What does the animation show?
The short film features a wrapped mummy-like Bricksy character with a strong graphic silhouette and expressive eye. Its movements, bandages and changing background reveal the character in motion. This is the same original opening animation found in the historic website files.
Why keep the original introduction?
The moving character is part of Bricksy's identity. Instead of recreating it, this relaunch places the authentic animation at the entrance to the site while keeping the text, navigation and individual character pages accessible without watching a video.
Accessible playback and a faster website
On the homepage, visitors can skip the introduction. It runs muted initially to respect browser autoplay policies. Visitors who prefer reduced motion are not shown the automatic introduction. The full film remains available above with user-controlled playback.
From character illustration to animated movement
The film illustrates one way in which a drawn character can be given movement and personality. To explore related original sketches and character costume studies, visit Behind the art.