We were commissioned to conceive and create animation sequences for “ESPN Fan Stories: All Hail the Queen“, a mini-doc about WWE superfan, Lindsey Kelk. KAPWA director Robertino Zambrano worked closely with documentary directors Melissa Johnson and Katelyn Howes to conceptualise Lindsey’s character, “The Queen”. We brought to life Lindsey’s royally bad-ass glam punk alter-ego using a hybrid of frame-by-frame 2D animation and 3D, finished in a punk-rock inspired comic-book aesthetic.
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Animation Reel
CREDITS
Production Company: One Twenty-Seven Pictures
Directed and Produced by: Melissa Johnson & Katelyn Howes
Editor: Mariana Blanco
Animation Produced by KAPWA
Animation Director & Art Director: Robertino Zambrano
Design: Robertino Zambrano, John Grist, Nancy Li
Storyboards: Robertino Zambrano, Lester Chan
2D Animation: Bryce Pemberton, Lester Chan, Nancy Li
3D Animation: Albert Hogeol Lee, Bryce Pemberton, Robertino Zambrano
Compositing: John Grist, Robertino Zambrano, Nancy Li