Jonathan Cooper
@jonathan.gameanim.com
Award-winning game developer. Animated Mass Effect, Assassin's Creed, Uncharted, The Last of Us series and more. Wrote GAME ANIM: Video Game Animation Explained. Shipped Apple Vision Pro.
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Took a 1hr drive to New Asgard from Avengers/Thor - AKA St. Abbs.
November 11, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Took a 1hr drive to New Asgard from Avengers/Thor - AKA St. Abbs.
My wife brought back gifts from Richmond
November 10, 2025 at 8:25 PM
My wife brought back gifts from Richmond
Showing my kid Daddy’s “Pokémon” cards.
November 5, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Showing my kid Daddy’s “Pokémon” cards.
Fall walk in The Pentlands
November 4, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Fall walk in The Pentlands
Watched Bram Stoker’s Dracula for Halloween and this shot is so memorable - I think it’s the only hand-held of the movie, and Oldman’s off-kilter stomp is perfect.
November 3, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Watched Bram Stoker’s Dracula for Halloween and this shot is so memorable - I think it’s the only hand-held of the movie, and Oldman’s off-kilter stomp is perfect.
There is but the cover is the worst part about it
October 25, 2025 at 10:41 AM
There is but the cover is the worst part about it
Got the set (again)
October 22, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Got the set (again)
Team Ninja's impressive (for the time) face-capture setup
October 16, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Team Ninja's impressive (for the time) face-capture setup
Love these low-poly cinematic meshes and environments
October 16, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Love these low-poly cinematic meshes and environments
Ninja Gaiden 2 (2008) face rigs in Softimage
October 16, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Ninja Gaiden 2 (2008) face rigs in Softimage
How Where Winds Meet’s Wuxia-inspired combat turns the umbrella into a weapon
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blog.playstation.com/2025/09/25/h...
October 1, 2025 at 9:56 AM
How Where Winds Meet’s Wuxia-inspired combat turns the umbrella into a weapon
blog.playstation.com/2025/09/25/h...
blog.playstation.com/2025/09/25/h...
First day of Unreal Fest Stockholm down. Lots of animation and rigging talks. Spent yesterday running around the city capturing the best buildings.
September 23, 2025 at 1:35 PM
First day of Unreal Fest Stockholm down. Lots of animation and rigging talks. Spent yesterday running around the city capturing the best buildings.
Kyoto Garden in Holland Park, London at the weekend.
September 22, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Kyoto Garden in Holland Park, London at the weekend.
Assassin’s Creed Edinburgh. View from the post-DICE rooftop party earlier this week.
September 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Assassin’s Creed Edinburgh. View from the post-DICE rooftop party earlier this week.
Sonic X Shadow Generations rigging and animation behind-the-scenes
September 16, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Sonic X Shadow Generations rigging and animation behind-the-scenes
New fighting game background discovered in Edinburgh
September 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
New fighting game background discovered in Edinburgh
Hollow Knight: Silksong sprite sheet - via the Australian Centre for the Moving Image's "Game Worlds" exhibition, running between September 18th and February 8th. www.acmi.net.au/whats-on/gam...
September 6, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Hollow Knight: Silksong sprite sheet - via the Australian Centre for the Moving Image's "Game Worlds" exhibition, running between September 18th and February 8th. www.acmi.net.au/whats-on/gam...
Really enjoyed the Metal Eden demo. Great-looking game and gameplay is up there with Doom.
August 29, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Really enjoyed the Metal Eden demo. Great-looking game and gameplay is up there with Doom.
Visited Culross this week. The abbey just went on sale for offers over £35K if anyone wants to chip in for an 800 year old game studio…
August 27, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Visited Culross this week. The abbey just went on sale for offers over £35K if anyone wants to chip in for an 800 year old game studio…
Had our 25 year art school reunion at the weekend there with a screening of our old coursework in Dundee Contemporary Arts, and got a tour of the museum-like projection room.
August 25, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Had our 25 year art school reunion at the weekend there with a screening of our old coursework in Dundee Contemporary Arts, and got a tour of the museum-like projection room.
Sonic and friends and the Chao audience crowd, all rigged in mGear.
August 18, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Sonic and friends and the Chao audience crowd, all rigged in mGear.
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds (2025) intro cinematic storyboards
August 18, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds (2025) intro cinematic storyboards
That’s me hit my first quarter-century in game development. Marked it by hiking the tor of Clachnaben. Looking forward to the next 25 years.
August 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
That’s me hit my first quarter-century in game development. Marked it by hiking the tor of Clachnaben. Looking forward to the next 25 years.
