By sculpting personality directly into the model, we ensured the character's essence was baked in from the start, rather than being an afterthought for the animators.

We asked critical story-driven questions during the sculpt: How does a younger version of this star stand? What is their attitude? Posing the sculpt helped us answer these questions. This iterative, sculpt-first process proved that a character's narrative begins long before the first frame of animation—it starts the moment you begin to sculpt.