Highlights
- The animation test for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse reveals the unique animation style of Spider-Punk and how it differs from other characters in the film.
- The test footage also showcases a different look for Miles Morales, with punk clothes and a jacket, which was not included in the final version of the movie.
- The animation test provides glimpses of Spider-Punk's universe, which is made up of cut-up magazine pieces that constantly move and change, sparking curiosity about a potential spin-off series set in that world.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse was able to build on the success of the first and delivered some amazing animation along with it. An animation test shows what Mile Morales would have looked like in another spider-person's animation style.
Thanks to the Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse art book and some behind-the-scenes test footage from Sony, fans have been able to get a good look at the process behind the film's beautiful animation. For example, the art book gave fans more details about Miles Morales from Earth 42. These details about how Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse was made have given fans much more to appreciate when watching the film.
Recently at a panel for the Sony Creator Conference, the Visual Effects Supervisors for Sony Imageworks talked about how they created the animation for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and the visuals for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3. A part of this panel focused on how they animated the fan-favorite character Spider-Punk. When testing the animation, they used a Miles Morales character model, which gave the character a new look.
Spider-Punk stood out from the rest of the spider-people due to his unique animation style, drastic clash of ideals against Miguel, and Daniel Kaluuya's extraordinary performance as the anarchist web head. So when fans saw the test footage of Miles in Spider-Punk's unique animation, they loved it and wanted to see more. The full video of the panel also shows a test of how Gwen would interact with Spider-Punk in his universe, although this clip is not fully rendered.
This animation test is interesting for multiple reasons. It's cool to see Miles in Spider-Punk's animation, but it is also nice to see how they gave Miles some punk clothes in the test, giving him a whole new style. The animation test also changes Punk/Miles' clothes from a shirt to a jacket, which they decided not to do in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. Although the colors of Spider-Punk's clothes change, they don’t swap out his jacket like in this test.
This test also shows what Spider-Punk's universe looks like since that was not shown in Across the Spider-Verse. It's interesting to see how his whole universe is cut-up pieces of magazines that move and seemingly change randomly. Would fans want to see a Spider-Man spin-off series in Spider-Punk's world, or would the animation be too much for the audience and the artists?
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is now available digitally.
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