Jake Adams

I am a student attending my 4th semester at the Academy of Art University pursuing a bachelor’s degree in animation and visual effects. When I decided to join the Academy, I pictured myself leaning 3D character animation for feature films (think Moana (2016)). After a few semesters at the Academy, I find myself leaning a bit more towards 3D character animation for video games. I feel inspired by the character animation that comes along with games like The Last of Us and the Uncharted series. Another inspiration for me to take on a career in the computer animation industry are the video games created by Hideo Kojima and his team at Kojima studios. The work they did there on the Metal Gear Solid series astounds me to this day. The ending of the 3rd game, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, gave me the first emotional reaction to a video game. This inspires me because I have a story that I’ve been working on for years that I want to tell, and My entire hope for this story is to make other people feel that connection to it that I felt when I finished that game. It would be an honor to one day work at Kojima Studios or even at Naughty dog one day.