounded by bigger, stronger animals than itself. Also the fact it's not hunting a sheep at all. I imagine, over time, the wolf starts mixing up different disguised animals together until everything it sees is a sheep, including itself. The wolf may be a ravenous sheep-eater, but losing itself is arguably crushing for such a villain. This also recontextualizes the sheep who stared at the mirror. It tried to ensure itself that it's always been a sheep.

[@cosmicspacething3474]

I think the other one you talked about was the lynx

[@kennydarmawan13]

@@cosmicspacething3474 I see. Got it.

[@TheAllcreatorLiveArchives]

Heard mentality in a nutshell. Basically all forms of life have this mentality. It's actually a cellular instinct. Cells naturally bond to form cells. Working together is just how all life exists. To be independent is to refuse life.

[@caramel9154]

@@TheAllcreatorLiveArchives i dont think solitary predators are refusing life, man. maybe dont try to act as if cells are equal to how everything else functions.

[@ASlickNamedPimpback]

yea ur just overthinking it bud

[@ShadowXnightmareSDXN]

Poor wolf can’t catch a break😭 Bro’s lost his self identity cuz of peer pressure lmao

[@GraingyAircraft]

I mean, it kinda averted murder

[@FancyHalcyon]

​@@GraingyAircraft"murder", sure thing, sheep. In animal world something that's normal, daily thing for predators, for herbivores is shunned as murder

[@FancyHalcyon]

And similarly in real world, what for neurodivergent people is a normal, daily thing, like humming a song, jumping while crossing street, fidgeting with things, etc. is being shunned by neurotypicals as "weird" and "unfitting"

[@ThorpenAlnyr]

The story of my life... ;~;

[@ericonion3561]

​@FancyHalcyon It's not like that doesn't happen to neurotypicals as you imply. They just catch on quickly and more easily. People from my hometown are very odd and eccentric compared to city folk, so I usually only act that way around friends.

[@MintyArisato]

I like how everyone gets a different message from this. For me, this is how I felt as a foreigner working full time in Japan. I studied for years, visited several times before, knew the language and customs as best as I could, tried to be like everyone around me but I couldn’t change how I looked so people would stand far away from me, cross the road to avoid me, or whisper when they thought I couldn’t understand. It was very lonely.

[@rikimaru008]

You are now separating the Japanese from each other, but for us, we will not be able to distinguish you from others ( and so it will be with everyone in any group ) 😅

[@thereseemstobeenanerror1219]

It's not just Japan I've noticed, that acts like that. It's the all of the East really.

[@user-ky2hg7fg4j]

@@thereseemstobeenanerror1219 Dude it's.. all of the EARTH lmfao.

[@irjectjade]

I feel bad for ya dude-

[@fishyfishyfishy500akabs8]

@@user-ky2hg7fg4j “We live in a society” Society or heck even just human relationships inherently only work when people agree to uphold certain standards and rules. Even as something as “don’t kill other people for no reason”

[@Anonymous-73]

I like how there’s finally an animation that portrays the “Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing” trope in a different light, instead of it being about self acceptance, it’s about how you can lose yourself due to peer pressure of those around you.

[@ARIKA_NEST]

*со стороны общества Так будет точнее. Окружающие пол беды, а вот когда ты белая ворона - либо будь как все, либо выметайся и терпи издёвки.

[@impelau]

​@@ARIKA_NEST забавно тут история показала обоюдоострость идеи. Потеря себя? Да, это трагично. Так же без этого не работает современная цивилизация, и вам лучше не говорить о поиске альтернатив, это неприлично. Гипотетически каждая индивидуальная уникальность бесценна, на практике среди них могут быть злобные пожиратели слабых или иные монстры, и ты можешь быть или не быть одним из них. Все еще грустно под катком конформизма? Все еще чешется кожа под, как кажется это называют японцы, общественным лицом, кое при посторонних снимать не стоит, как например и одежду? Ну, можно начать с проверки, а не агент ли ты давления и настоящая ли колотушка, будет ли тебе действительно что то за безобидное чудачество. И подумать о том какие вещи стоит осуждать а какие нет. Потому что все кто осуждают безобидные чудачества или немного странные вкусы уверенны что это очень оправданно и необходимо. It's funny here that history has shown the two-sidedness of the idea. Losing yourself? Yes, it's tragic. Also, modern civilization does not work without it, and you better not talk about finding alternatives, it's indecent. Hypothetically, each individual uniqueness is priceless, in practice there may be evil eaters of the weak or other monsters among them, and you may or may not be one of them. Are you still sad under the ice rink of conformity? Is the skin still itching under, as the Japanese seem to call it, a public face, which should not be removed in front of outsiders, such as clothes? Well, you can start by checking if you are a pressure agent and if you are a real beater, if you really will have something for harmless eccentricity. And think about which things are worth discussing and which are not. Because everyone who condemns harmless eccentricities or slightly strange tastes is sure that this is very justified and necessary.

[@bobbsurname3140]

The original meaning isnt about self-acceptance. Its about people who will pretend to be like you so that they can take advantage of you. Wolves in sheep's clothing are bad in the original interpretation. Where did you get the self-acceptance interpretation from? I know alot of modern media likes to flip old memes around and subvert expectations, but you shouldnt forget the original. The original exists for a reason.

[@impelau]

​@@bobbsurname3140 it seems to me that there is no contradiction to the original. It is definitely still an evil wolf that has come to devour vulnerable sheep. The fact that we are sad that he has become a sheep is our problem. I have met somewhere the words of a migrant who came from a place with mores including waving knives to a place where it is not so, which boils down to the fact that they want to see him safe. It is probably becoming offensive and unpleasant. But this is a compromise through which humanity has not yet destroyed itself, but only upset.

[@camolotthe42]

@@bobbsurname3140 It's a more modern twist on the story, where someone adopts a mask that's deemed much more acceptable to the people around them. The idea behind that particular twist is that you shouldn't have to contort yourself into a form that's more desirable rather than be yourself, where-as this film is more of a fusion between the modern and original.

[@kafi_isweird]

3:40 this silly little wolf man just wanted to eat but now he has a whole job and learned how to BECOME a sheep

[@socialwizard1949]

This, really caught me off gaurd. The meaning at the end hit like a train.

[@ShovelLettuce]

Everyone conforms

[@FancyHalcyon]

​@@ShovelLettuceEveryone is forced and peer pressured* to conform

[@JimBimBum]

@@FancyHalcyon for better or worse.

[@mullerpotgieter]

​@@JimBimBumWell they're not eating sapient animals anymore. That's pretty nice

[@ARIKA_NEST]

А чему вас удивило? В жизни разве ее так? Мы те, кто вырос в среде и видим всё через призму того, что знаем. С волками жить - по волчьи выть. Они буквально сделали его таким, каким он, по мнению общества, должен быть. Так работает наш мир. Так работает и правительство с средством массовой информации.

[@NerdyChocolateLabradoodle]

Okay, I don't know if I am the only one who thinks this, but I always loved these kinds of abstract, thick-outlined, minimalist art styles in animation, and I wish more shows would use this kind of style nowadays.

[@awesomemantroll1088]

Yes

[@Prototype-357]

It might just be me but I like it more when it's combined with these simple backgrounds, it feels more cohesive, when the background has a lot of different colors and shapes but the characters are so minimalistic it feels a bit a jarring and that the background is fighting to steal my attention from the characters. It might just be cause i really like Pink Panther.

[@AidanDaGreat]

I fully agree!

[@bluenightfury4365]

It reminds me of the classic cartoon styles from the early 1900s, something that is missing in modern times.

[@Forgotten_Soul242]

This film is really creative and impressive. I like the symbolism of the sheep.

[@SpineBones]

Wolf with the existential crisis

[@mirrikybird]

I think this film also shares that everyone is conforming to a degree, and behind every cookie cutter appearance you will find a huge mix of unique individuals. It's important not to get lost in conforming however

[@damon22441]

Close. The pressure to conform makes us all unaware of each others' uniqueness; the society functions because people conform. Is there somewhere in the middle this can be reconciled, or will the pressure always self-"correct" and the conformity dominate eternal?

[@shivernaut8607]

@@damon22441 "close"? you're grading people on how right their interpretation is? XD

[@damon22441]

@@shivernaut8607 Yes.

[@datelessgamer5190]

1:59 I think they already knew he was a wolf at this point, since when he bleats like the others they all cheer him on like he just accomplished something. They're cheering him on cus he's joining the flock, and it makes him feel good.

[@tippytoe9523]

Such a cool twist on an old classic

[@secretspy44]

"You're trapped! By societal convention." - Doofenshmirtz

[@Hulderkall]

What neurological masking does to an mf Fr tho I love this, glad to see you've been absolutely cooking with this

[@theuncalledfor]

Okay but masking is still better than just straight up eating people, you gotta admit.

[@helen0ftroy9271]

​@@theuncalledfor i GUESS 🙄

[@snapdoesarts]

this is actually how it feels to mask, you try to be like everyone else to the point where you're so used to mimicking the behavior of others that you may forget who you really are on the inside. beautifully done! :)

[@DailyVen]

this is how i interpreted it as well!!

[@LuisGamezVNS]

3:30 Are you telling me that only one is aware of not being a real sheep without knowing that the same thing happens to others!? 😮

[@octopus___]

It's more like others have already accepted the thing

[@elphive42]

I’d interpret it as everyone falling for the same delusion about themselves and society. That they need to adapt to fit in, where in reality everyone is just as ill-suited.

[@GoldRetriever]

3:13 Im pretty sure the sheep (or cat) on this part had the same realization too

[@Alureon25]

That ending though... wow. Really says a lot about people trying to be something they arent to fit in

[@infinitehexington]

story of my life

[@marta2433]

It's about me 🐺

[@Alureon25]

@@marta2433 i feel ya...

[@Alureon25]

@@infinitehexington real

[@NAPOISA77]

"trying to fit in as someone you're not and realizing that no one is the way they are" That's what this animation made me understand, very good indeed

[@tigerkeiart7761]

This feels like my experience with autism and masking. When I was young I thought I was strong and could face the world, but every single “mistake” I made left me feeling more and more isolated, so I learned to hide my autistic symptoms. The part where the wolf just immediately masks- that felt like me, not being able to put the mask down. You change yourself for everyone else but it only hurts you..

[@quiet2697]

I also really think it's about neurodivergency, especially since in the end where everyone is revealed to be pretending to be a sheep, it highlights that WAY more people are not the neurotypical standard that we have built our society around. Everyone has something different about them, the wolf feels petrified by being surrounded by people it feels it has to mask around, because it assumes everyone it meets is neurotypical. When in reality, way more people are neurodivergent than I think we realize.

[@oddmustelid4339]

I felt this, too, for the majority of my time watching this. However, when it panned out to every "sheep" turning out to be a different animal, I don't think that the video is necessarily about autistic masking (though the feeling definitely resonates with someone with Asperger's like me). After the big reveal, I think that the overall message is that everyone is more-or-less faking it, pretending to be something they're not for the sake of society at their own expense. Given that all of the animals shown were predators or carrion-eaters, any one of them could easily lash out. . .but not without grave consequences.

[@Secret_Moon]

This is... actually terrifying.

[@hiddenprotogen5363]

And yet it’s how we live right now

[@imafish9070]

@@hiddenprotogen5363 indeed

[@GreenTheGreat]

The ending hit hard and this entire film hit close to home. I've always been an outcast, and everyone seemed to fit one mold that I also had to fit. When in reality nobody fits that mold.

[@imafish9070]

The only difference is some people are better at reshaping themselves to that mold than others

[@GreenTheGreat]

@@imafish9070 exactly, you get it man

[@bluelfsuma]

On one hand, it allows them to live in peace with each other. On the other, they lose their sense of individuality. They forget their original goals, but maybe those goals weren't so noble. In the end, some things _should_ be uniform, to live safely with others. Such as laws that condemn horrible actions. But some things should not, so that the world remains an interesting place. Such as self-expression, preferences, and culture.

[@Critter_Solar]

SILLY SHEEP SILLY WOLF I LOVE IT

[@winzigerflashendeckel6894]

Bu do you know what ypu probably don't love? On september 11th 2001...

[@piotrwisniewski70]

​@@winzigerflashendeckel6894 that took a dark turn

[@winzigerflashendeckel6894]

@@piotrwisniewski70 you know what else took a dark turn? The us government nutoriusly supplied low income black neighborhoods with verious drugs...

[@bloop284]

@@winzigerflashendeckel6894what? Oh right, it’s just 9/11.

[@htoaletaarxidatet]

Bu do you know what ypu probably don't love? On january 1st 2025....

[@MemniyHLEBUSHEK]

3:50 WAIT A FRICKIN SECOND

[@Viohazard.]

The part where the wolf looks into the glass and sees himself as a sheep is haunting.

[@MAATsBud]

I love the plot twist at the end, I really thought (just like many people think in real live) that the wolf was the only one having to act like a sheep, when in reality everyone sufers from something like this

[@toriburgess605]

this really perfectly captures the horror of wearing the mask so long tht it becomes who you are

[@pingas6429]

Dream Had Suffered This Fate Before The Face Reveal.

[@SpeckDoggo]

Shocked that I haven’t seen anyone point out the fact that the sheep represent sheep in the literal AND metaphorical sense, and the wolf becomes a sheep in the metaphorical sense, I don’t know if that was intentional or not but if so it’s a VERY clever double entendre

[@krsynx]

On one hand, I can see the peer pressure thing. On the other, one could see it as an outsider entering a place to exploit it only to end up integrating to society of diverse yet civilized citizen.

[@wildfire9280]

All of Chinese history during the “then it broke again” segments in a nutshell:

[@krsynx]

@@wildfire9280 I get you mean Bill Wurtz's video but could you elaborate?

[@benjaminrobinson3842]

He doesn't seem all that happy about being "integrated" into his new society, though. I see this video as more of a cautionary tale about the risks of too much conformity.

[@rikimaru008]

​@@benjaminrobinson3842 he can return "to the forest" at any moment. He may feel Uncomfortable with the mandatory rules, but it's better than the alternative

[@krsynx]

​@@rikimaru008Either stick around or leave. Easy choices. Imagine an outsider not conforming to society and disturbing or even harming others for his own gain. No one with common sense would want that.

[@ferretzim8694]

Whilst others see this in a positive light, I see this as a representation of the potential problems with conformity. When individualism and differences are replaced with conformity to a single adopted identity. When being different is discouraged. Note how every other animal is forced to wear that outfit. Even the crow, who's the most different, is forced to conform. Ask yourself this question: does any of those other animals look happy here?

[@theenderking111]

Not to mention everyone is talking about how the wolf isn’t being violent, but that’s only a good thing for the sheep. He’s literally eating grass in the beginning, which can’t be good for him. Without any animals to eat, the wolf is suffering in order to appeal to the conformity

[@theuncalledfor]

@@theenderking111 The sheep are sapient in this world. You would rather the wolf kill sapient beings? Do you realize how easy it is to make that same argument in defence of various types of abusers?

[@theotherky]

This is exactly how I saw it, it's almost like a reflection of modern business society.

[@Goremize]

Heh it is like realising you live in North Korea

[@JohnJohnson-vf1kk]

This is _terrifyingly_ true. Conformity is one hell of a drug, man.

[@lykan2]

The Wolf is adorable, love the design. Poor fella has an identity crisis :( The plottwist at the end.

[@Lizzy_Artz-]

4:01 BRO THAT ZOOM OUT OF ALL THE PREDATORS TRYING TO BE A SHEEP IS CRAZY😟

[@Cocobutter_]

the thing is tho, THE BIRD JS THERE FOR FUN

[@kelpstorm]

I adore the art style of this, the minimalist look means you can add so much detail just by shuffling things around (like paws turning into hooves which wouldn't work had they been more realistic). The perspective is really good too, when the wolf turns it's head its just so!!! Wow!!!!! I love the message of it too, how the wolf slowly started to lose its sense of self and found it couldn't take the costume off anymore, that and the music almost gave me chills. It really reminds me of autism masking, especially the cinema bit where the wolf made a 'wrong' noise and everyone was like what the hell?!?? And it has to change itself to be more acceptable. (Also I loved the detail of the reflection having the angled eyes still to differentiate it while still being a sheep). Basically this is so cool and I really love it!!!!! (Btw the little wolf sounds are so cute jsdhfkgdfgd

[@EnderGrookey4]

omg watching the video again after reading this comment it all makes so much more sense now.

[@goldenpig6453]

when the masking becomes so second-nature that you dont even realize you're doing it anymore until you start asking why you hate yourself

[@aliensomniac3842]

Oh my god this is such a good display of how societal expectations can destroy someones personal identity. It can make the world safer but at what cost

[@ender691]

i think it's worth noting how no one seems to be benefiting from this con. like everyone is individually trying to fool everyone else into thinking they're a sheep but like there are no sheep around. it's just all a farce that everyone is too self conscious to see through. idk tho

[@nomadicwolf6132]

This is painfully relatable. Essentially how I felt the entire time I was in school. Trying to conform & struggling. An excellent little film. Wow.

[@MagusSerling]

There's this underlying implication that this has been going on for so long that sheep might have never existed in this world, just the spectre of societal pressure to insist that being one is the only way to function. Nobody understands why they have to, it's just how it's always been. Gorgeous work.

[@middle_man3217]

This is more effective at instilling deep dread in my heart than most horror movies. A four minute tragedy

[@celticcomedy1316]

This has got me crying. The sound design and art direction are phenomenal and the gut punch ending is really unique and impactful. The horror and danger coming from the sheep’s clothing and not the wolf is really unique and relatable in an age of conformity. Overall really cool and it’s gonna stick with me for a while afterwards.

[@deadlybaconman4467]

I love the bit where the wolf just puts 2 fingers together to make his paws look like hooves after the sheep starts looking at him weird

[@skylily427]

While I understand this was written to express the soul-crushing conformity we face in our world ("peer-pressure"), I can't help but see it ALSO as a symbol for neurodivergence. A lot of these clips can be interpreted as masking (changing your behaviors despite it being uncomfortable in order to look or be "normal") to hide what is natural for us, but not for others. Regardless, this was very well made: a new favorite!

[@VesperTenebris]

YES, like how everyone is technically masking themselves in public as "sheep" to fit in when in reality they're just as if not more goofy than everyone else, we all expect people to judge us when we do things we're not supposed to in public(and we do, because we're taught to act certain ways so seeing someone doing something "outside of the norm" is odd to everyone), so the mask(being a 'sheep') is just representing how all of us need to "fit" into society

[@user-ky2hg7fg4j]

..Hate to break it to you, but masking is something quite literally everyone does, it is not exclusive to mentally ill people in the slightest. EVERYBODY deals with this. You are talking about the exact same thing twice here. Not to mention the fact that everyone is "neurodivergent", there is no such thing as "neurotypical".

[@oliverr6925]

@@user-ky2hg7fg4j This is a poor take that diminishes the effects of mental illness and provides a convenient barrier to care and accessibility. "Oh, everyone's brain works differently!" Quickly turns into "Everyone else is coping with life just fine, suck it up buttercup." The DSM exists for a reason, and that reason is that some people are explicitly different from others in identifiable ways. There are common behaviors within these disordered groups that are exceedingly rare in the general population, hence why they are neurodivergent and others are neurotypical.

[@FurryWrecker911]

I feel like this is a wonderful representation on how Sonder works. Everyone feels as if they're the one that's different, the one that's gonna strike it big and become the top dog, but eventually you fake-it-til-you-make-it into the same system as everyone else that you saw being less than you, and you slowly realize that everyone - EVERYONE - is living lives as complicated as you are. We all wind up in the same place, and it's not necessarily a bad thing, but it is a shock to the system when you realize you're not the only one trying to become something.

[@ethribin4188]

In short. If people are accepted and find their life in a community, it doesnt matter what you are underneath. You will be accepted as one of the community.

[@callmecharlie4250]

as long as you hide everything about your true self.

[@Sunny72343]

​@@callmecharlie4250 i dont think its less about that. Its about how everyone sems themselves as the one, the outcast, while everyone is also their own brand of outcast as well. And people are dealing with their own complicated lives.

[@aspenbaker2777]

What an interesting spin on the trope!

[@Zuion_Art]

That last scene was insane.... It's very interesting short film to say at least.

[@silverkitsune8762]

Wow, ta animacja jest wspaniała i daje do myślenia. Widać w niej ogrom pracy, dlatego cieszę się, że ją opublikowałaś 💛

[@bambootriangle]

this is the truth about society, and what it does it people. Everyone is forced into the tracks...

[@realdragon]

What is the truth?

[@bambootriangle]

@@realdragon society indoctrinates you into being "normal" "one of many" by repeatedly punishing behaviours that go out of norm. This is society's self preservation mechanism

[@GraingyAircraft]

And not being murderers.

[@bambootriangle]

@@GraingyAircraft it's not about murder or not. Some of the animals shown don't even eat sheep (crow for example)

[@TheMagicalNam]

It could be more about learning to coexist and accepting that people are different and not inferior

[@L0rdOfThePies]

I think its about how we all socially perform in some way, it spoke to me as someone with autism

[@juliantotriwijaya9208]

I love the reveal that the sheep aren't sheep this whole time, that's why the wolf sometimes backs down because it can't possibly handle being ganged up by bigger animals who are also in sheep clothing. It is how he sees the world, like *he was trying to convince himself he fits in with the expectation just like everybody else.* It isn't until he looks in the glass that he realizes, in an attempt to fit in just like everyone else/acting all the time, he has lost his own identity, he becomes that character, and that's when the illusion breaks down, that is when we see everyone for who they are, other animals in sheep costume, *not a single actual sheep.* I mean even at the start before it was revealed, I did think how strange it was that the wolf could be talked down for growling by a bunch of sheep, but it wasn't so weird that I couldn't get it out of my mind, so I brush it off as the video continue. After the reveal it all made sense, the storytelling and visual literacy are delectable, this totally deserves an award for the writing part

[@albas4923]

that's such a cool idea for a school project, very well done !

[@Henry-kd1mu]

I love the artstyle and the way you drew the expressions and characters

[@luciellawliet]

The commentary on society and societal conformation this turned into scared me. I was not prepared for that. Good job

[@EnderGrad]

An interesting twist to the classical tale of Wolf in Sheep's Clothing

[@Ariomantic]

I loved this! Made me think of a quote by Franz Kafka that goes, "“I was ashamed of myself when I realised life was a costume party, and I attended with my real face.” Great work!

[@duyhiep0808]

1:38 The whimmering is so cute i cant 😭😭😭

[@kingghidorah8106]

A great metaphor about masking and social pressure!!

[@thatonething.73]

POV your a TF2 Spy disguise as an Engineer and you disguise too long, you got stuck being one. (eddit) And your actually in a room full of your team spies that's also disguised and the Emeny team but you don't know it!

[@SkullpunkArt]

You can see your team’s spies tho

[@thatonething.73]

@@SkullpunkArt Good point, I haven't played TF2 for about more than half a year

[@SkullpunkArt]

@@thatonething.73 ah, fair enough. Sorry didn’t mean to be that guy

[@mistakesregretsandimperfec7740]

Oh dag fæhin' nab it, and Here I thought I can escape my tf2 brainrot... Tell me... How?... How do I keep finding tf2 stuff on the non tf2 stuff?... How do I keep doing this!? Am I cursed?! Because if I am... This might be one of the more chiller curses I have and I actually don't mind it that much (along side the Stanley parable, because... The Narrator)

[@realdragon]

Spah sappen my sentry!

[@Notyouraveragename]

Oh my god i know it's a metaphor but the 3:41 sheep lynx is so cute to me, please people make more of them plz if you don't mind! :D

[@HXSKlmfao]

I know this is supposed to have a deep message but all I can think is “cute wolfy :3”

[@PicklesTheOtt]

At first, I was all like, "Ha ha! Poor wolf keeps getting interrupted!" Then the end hit me like, "Oh my god... I'M a sheep..." I did NOT need to have my world rocked this hard on a Monday morning.

[@ChronoSpuffy]

The amount of anxiety this short gave me as it progressed makes it all the more better.

[@SacrificialFox]

UGH THE MESSAGE AT THE END IS JUST PERFECT

[@gladiuslupus]

_"In the end, born as one or not, we're all still just sheep conforming to one big flock."_

[@abelritt3686]

oh, damn... "We all try to pretend to be someone we are not, so that society will accept us." :c

[@randomcat-ty6sl]

I dunno if this has anything to do with the intention of the artist, but this kinda shows how our reality is. People keep pretending to be nice, innocent sheep when in reality they're not. Everyone thinks they're the different,mthe bad one, but we're just a bunch of animals in sheep's clothings

[@Cyber_Horse_Studios87]

…this needs to win an AWARD. That ending is NOT what I expected at ALL. Bravo!!

[@Whapadoodle]

Your style is so unique, i love it

[@fajnamimi]

kurde no trochę zdziwienie że kolejny animator okazuje się polakiem 😭😭 od dawna oglądam i nigdy nie skapnelam się Świetnie projekt wyszedł!!! Nawet jak trochę rushed z powodu terminu to jest cudownie zrobiony, dobra robota!! 😋

[@josepbuigues1336]

This Short film is the perfect example of how always becoming like everyone else can take away ones individuality.

[@Ártica-26]

0:10 fear and hunger 😢

[@MysteryRoomerMan]

Who don't know:💀 Who know:💀💀💀

[@justaguy4311]

Glad to see that the video found its target audience

[@godston]

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[@HardTale_Sans.]

I can't see reference

[@Arandomdude15885]

Oh shi-

[@NachosRenard]

It's hard to judge others when you yourself get caught in the same system... You don't realize how many others suffered the same, and you have to be the one to realize you don't have to be the sheep. You could be yourself. But... You made yourself like others out of fear.

[@Stormwolf4]

Oh, I love the direction you took with this! You almost assume what's going to happen with a title like this, but I love being surprised! Amazing stuff!

[@SrWolf90]

At first it reminded me of beastars haha. The truth is yes. I liked how he defined what society is like.

[@jruler93]

I find it pretty funny (but also a little sad) how they slowly turn from a wolf in sheep's clothing to a sheep in a wolf's body. Poor fella never wanted to get a job and pay taxes; he just wanted some lamb chops.

[@MiraculousTheHamster]

Świetna robota ! Fajnie widzieć że Polska ma e szeregach tak świetną animatorkę :) Mam nadzieję że kiedyś też będę mogła pochwalić się dziełami tak dobrymi jak twoje :D

[@MiraculousTheHamster]

Hmmm... gdybym ja miała podać swoją interpretację... Myślę, że chodzi o to że wtapiając się w tłum, udając niewinność, zauważasz że większość tej grupy w którą chciałeś się wtopić, składa się głównie z takich jak ty

[@cerial0411]

Great symbolism here. It's often easier to fit in with the other sheep then to fear what will happen if we let them see us as the outcast wolf.

[@ToweringToska]

This is amazing and super cute and pretty, the sheep and the wolf eating and prancing, everything looks so good! ^___^ I empathize with this wolf, you can't eat critters anymore after you get to know them, I hope the wolf still finds something good for them they can eat.

[@Moonhowlerrr]

I love this animation. Easy BUT beautiful, its real masterpiece.

[@kairacz]

3:01 THIS IS SO CUTE HELP!!

[@Goremize]

Where has this beauty been hiding, that was such a good show of show don't tell. No words, just emotion and an ending that explains many things that happen earlier. All through a window that shows what others see when they see you

[@Omegajunior2658]

That's very good. Poor wolf attempts to eat one of the sheep but he fails. He realises that he comes a sheep as he looks at his reflection. His fellow animals are in sheep's clothing too. I am seeing this from Ireland 🇮🇪

[@MythicalDragonyDutchThe2nd]

Not every bad person inside can always have that unappreciated feeling!

[@raptoria1705]

The style is so simple but really cute!!

[@acebeariously9856]

That is actually an amazing visual representation of so many psychological fenomena in one thank you for that!

[@DAN-plant]

3:57 he's Halusanating thinking everyone is a sheep but it's just animals in sheep costumes

[@ferretflower]

No its symbolism for everyone fitting into society

[@dogmax.]

He was so good acting that he was consumed by the character,truly amazing

[@toffee__uwu]

That's so good!!!! Your absence was totaly worth that qwq I hope this was shown on many festivals and such before getting here!

[@spyscout7]

This really hits hard when you've been told you're fine your whole life, and people actively ignored the signs that you were struggling in a world not made for you