By their very nature, the Hotel Transylvania films have a lot of different characters. And since they range from humans to monsters and other creatures, each character tends to have its own attributes. But how are those attributes brought to life on screen? Cartoon Brew asked Sony Pictures Imageworks animation supervisor Alan Hawkins how three different characters in the new Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation , the latest film in the Hotel Transylvania franchise from director Genndy Tartakovsky and Sony Pictures Animation, went from script to design to their final form, and what that means practically for the animators. These character challenges relate to the green blob monster, Blobby (which was actually voiced by Tartakovsky), Count Dracula’s rapid bat transformations, and a brand new character, the giant sea monster Kraken (voiced by Joe Jonas). Building Blobby Blobby is a gelatinous monster, and so is not only translucent but also capable of forming...