{"id":349718,"date":"2025-12-18T15:47:55","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T15:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/animation\/ivan-boivin-on-animating-classic-characters-in-royalty-free-for-all\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T15:47:55","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T15:47:55","slug":"ivan-boivin-on-animating-classic-characters-in-royalty-free-for-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=349718","title":{"rendered":"Ivan Boivin on animating classic characters in Royalty Free-For-All"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Royalty Free-For-All<\/span><\/i> is a multiplayer platform brawler which will be familiar to fans of<\/span> Super Smash Bros. <\/span><\/i>or <\/span>MultiVersus<\/span><\/i>. It also may feel familiar because the game features a vast cast of fighters inspired by mythology, fairytales and literature.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In fact, <\/span>Royalty Free-for-All <\/span><\/i>wouldn\u2019t be possible without fictional characters that have entered the public domain, like Piglet (from A. A. Milne\u2019s <\/span>Winnie-the-Pooh<\/span><\/i>), Sweeney Todd (from James Malcolm Rymer\u2019s <\/span>The String of Pearls<\/span><\/i>), Victor Frankenstein (from Mary Shelly\u2019s <\/span>Frankenstein<\/span><\/i>) and Dante (from Dante Alighieri\u2019s <\/span>Divine Comedy<\/span><\/i>). Material can enter the public domain when its copyright protection expires, or if it was created in a way that made it exempt from copyright in the first place.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Ivan Boivin, a storyboard artist and character animator by trade, animated all of the game\u2019s sequences and characters using Harmony Premium. We spoke with Ivan to learn how he designed and animated the game\u2019s spin on these timeless characters, with a focus on his planning and workflow.<\/span><\/p>\n