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Candy Crush Friends Saga

Project Details

Client

Candy Crush

Directors

Joe Burrascano

Anca Risca

about this project

In a collaboration with mobile game giant King, Nathan Love brought the cast of Candy Crush into a new, beautifully rendered 3D world. The new characters and animation appear in their new game and will be widely used in promotional materials and videos.  

Production Company
Nathan Love

Executive Producer
Jon O’Hara

Producers
Rob Franklin, Liz Hurd

Director
Joe Burrascano

Art Director
Tim Probert

Character TD
Steve Mann, Zeth Willie, Frank Naranjo

Lead CG Artist
Elizabeth Ku-Herrero

Lead Animator
Tom Shek

Animators
Doug Litos, Dan Barker, Han Hu, Zeth Willie

Look Development:
Jin Fang Jiang, Eric Cunha, Paul Kim, Kwan Au

Candy Queen
Jin Fang Jiang

Hair
Eric Cunha

2D Effects
Peter Ahern

3D Effects
Josh Clos

Lighting Lead
Eric Cunha

Lighting
Jin Fang Jiang, Elizabeth Ku-Herrero

Project Intern
Lia Zhang

Compositing
Eric Concepcion, Jeff the Dragon

 

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