Evolving complexity management on "the LEGO Batman movie"

Abstract

The demand for asset complexity has increased by several orders of magnitude since The LEGO Movie. This has resulted in the need for the team at Animal Logic to further develop their proprietary render and shading pipeline, while significantly optimising nearly all aspects of asset creation. Animal Logic's already extensive library of LEGO bricks was expanded considerably, and centralised for use across multiple shows and multiple locations. Continued development of asset creation tools, and significant increases in pipeline automation ensured increased review cycles, greater consistency and minimal duplication of effort.