LSM Core Values — Marco Vargas

Chapter 01 / 03

Grounded in Faith

The brief

Faith communities don't need convincing that the planet is in crisis — they need a reason rooted in their own tradition.

Soft gradient fields, line-drawn icons and a warm illustration style keep the tone contemplative rather than corporate — closer to a devotional than a deck.

Written & voiced excerpt: Ana Carolina Gutierrez Zapata, LSM Theological Consultant

Grounded in Faith — 01:32 LSM Core Values, Chapter 01

The care of creation is a tradition of faith.

— from the film

From sketch to screen

Hand-drawn color and texture study of the title cross — Color & texture study

Hand-drawn sketch of Jesus, Mary and St. Francis — Character sketch — Jesus, Mary, St. Francis

Hand-drawn sketch of gradient bubble shapes — Bubble field study

Hand-drawn sketch of a starburst shape — Starburst study

Hand-drawn sketch of a glowing mountain and globe icon — Icon sketch — mountain & globe

Hand-drawn sketch of a dove medallion — Icon sketch — Holy Spirit medallion

Icon composition thumbnails

Hand-drawn sketch of Pope Francis, a book and the globe — Reference sketch — Pope Francis

Hand-drawn sketch of a head silhouette with a hand placing a plant — Character sketch — head & plant

Hand-drawn sketch of a book and cross with rays — Closing card sketch

Concept sketches, drawn before animation began

Selected frames

Illustration of Mary and St. Francis of Assisi — In imitation of Jesus, Mary — and St. Francis, patron of ecology

LSM Core Values title card with glowing cross — Series title card

Starburst of light on black — Faith, received from God

Line icon of a dove within a medallion — Guided by the light and strength of the Holy Spirit

Silhouette of a head with a hand placing a sprig of leaves — The care of creation is a tradition of faith

Illustration of the Laudato Si' encyclical with Pope Francis — And we base our decisions on them

Illustration of a book with a glowing cross — Closing card

Chapter 02 / 03

Caring for One Another

The brief

Care for creation is inseparable from care for people — this chapter turns Laudato Si's call to solidarity into everyday, embodied moments: a child lifted onto shoulders, hands joined in a circle, a community working side by side.

The palette shifts warmer and greener than Chapter 01 — less contemplative, more communal — built around real people rather than iconography alone.

Written & voiced excerpt: Br Benedict Ayodi, OFMCap, LSM Programs Coordinator Africa

Caring for One Another — 02:23 LSM Core Values, Chapter 02

Of Laudato Si' Movement, we walk together in solidarity.

— from the film

From sketch to screen

Hand-drawn sketch of Pope Francis — Reference sketch — Pope Francis

Hand-drawn sketch of six diverse figures in a grid — Icon composition — diverse community

Hand-drawn sketch of a girl with wind turbines and a village — Character sketch — caring for the land

Hand-drawn sketch of a globe-shaped head — Icon sketch — globe & care

Hand-drawn sketch of a globe encircled by a chain of figures — Icon sketch — global solidarity chain

Hand-drawn sketch of a crowd carrying a child — Character sketch — community

Hand-drawn sketch of hands cupping a child — Character study — hands & child

Hand-drawn sketch of hands assembling a puzzle — Icon sketch — synodality puzzle

Concept sketches, drawn before animation began

Selected frames

Illustration of a child with wind turbines and a village — Caring for one another and for the environment

Illustration of Pope Francis with a halo — Pope Francis proposes that we build

Illustration of a globe encircled by joined hands — A community bound together, hand in hand

Illustration of a globe-shaped head with a caring icon — In terms of caring

Grid of six diverse figures joining hands — A community as diverse as creation itself

Illustration of a child carried on shoulders among a crowd — By working to create a society

Illustration of hands cupping a child among leaves — We listen and dialog with each other

Illustration of hands assembling a puzzle from above — Synodality and communion

Chapter 03 / 03

Committed to Spiritual Transformation

The brief

The closing chapter turns inward: the ecological crisis is also a spiritual one, and lasting change starts with an inner conversion, not just new habits.

Cooler blues and greens, a lone silhouette carrying a glowing key, and a hilltop village at sunset frame transformation as a quiet, personal discipline rather than a slogan.

LSM Core Values Series — closing chapter