Artist Dan Thron returned to create the game's cutscenes, with assistance from Jennifer Hrabota-Lesser. Thron later called Hrabota-Lesser "one of the greatest artists I've ever seen". The cutscenes, which "Computer Games Magazine" called "unique", feature multiple layers of artwork and footage of live actors filmed against a green screen. These components were combined and animated in Adobe After Effects. The technique had been developed for the original "Thief", as an evolution of designer Ken Levine's suggestion to use motion comic cutscenes. David Lynch's films "Eraserhead" and "The Elephant Man" were important influences on their style.