A Rotten Tomatoes for any Spider-Man movie at 97% (although Spider-Man: No Way Home does hold a higher audiences score). The film, which was written by Phil Lord and Rodney Rothman and directed by Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rothman, was praised for its groundbreaking animation style and its introduction of the very first Black Spider-Man with Miles Morales.
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse also performed well at the box office, earning over $375 million on a $90 million production budget. It was confirmed in June of 2020 that production on the sequel, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Part One) hints that the sequel will see Miles and Gwen reteam to further explore the multiverse, expanding on the groundwork laid in the first film and continuing to push the boundaries of animation.
In an incredible new TikTok video, artist Gabriel Gault creates a stunning piece of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse-inspired graffiti wall art using only what appears to be an Oculus VR headset. The video shows two simultaneous perspectives, one of what Gabriel is seeing in VR and another showing the artist working outside of VR. The 54-second video is set to "Sunflower" by Post Malone and Swae Lee, a song featured both in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and the trailer for the Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. Check out the breathtaking video below, which was reposted by a fan on Twitter:
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The end product, a colorful mural of Miles Morales' Spider-Man, looks as if it could have been taken right from Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Like Gabriel's artwork, the animation techniques used in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse are groundbreaking. The film didn't use conventional CGI but instead saw the animation team pioneer an entirely new look that involved innovative rendering techniques combined with more traditional hand-drawn animation. Gabriel's technique for the piece, involving the more traditional graffiti art style mixed with the freedom of VR, has resulted in something similarly breathtaking and visually striking.
Audiences are still a long while away from getting to see the sequel to Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, but Gabriel's art serves as a reminder of just how visually distinct and creative the sequel is sure to be. The first trailer for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse has already shown that the animation team behind the movie is breaking new ground once more and striving to give fans never-before-seen visuals. While the sequel is still more than half a year away, thankfully fans have artists like Gabriel to check out in the meantime, who has clearly been inspired by the ground-breaking work done in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.
Source: Gabriel Gault/ TikTok
