Every town has its stories.
Lankytown remembers its own.

Before The Tale

Long before the events of The Tale of Lankytown, generations came and went upon this strange little island.

They lived here. Worked here. Grew old here. Some left. Some stayed. And some became part of the stories the town continued to tell long after they were gone.

Over the years, truth became tangled with rumour, memory with imagination.

Perhaps some of these stories happened exactly as they are told.

Perhaps they didn’t.

In Lankytown, a story doesn’t have to be true to be remembered.

Someone Still Remembers

Beyond the town, at the end of the old western pier, stands a lighthouse that has long since ceased to guide ships through the darkness.

But it isn’t entirely abandoned.

An ancient woman has made the old lighthouse her home. She has watched Lankytown for longer than most of its residents have been alive.

And she remembers its stories.

Stories of the people who lived here.

Stories whispered from one generation to another.

Stories that might otherwise have disappeared forever.

All you have to do is listen.

This section could carry a few development visuals—perhaps a storyboard, character image and environment test—but I wouldn’t turn it into a making-of section. MAKING will handle that.

Instead, it communicates:

Lankytown in Motion

The Lore of Lankytown is a developing collection of animated short stories exploring the strange history, characters and folklore of the island.

The individual tales are brought together by a continuing story of their own, as a group of children discover the Ancient Woman and return to the lighthouse to hear what she remembers.

Opening and closing sequences, together with animated interludes between the tales, gradually reveal another story taking place around them.

As Lore develops, this site will follow that journey from the earliest ideas and artwork through animation, sound and production to the finished films.

And, eventually, the stories will be told.