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This clip captures a hybrid face-mapping experiment conducted within a digital character interface. The figure — rendered in a stylized humanoid form wearing overalls — serves as a research avatar for testing projection overlays that merge 2D illustration with 3D embodiment.

A hand-drawn face, reminiscent of traditional cartoon physiognomy, is superimposed over the model’s head, forming a layered identity between digital puppet and animated mask. The character stands within a minimal VR-like environment, suggesting an ongoing study in embodied design, facial abstraction, and gesture synthesis.

This research belongs to a wider inquiry into Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and hybrid animation pipelines, investigating how hand-drawn surfaces can dynamically coexist with volumetric models. The resulting hybrid becomes both avatar and artifact — a living diagram of mixed-reality storytelling, referencing techniques from projection mapping, facial retargeting, and augmented puppetry.

Developed within a research-led animation ecosystem, this experiment aligns with methodologies from the NFB Innovation Lab, MIT Media Lab, and UNESCO Creative Research Networks, exploring intersections between performance capture, analog drawing, and virtual production.

🧩 This study represents an adjacent R&D layer. The final film, currently in festival circulation, was produced entirely through analog, hand-drawn animation without AI integration. The lab process exists to preserve and augment traditional artistry through experimental interfaces.

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