Sonic Mania Animator Helped with Sonic the Hedgehog Movie Redesign - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 13 November 2019 / 2,243 Views
The first trailer of the redesigned Sonic in the upcoming Sonic the Hedgehog movie was recently released. Tyson Hesse, the Sonic Mania animator, announced via Twitter he helped in the redesign.
"Honored to have been brought in to lead the design on the new Movie Sonic," said Hesse. "Working with Jeff and the modelers, riggers, texture/fur artists and animators in LA, London, and Vancouver was a thrill I'll never forget."
The Sonic the Hedgehog movie will release in theatres on February 14.
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He was clearly the best choice not only for Mania animation design, but also the franchise movie itself.
Give this guy a seat at Sega animation dept, because he's worked his ass off to make things work.
Well, they hired the correct person for the job, which explains the massive improvement.
I wonder why Paramount didn't think to hire him in the first place. Makes me wonder who did they hire to do the initial design?
Sonic looks much better, but I'm still skeptical of the overall product developed mainly by people who thought that design was a good thing.
Call me crazy, but I think they knew from the beginning that that design was going to be dragged through the streets, and that it was never going to be the final design. I think this was one big PR stunt, and it worked really well
So much better.
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