[ISEA94] Artists Statement: Eric Darnel & Michael T. Collery — Gas Planet

Artists Statement

Early in 1990, Tim Johnson and Rex Grignon officially formed PDI’s Character Animation Group with the mandate to develop a group of artists with the creative and technical skills needed to produce a feature-length CG-animated film. The group originally consisted of Johnson, Grignon, Raman Hui, Glenn McQueen, Beth Hofer, Dick Walsh, Karen Schneider and Eric Darnell. Under this group, PDI’s commercial character animation skills grew and numerous notable short films were produced. Among these is Gas Planet (1992) [source: Wikipedia]

Pacific Data lmages, Redwood City, California, United States. Founded in 1980 by Carl Rosendahl, PDI is one of the pioneers of computer animation. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Data_Images.

  • Eric Darnel  PDI, USA Eric Darnell (1961) is an American animator, director, writer, songwriter and occasional voice actor. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Darnell.
  • Michael  Collery, technical director for Gas Planet, worked as a Technical Director / Animator on television graphics and commercials. Managed small group of computer graphic artists. Generally responsible for all aspects of a production, from modeling, motion, lighting, effects and compositing. Developed rigging tools and facial animation systems for character animation. [source: LinkedIn]