Celebrated for blending 2D and 3D animation techniques to create illustrated characters and worlds that inhabit the pages of a comic book, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse established a high bar for its sequels to follow. But rather than rest on its laurels, the creative teams at Sony Pictures Animation and Sony Pictures Imageworks decided to up the ante by multiplying the number of dimensional settings visited, and giving them their own unique animation style for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.
Transitioning from being a CG supervisor on the original to the visual effects supervisor on the second installment of a planned trilogy is Mike Lasker. “This one is definitely a different animal,” he admits. “We have taken what we did on the first for Miles’ world and brought it to the next level. And on top
