Vaimānika Shāstra: The Song of Apsaras

2025–


apsaras | apsarás | noun [From Sanskrit (apsarás) (अप्सरस् ) “flowing / gliding water”]
1.     (In Hindu mythology) a member of a class of female divinities or water nymphs; serving in the court of Indra.

2.     In the Vimanaverse:
        A dancer of mysterious origin; reality seems to bend around her.


Deadeye
Charcoal on paper, 31 x 40 in., 2026

Vaimānika Shāstra: The Song of Apsaras is an original animated science fantasy created in collaboration with Zeeshan Hassan Andoh.

Jeffrey McCready serves as the project's lead animator, sound designer, and visual development artist. The works presented here document his visual development for the project. Animation studies, character explorations, and color scripts establish the movement, atmosphere, and emotional language of the world, while developing the distinct visual identity for a nomadic civilization, The Düraaga. 

Movement Studies



Lotus Bloom
Graphite on paper, 2026






Environment Studies


Study of the Temple at Abu Simbel by Hussein Bicar   
Colored pencil and crayon on paper, 2026
Study of Ghat at Varanasi by Hiroshi Yoshida
Gouache, colored pencil, and acrylic on paper, 8 x 10in, 2026
Creation, Preservation, Destruction
Acrylic, gouache, and pastel on paper, 24 x 18in, 2026
sketch for Creation, Preservation, Destruction
Gouache and Graphite on paper, 8 x 10in, 2026



Character Design


Düraaga civilization concept art
Düraaga costume designs



And My Conscious
Charcoal on paper, 24  x 18in, 2026


Vanitas: Remember you must die
Charcoal on paper, 24  x 18in, 2026