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Holy Moses! Local team on biblical ‘toons

Orlando-based A&S Animation and Raven Moon Entertainment are teaming up to develop a series of animated Bible story shorts called A Message From God which are geared towards children ages 3 to 6.

The one-minute stories, written by A&S’ Jeanne Pappas Simon, start with a brother and sister arguing about a situation they are in. One of the kids then uses a Bible story to support their argument.

The animated shorts were done using two distinctive styles, Simon notes. The kids are drawn in a classic animation fashion, and the biblical stories are done in a crayon-colored, paper-cutout style, almost as if the kids did the animation themselves.

“The wonderful thing about the two distinctly different styles is that we didn’t resort to a wavy or fuzzy picture to show when we’re transitioning into a biblical story, like we’ve seen a hundred times,” says Jeanne Simon.