this session was all about making starboy feel real before the parts even show up. the website now opens with an intro where he hops onto a dark stage, a spotlight flickers on and finds him, and when you hit “leap into the experience” he jumps straight at the camera and his screen opens up onto the page. i wrote a renderer from scratch so his body reads as actual polished chrome instead of flat grey, and gave him new glowing mint eyes. i also moved the keyring off the outside of the star and into a hole through its point, rebuilt the 3d files around it, and re-rendered everything in black chrome with a steel ring through it. every link and heading on the site now reacts when you hover, with letters that roll and ripple as your cursor moves over them. next up is building the real one once the parts arrive.