Mayan Macaw from High 5 Games, was my first full fledged game I had to create the animations for. I've supported, converted or created additional animations for games, but not to this caliber.

I've expressed that I wanted the birds to be bursting with color and colored paint to splash as they move about. The Macaw bird was a 3D model purchased for Maya, however all three main textures of the birds and animations were done by me. My favorite are the blue and green birds. The blue being visually pleasing as the wing grazes the water and the green for be relaxing and beautiful to watch. The only inspirations I could draw from would be the animated movies Rio and El Dorado.

This was a combined effort, as both of my Illustrators Johan Lood and Isaac Litman did an excellent job on the art, and the art director, Guillermo Gonzales bringing the whole piece together.

This was also one of my favorite celebration animations to work on.

Production Team: Guillermo Gonzales (Art Director), Johan Lood (Illustrator), Isaac Litman (Illustrator), Jason Hata (Animator)