Character Intro Layouts

After some playing around with layout, I think I've settled on these final looks for the reel. It's all coming together. I think I may even present the characters in this order as well.

Mad Mario Backdrop

I think I'm pretty much finished up on the background matte painting. I toyed around with add more detail and structures to the landscape, but I felt it was distracting from the character. For now, I'll leave this as it is at the moment. I'm going to move on to adjusting some of the chracter lighting in 3D. I should begin rendering the final segments for Mario tomorrow.

I'm looking forward to being finished with the reel. I'm ready to move on to something else....