Luma had the freakin’ awesome privilege of Judd Simantov from Naughty Dog dropping in at our offices. Now if you are unfamiliar with Mr Simantov or Naughty Dog, best you read on!!

First up Judd works at Naughty Dog as the Art Technical Lead, and if you check out his blog, you will understand why. Judd is one of those “I hate you so much right now” multi talented guys who do everything. Animation, sculpting, programming, rigging, you name it! This man has done it, and done it well! Can we just add, with total pride that Judd is South African!! Yup, this man is home grown talent.

Now as for the company he works for, lets just say they are taking over the world not just one step at a time, but rather in leaps and bounds with some secondary animation in-between. So what has Naughty Dog done that should impress us? Look below.

Yes, this is the team that brought you Uncharted 2! Brilliant game play, high-end cinematics and jaw dropping tech tools. If you are a tech junkie, take a look at the behind the scenes clips courtesy of Naughty Dog.

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As an added bonus we found a presentation Judd and Jeremy Yates (the animation lead at Naughty Dog) did for GDC on the animation work flow. (Click on the image to view the PDF)

With that all said and done, we would like to thank Judd for his awesome visit, and wish him well as he heads back to the USA, to work on other kick ass projects that will no doubt make us all drool. Come home soon Judd!