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The Last of Us Part 2 Animator Leaves Naughty Dog

gamingbolt.com

Jonathan Cooper, who was an animator at Naughty Dog, recently announced on Twitter that he has left the studio. His LinkedIn profile actually shows that he left last month- a look at his profile also shows that he’s been involved in all of Naughty Dog’s recent major stuff. After working on Uncharted 4, he then moved on to Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, before working on The Last of Us Part 2 for over two years.

 

[Cert.in.Death]

Completely unaware what his substantive contributions to those projects were, but the animation in each of those games is top grade and it doesn’t hurt to have a stint at ND on your resume.

All the best mate.

 

[yodine53]

A huge loss, he was the one who hyped the Motion matching system in TLoU II. Between this and the delay i'm really concerned about the game.

 

[MisterBrimstone]

Turns out animating dykes scissoring isn't as easy as it is masturbating to it.

 

[reconminicon]

Because the job is done??

 

[Lone Wolf]

Off to The Initiative?

 

[JordanN]

Because the job is done??

This.

Reminds me of that story I read about Popeyes chicken. There was demand for a sandwich so they decided to hire more staff. When the hype dies, they're obviously going to lay off any extras.

 

[KingdomHeartsFan]

It's funny seeing an employee wishing a company the best in their future endeavours, usually it's the other way around lol.

 

[EverydayBeast]

Losing a key animator is a huge deficit but its not like losing a lead developer.

 

[MiyazakiHatesKojima]

Traitor.

 

[Ryu Kaiba]

Turns out animating dykes scissoring isn't as easy as it is masturbating to it.

 

[joe_zazen]

Is he a wizard?

 

[yodine53]

Because the job is done??

Final months are one of the most important parts in game development.

 

[JoeyWestSide]

Turns out animating dykes scissoring isn't as easy as it is masturbating to it.

Cut to Ms Garrison in South Park..

 

[Justin9mm]

I assume that part of the development is done, he may of been made redundant as he is one of a few animators that are no longer required although considering his tenure, it's probably that he left on his own terms once he had finished his role as in doing the nice thing and not leaving them high and dry. I would say from now until release its probably just all mostly polish and bug fixing. With a game this size there is probably a lot of work in regard to those two things.

EDit: After release I'd love to see a small doco type vid of their development in the studio during that time and issues they had and showing some of the things and how they did it. I saw that one for God of War with Corey Barlog and a couple other leads, I find that stuff really interesting.

 

[ZywyPL]

Off to The Initiative?

My exact thought when I read the thread title. Most likely MS buying him out.

 

[mortal]

Not exactly sure how this is considered news. Artists and animators in the industry move around all the time. Might as well make a thread for every single instance.
The man makes a personal life update on his twitter and some gaming media outlet picks it up as "news" lol

 

[imsosleepy]

Off to The Initiative?

bet he could get a really big pay raise with his resume if he went there

 

[Mod of War]

Turns out animating dykes scissoring isn't as easy as it is masturbating to it.

These types of comments in every single thread on this game are not only getting old, but are starting to push the limits.

Knock it off people.

 

[Handy Fake]

These types of comments in every single thread on this game are not only getting old, but are starting to push the limits.

Knock it off people.

I swear some people still think it's the 70's.

 

[MisterBrimstone]

These types of comments in every single thread on this game are not only getting old, but are starting to push the limits.

Knock it off people.

I hereby accept the infraction point wholeheartedly.