Dan Whiting
Dan is a senior animator at Cloud Imperium Games, who has worked for the last 5 years at their office in Wilmslow, right outside Manchester.
His time there has been spent primarily on character animation for ground-based Combat AI and Civilian NPCs likewise subjected to Combat conditions. The work is done in Maya and Motion Builder and run in CIG’s proprietary game engine.
Previous to joining CIG, Dan worked at a company in Poland, doing animation for an FPS shooter. Before moving to Europe, he spent 12 years at EA Sports, working on several their titles. Dan had started his career in animated TV and Films, working at Blue Sky Studios and Dreamworks.
He received his Education at Ringling College of Art and Design in Florida… and yes, that is the same Ringling that used to own the Ringling Brothers Circus empire!