smooth binding vs rigid bind.

Mt first intention was to make a smooth bind for the characters, it came out quite well, but took a lot of time. Chris Meredith suggested to make a rigid bind for the models, it would make it look much more like cardboard. And it worked well, we very like how the cardboard cracks on the binding places, it started to look and behave more like cardboard.


One of the ideas for solving the bending places was splitting up the model that it wouldn't have any skin that would bend but just a gap. This idea was rejected as it didn't fit well to the conception of the cardboard man.

Smooth bind:
This is the problem area with smooth binding:


Rigid bind looks much better and feels more as cardboard:

especially with texture:There are still some imperfect bending but anyway it is much better.