About Mike Best

Mike Best is a CG industry veteran who has provided technical art and animation for the games and television industries for over 15 years.  Mike is the Lead Technical Artist at Smoking Gun Interactive in Vancouver, Canada. His last completed project was at Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, where he worked on EyePet, a critically acclaimed augmented reality game for the PS3.

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What's NEW?

Mike joints Smoking Gun Interactive.

I have recently taken on a role at Smoking Gun Interactive in Vancouver, Canada as their Lead Technical Artist.
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Recent Articles

Building a Great Facial Animation Pipeline

There are few topics amongst CG professionals and games developers that can so quickly raise a heated debate than that of facial animation for computer generated characters.  In a series of articles I discuss the aesthetic, technical, and practical considerations of building a first rate facial animation pipeline.
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Credits


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Senior Character TD

Senior Pre-viz Artist

Character TD

Senior Environment Arist

Senior Environment Artist

Art Director

Art Director

Art Director

Artist / Animator
     
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I hope you enjoy viewing my website.  From the this homepage you can view a selection of my showreels. For more detailed information on any of the videos, press the 'read more' link under the video's description for more details, shot-break downs and credits.

To learn more about me and what I do visit my about page in the info section, where you will can also find my CV and contact details.

I have also started writing some articles related to character and facial animation technology.  Please also check back soon as I am in the process of updating the site with more content, tutorials and other resources.