The brief for the segment from film director Jon Watts was to create a series of handmade vignettes that felt like a high school art project. “And from there, we just ran with it,” Perception’s principal creative director John LePore said in the film’s art of book. “We explored two different components for this: One was figuring out what kinds of mediums would be appropriate for this; the other was figuring out what kinds of scenes we could present to show a combination of imagery that feels iconic to Spider-Man, as well as little ideas that help continue the story.”

Art director Chris Carboni adds, “Knowing how ambitious our vision was, it was important to put together a storyboard that not only served as a narrative blueprint, but also a guide for how each artistic medium would transition into the next. So we came up with dozens of vignettes, and rearranged them like puzzle pieces until everything clicked.”

Below are a selection of Carboni’s style frames for the project – many more can be found on his website:

Credits

Produced at Perception NYC

Creative Director: John LePore

Art Director: Doug Appleton, Chris Carboni

Storyboards: Kevin Li, Ian Bradley, Jeff Baghai, Chris Carboni

Design: Chris Carboni, Kevin Li

2D Animation: Handel Eugene, Chris Carboni, Doug Appleton, Ilaria Cacace, Justin Moluse

3D Animation: Doug Appleton, Handel Eugene