D E PA R T M E N T
41 KEYFRAME
YOU
CAN
TALK
ABOUT
ARTISTIC
INFLUENCES
UNTIL
YOU
ARE
RED
IN
THE
FACE,
AND
ABOUT
THE
MEN,
WOMEN
AND
CREATURES
WHO
HAVE
EMERGED
FROM
THE
PARALLEL
DIMENSIONS
OF
THE
MARVEL
COMICS
UNIVERSE
TO
MESS
WITH
MILES
MORALES.
YOU
CAN
TALK
ABOUT
"STYLIZED
QUANTIZATION,"
PATENTING
INK-LINE
SOFTWARE,
VOLUMETRIC
OBJECTS
AND
ALL
OF
THE
AMAZING
TECHNOLOGY
USED
TO
BRING
A
COMIC
BOOK
TO
EXPLOSIVE
THREE-DIMENSIONAL
LIFE
ON
A
MOVIE
SCREEN.
BUT
THE
DIRECTIVE
TO
SONY
PICTURES
ANIMATION'S
JUSTIN
K.
THOMPSON
AS
HE
BEGAN
THE
MULTI-YEAR
JOURNEY
THAT
WOULD
CULMINATE
IN
SPIDER
MAN:
INTO
THE
SPIDER-VERSE
WAS
ACTUALLY
FAIRLY
STRAIGHTFORWARD.
"MAKE
SOMETHING
I'VE
NEVER
SEEN
BEFORE."
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