Tuesday, February 26, 2008

GGBS Head Character Animator Good Bye

Today I had lunch with Eric Montero before he heads to Mexico. He is one amazing artist. He designed all our characters and headed the animation. See his VFS student film, Cuauxicalli here. The crazy thing about Eric is that not only is he a gifted artist and animation instructor, but is also a dentist. Yes a dentist, I could not believe it either when I first found out. Note to self - if you ever want to do game with lots of traditional animation (ie hand drawn), make sure you have a damn good artist (like Eric) skilled in classical animation and budget lots and lots of time. When you play GGBS, every frame in the dance moves that the characters perform was individually drawn, please appreciate it!