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I'm a bit confused here, what design is already done? The designs for the characters? Nope, those are literally coming to life through the sewing machine first. There weren't any sketches prior. How would 3D help this?
Actually, they are being used as is. That iPad screen shot is a bit misleading. Our artist did up the little guys in illustrator while we were figuring out how we want these things to animate on screen.
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