While doing my first tests with static portraits and manually painting in every different expression, I stumbled upon Japanese animation software specifically made for animating portraits. My research quickly lead to Live2D Cubism, which at that time was the only one of such software that had been translated to English.

After some first tests and finding out that I could make it work with my style, I just went for it! It really helped us to bring an extra level of relatability to the characters and we’ve had pretty much nothing but positive feedback on it. It was a perfect way to combine my passion for 2D art and animation and I think it shows that I had a lot of fun bringing the characters of Herald to life!