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Designing with Dreamworks Character Designer Takao Noguchi

Spend an hour and see how Dreamworks Character Designer works and learn the tips to designing in both 2D and 3D.

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Takao Noguchi was born and raised in Japan and in 1997 moved to Honolulu to work as a creature supervisor for Square Pictures on “Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within” and “Final Flight of Osiris”. In 2003, Takao made his way to  Los Angeles  and worked as a character designer and visual development artist on Sony Pictures “Open Season” and” Surf’s Up”. He then moved on to DreamWorks Animation as a character designer on “How to Train Your Dragon”. Takao is part of DreamWorks Animation’s art department where he enjoys designing characters for various projects.

For more information visit: http://www.noguchin.com/