Artes y Después

Animex / Cocoa López

Runtime: 11 minutes | Production time: 9 months

The Challenge

Develop a simplified yet engaging narrative showcasing Tlaxcala’s tourist attractions while testing and refining a 3D NPR cel animation pipeline for Canicas.

References:

Canicas animation tests

Our Take

By streamlining the background and layout process, we dedicated more time to perfecting character animation, ensuring the contours matched our stylistic goals. This project marked our first implementation of limited animation per render pass, isolating and compositing only the necessary frames for each character, creating the feel of traditional animation while leveraging 3D techniques.

Raw Animation | Animatic

New tools:

CocoaXsheet: For precise frame management and timing. CocoaTiming: Enhanced control over animation pacing. CocoaCam: Dynamic camera setups tailored for NPR styles.