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The Dragon — “Growing Up Together”

She finds an egg in a frozen cave and raises what hatches from it — until it's grown large enough to carry her on its back.

This page shows every image generated for this story — 30 hand-designed cuts, 3 takes each, in story order. Nothing is hidden: the takes that were not picked for the highlight reel are here too, because choosing between them by eye is part of the work. Click any image to view it full size.

30 cuts 3 takes per cut 90 images — all of them every image reviewed by eye

c01 · egg found — 3 takes

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c02 · ear to shell — 3 takes

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c03 · carry home — 3 takes

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c04 · fireside lap — 3 takes

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c05 · first crack — 3 takes

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c06 · hatchling palms — 3 takes

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c07 · finger nibble — 3 takes

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c08 · shoulder climb — 3 takes

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c09 · asleep in hands — 3 takes

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c10 · first flame — 3 takes

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c11 · washing line — 3 takes

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c12 · on the book — 3 takes

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c13 · hair pull — 3 takes

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c14 · water bowl — 3 takes

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c15 · first glide — 3 takes

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c16 · walk together — 3 takes

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c17 · river fish — 3 takes

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c18 · head in lap — 3 takes

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c19 · wing shelter — 3 takes

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c20 · brow to neck — 3 takes

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c21 · cannot reach — 3 takes

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c22 · on the paw — 3 takes

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c23 · in his eye — 3 takes

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c24 · through the wing — 3 takes

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c25 · muzzle on her head — 3 takes

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c26 · climbing the neck — 3 takes

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c27 · takeoff — 3 takes

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c28 · above the cloud — 3 takes

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c29 · arms open — 3 takes

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c30 · forehead to forehead — 3 takes

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