Animate Watercolor

For a new subject, resolve the actual still artwork before its reveal or runtime behavior. For an accepted painting, preserve it while authoring a convincing, reviewable sequence. Reuse the project's working player and controls; specialize materials and brush scores. Do not mistake revealing a finished bitmap for simulating an artist's marks.

Choose the current artifact

• Still artwork: A new subject has no accepted painting, or the user rejects its style. Read Still-art direction, inspect the accepted paintings and object references, and work on the actual artwork. A browser lab is a comparison surface, not a reason to redraw raster paintings as SVG. Do not advance to reveal, typography or playback while the art is wrong.
• Painting reveal: The still is accepted and the requested work concerns its authored arrival, alpha, timing or exit. Use the working renderer and scores.
• Post-paint behavior: The painting works and the user requests ambient or interactive behavior. Preserve the art and bind local effects to it.