Watercolor short of a girl and a floating lantern spirit
11.0K views · 153 likes · 130 saves · 12 reposts · Posted Sep 25, 2026 · 0:46 · Motion graphics
OUR NOTEA 45-second watercolor short with a girl holding sparkling light beside a lantern spirit, every brushstroke coded; 163 model calls, 62.7M tokens, about $34 and 6¾ hours in total.
I made a 45-second hand-painted animated short-film with Opus 5.5
No animation software. Every brushstroke, watercolour wash and sound effect is generated in code.
Does Opus 5.5 absolutely cook in one shot, not really ? It's good but still needs a good supporting project.
The numbers:
• 62.7M tokens (96% cache reads)
• 163 model calls
• ~$34 at API list price
• ~6¾ hrs start to finish, ~1½ hrs of it hands-on
• 12-minute render on a laptopTHE PROMPT
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