Sleep Paralysis animation

For this project, I wanted to portray what I feel when I am experiencing sleep paralysis. Sleep paralysis is a state in which one is conscious but in a complete state of full-body paralysis. During an episode, one may hallucinate or feel as though a dark creature is looming over them which often results in fear. In my episodes, I feel as though I can’t move, and I have some scary creature dragging me into foreign places controlling my body. Using both traditional animation techniques as well as motion graphics, my goal was to take the viewer into my terrifying world of sleep paralysis, giving a unique visual definition to the word.