Vanessa Jones
aka:
Vanessa Jones Russell
Moby ID: 27619
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Vanessa Jones met the boys at the Neverhood at E3 where she pleaded with Doug TenNapel to hire her. So Vanessa Jones started as Ed Schofield's "Monkey Girl" or assistant animator. There she learned how to animate under Ed, Doug, and Mike Dietz's instruction. After starting Boom Bots Vanessa went up to Insomniac Games and convinced Ted Price to hire her on the Spyro series. He gave her a shot and she became a major contributor to the character design and eventually became a lead animator. At the beginning of Insomniac’s new series (eventually to become Ratchet and Clank) Vanessa decided to leave it all and become a fine artist. She created the "Land of Wee."
For more information visit: http://www.landofwee.com/
Lead Animator: Spyro: Year of the Dragon (2001), SCEA
Animator: Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage (1999), SCEA
BoomBots (1999), SouthPeak Interactive
Level Designer: Skullmonkeys (1998), Electronic Arts
Assistant Animator: The Neverhood (1996), Dreamworks Interactive, Microsoft
Credited on 9 games
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| Spyro: Reignited Trilogy (2018, PlayStation 4) | A Very Special Thanks to Insomniac Games |
| Dreamfall: The Longest Journey (Game of the Year Edition) (2007, Windows) | Voice Actors |
| Dreamfall: The Longest Journey (2006, Windows) | Voice Actors |
| Spyro: Year of the Dragon (2000, PlayStation) | Insomniac Games |
| BoomBots (1999, PlayStation) | Animators |
| Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage! (1999, PlayStation) | Developed by Insomniac Games |
| Skullmonkeys (1998, PlayStation) | Level Designers |
| Let's Talk About Me (1996, Windows 3.x) | Voice Over |
| The Neverhood (1996, Windows) | Contractors |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 4 games with André Sogliuzzo
- 3 games with Gregg A. Berger
- 3 games with Oliver Wade
- 3 games with Mark Cerny
- 3 games with Stewart Copeland
- 3 games with Dan Johnson
- 3 games with Caroline Trujillo
- 3 games with Michael John
- 3 games with Jared Hardy
- 3 games with Brian Allgeier
Companies
- 3 games with Insomniac Games, Inc.
- 3 games with Neverhood, Inc., The
- 2 games with Cerny Games, Inc.
- 2 games with Sony Interactive...
- 2 games with Universal Interactive Inc.
- 2 games with Empire Interactive Europe Ltd.
- 2 games with Sony Interactive...
- 2 games with Ripple Effect Studios
- 2 games with Aspyr Media, Inc.
- 1 game with Funcom Oslo A/S
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