Onwards (2009)

An inspiring little wordless short. Onwards (2009), by James Jarvis and Richard Kenworthy. Seems to be a mix of 3D Studio Max with cel-shaders + 2D billboards in After Effects…

“Making of…”

I guess that if we get videogames for the PC that look like some of the stylised artwork games we’ve seen for consoles and handhelds (Okami, Patapon, Flower, Mad World, etc) there may be opportunities for a combination of machinima video-backgrounds + iClone custom characters to get beyond the dull “many shades of brown” look that many PC boy-games have. The luscious Summer 2009 remake of Monkey Island for the PC is the closest I can think of, off hand, although the backgrounds for that were hand-painted…