A seamless looping 3D animation made in Blender (Cycles), 4 seconds, 24 fps, 16:9, of an anthropomorphic Australian pelican pedaling a vintage steel-frame bicycle along a coastal boardwalk road at golden-hour sunset. Locked side-profile camera, wide cinematic shot, the pelican and bike centred and held in frame for the entire clip.

Subject: a large Australian pelican in breeding plumage. Body and neck pure white with soft, dense feather detail; primary and secondary wing feathers and the tail glossy jet black, with a black band along the folded wing; a subtle pale-yellow tint on the chest. The head is white with a faint grey crest at the back. The bill is very long and pale pink with a soft cobalt-blue stripe along the upper mandible; the throat pouch is translucent pale pink flushing to scarlet at the edge and deep blue at the base, backlit so the sun glows through it. Eyes dark brown with a thin yellow eye-ring. Legs and webbed feet slate blue-grey. A fresh silver-blue mackerel is clamped sideways in the bill, head and tail sticking out either side. The pelican sits upright on the saddle, wing tips resting on the handlebars.

Motion: the pelican is actively pedaling. Both webbed feet stay on the pedals and drive the cranks through exactly two full revolutions over the clip, so the pedal position on the last frame matches the first. Knees rise and fall with each stroke, the hips rock very slightly, the body bobs a few millimetres in time with the cadence. Both wheels rotate continuously at a speed matched to the crank ratio, spokes readable but slightly motion-blurred. The chain moves over the sprockets. The fish tail flexes gently with the bobbing; the neck and pouch sway a little with each stroke; a few loose feathers and the crest flutter in the headwind. The head stays level and the eye stays fixed ahead. No wobble in the bike's line of travel.

Camera and loop: the camera is locked to the bicycle, tracking sideways at exactly its speed, so the pelican and bike hold a constant position in frame while the environment scrolls right to left. The road markings, cracks, boardwalk fence posts, dune grass and distant waves scroll at parallax speeds matched to the wheel rotation. Every scrolling element is tiled so that the last frame is identical to the first: fence post spacing, grass clumps and road cracks repeat at intervals that divide evenly into the distance travelled over the clip. The sun, sky gradient and clouds stay fixed. Grass sways on a loop period that also divides evenly into the clip length. No cuts, no camera drift, no zoom.

Bicycle: a classic teal-green steel touring bike, thin chrome spokes, tan-wall tyres, brown leather saddle, cork handlebar grips, chain and derailleur visible with subtle metallic reflections.

Environment: an empty asphalt road with faint cracks in the foreground, a low sand dune and a weathered wooden boardwalk fence behind it, tufts of dune grass and sea oats swaying in the wind. Beyond the dunes a calm ocean with gentle waves and a warm sun sitting low on the horizon.

Colour palette and lighting: warm and cinematic. Sky graded from deep amber and peach near the horizon through soft coral and rose to a dusty lavender-blue at the top, with a few thin backlit clouds. The sun is a soft orange disc just above the water, casting a long golden reflection across the sea and long warm shadows across the road that move with the bike. Strong rim light outlines the white feathers in gold and glows through the pink pouch; the black wing feathers catch a thin warm highlight along their edges. Fill light is a soft cool blue bounce from the sky so the white plumage reads as white with peach shading rather than orange. Overall tones lean warm: amber, honey, terracotta, sand, with teal, pink and cobalt as accents.

Render style: high-quality Blender Cycles render, physically based materials, subsurface scattering on the bill pouch and fish, soft global illumination, shallow depth of field with the pelican and bike tack-sharp and the horizon gently blurred, consistent lighting and exposure across all frames, subtle film grain, slight bloom around the sun, no text, no watermark, no flicker.