Inspirations

As stated in an earlier post, we found inspiration for our own character design from the video game "Limbo", a platformer developed by Playdead.

The design of the game is simplistic, using an atmospheric approach to create a certain emotion to the levels. We liked the design of the character they used, and wanted to use the same simplistic style.

We found inspiration for the style we wish to use from the Babel Fish scene from "The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy". The animation for this sequence is simple, but effective in its use of 2D layering and smooth animating.