For its original Ghost Stride animated short, @DardoStudios rigged and animated every character entirely inside Unreal Engine. The team joined us to explain how Control Rig, Sequencer, and hand-drawn effects created its distinctive action-horror style. "Unreal is a great tool for small teams and people starting out, because you can do a lot in one place and get strong results without a huge budget. But it doesn't automatically make every project cheaper. The time you save during content creation can end up being spent later on optimization or solving technical problems.” Full breakdown: 80.lv/articles/how-this-pain…