THE ORIGAMI LOOK

This is my final idea about backgrounds. I was thinking and researching for a long time to find out what exactly would I like and I came out with this idea of COMPOSITED PAPER CUT-OUT PLANES. I would only play with lights and shadows and different textures of papers to create the feel and look of space.

Here are some inspirational clues:

An amazing animation, all done with stop-frame paper designs:





Okami game, all made of 3D animated cutouts:

Im not quite sure either I want to do the backgrounds in photoshop and entirely animate them in AFX or do them in Maya and set the beatiful lighting and rig and animate them there... Im opened for suggestions, advice and ...practice as well!