Johnny Kelly’s short animation, The Seed, mixes motion graphics and papercraft to chart the life cycle of an apple seed.

From being torn from the womb of a piece of fruit down through a maze-like intestinal tract and out through the winding plumbing of a Western town its a simple story told with style and restraint.

I love the color scheme Kelly chooses for his papercraft, bright eighties pastels set on brilliant white like an Uniqlo window display.

And if you think it was all done with computers take a look at this making of video for a glimpse into how it was painstakingly put together.