None of the models in this render are quite what they seem; rather, this piece began as a 2D, black and white image painted in Clip Studio, which was projected, layer-by-layer, onto cards in Blender. These cards were then retopologized around the drawings' contours, and extruded into the third dimension..

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These extruded cards could then be illuminated by colorful light sources in Blender, and the lights' colors multiplied by our initial, black and white painting, to produce a uniquely hand-drawn look.

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Animations were made by either sculpting and keyframing shape-keys, such as with the main subject's facial expressions, or rigging and weight-painting the extruded cards directly, such as with the fingers.