Through a series of illustrations and text, Aufero Dolori explores a scenario where trauma can be surgically removed from the body. A nameless protagonist is shown undergoing the surgery in the aftermath of the apocalypse, the morality and consequences of this condition are left open. I choose animation as the medium for this project because I wanted to be able to draw each detail of it myself. The process of creating each frame by hand in the program Clip Studio Paint felt akin to how the fictionalized Aufero Dolori surgery would let an individual have nearly perfect control over how they interpreted their past, thus molding their own mentality to their liking. I found myself mimicking the idea of control that I was exploring through the protagonist through my own conduction of the work.