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A burning photo of four kids lays on the ground

FIRE WATCHERS

As her high school life comes to a close Paige must learn to let her friend group evolve, but the group’s cherished hangout spot is unforeseeably caught aflame.

FIRE WATCHERS is a story about how four kids, Paige, Cocoa, Hornfels, and Cynthia, spend their last year of high school. Paige struggles to communicate her fears about the future to her friends, causing her to drift apart from the group. The future catches up to her when she fails to communicate with her closest friend Cocoa, and the safe space of the Firewatch Tower is threatened by a raging forest fire. I am now working on an animated short adaptation in pre-production that will become my senior thesis.

Early concept art for the short, created by Dorothea (jophdo) and Ayaka Quesen.

An interior of the Firewatch Tower, during sunset An interior of the Firewatch Tower, during night An interior of the Firewatch Tower, during the day
An exterior of the Firewatch Tower, during fall An exterior of the Firewatch Tower, during Winter An exterior of the Firewatch Tower, during Summer An exterior of the Firewatch Tower, during spring

The main cast of four, Paige, Cocoa, Cynthia, and Hornfels.

The cast of the FIRE WATCHERS, left to right: Hornfels, Cocoa, Cynthia, and Paige

Earlier concept art for Cynthia, and the Firewatch Tower.

Early concept art for Cynthia, a snowy owl girl in high school Pine resting on the couch in the Firewatch Tower of Fire Watchers