Over the past few months, we’ve been quietly working on a short animation titled Colorfast. It’s our very first official animation. And the debut appearance of our mascots, Lighty and Easelia. But Colorfast is more than a promotional reel or a visual experiment. It’s our answer to a single, lingering emotion: fear. Fear that creativity is disappearing, that what we make might one day be replaced.
Its message is simple: creativity doesn’t fade. It endures. It resists time, trends, and even fear, because the act of making carries something eternal. Just like Colorfast itself.
Why Blender, Not Feather?
After we released the film, a fair question came up: “Feather doesn’t have animation features, so why was this made in Blender?”
The answer is simple. While animation isn’t a part of Feather yet, it’s something we plan to explore deeply, and when we build something, we build it with firsthand understanding. That means experimenting with tools like Blender, not just to imitate, but to learn.
We didn’t set out to recreate a production pipeline. We wanted to understand what animation feels like. And Colorfast became our way of testing, documenting, and reflecting on that process. It’s more than a film. It’s a mirror held up to the experience of using Feather.
Most of the 3D assets in the film were drawn directly in Feather, often during spontaneous brainstorming sessions. There was no storyboard. Instead, we created puppet-like versions of Lighty and Easelia and used Blender like a digital toy theater. We hit record and performed the story like a shadow play. Was it proper animation pre-production? Probably not. But it worked.
Blender was both a tool and a playground—a place where the spontaneity of Feather could meet the structure of animation. That kind of playful tension is what we want Feather to embrace as it grows.
And when we eventually bring animation to Feather, it won’t be because “other apps have it.” It will be because we lived it, made sense of it, and translated it into something that feels uniquely Feather.
Meet Lighty & Ezelia
Colorfast also marks the first appearance of Lighty and Ezelia—our new brand mascots.
Lighty is a curious and expressive wanderer. Ezelia is her partner in creation—a literal easel cat who travels alongside her. Together, they represent more than just characters. In Colorfast, they sketch, navigate, and experiment, just like real Feather users do. Their joy in the process mirrors the exact feeling we hope you find every time you draw in 3D.
As we expand the Feather universe, these two will become familiar companions. You’ll be seeing more of them in videos, at events, and even within the tools themselves.
It’s also an open secret that we’ve dedicated an entire documentation page just for them. And no, we don’t even charge rent.
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Colorfast was selected as an Official Selection at Anibar Animation Festival and Athens ANIMFEST. And while that recognition means a lot, it wasn’t the reason we made it.
We made Colorfast to speak directly to creators. In an era of automated filters and generative models, someone out there is still drawing—with uncertainty, with effort, and with soul. That’s who this animation was made for. Feather has always championed that slower, more personal process. The one with all the hesitations, detours, and joys. Colorfast is a tribute to that way of creating.
What’s Next?
Colorfast is not the end, it’s the start.
We’re currently exploring new ways to express ideas within Feather. Animation is only one direction. What comes next will be shaped by the same principles: we try it first, feel it deeply, then build it in a way that feels natural to Feather.
So if something doesn’t exist in the app yet, don’t worry! There’s a good chance we’re already working on it.
Find out what we’re preparing in our next article.