Jason Stark
Jason Stark has spent the past few decades hiding in the video games industry desperately avoiding a real job. To this end, he’s worked as an art-director, programmer, technical artist, 3d modeller and writer. But despite his best efforts to remain a force of dark cynicism in this world, the one job he’s done more than any other is to animate small, cute things that make people go “awwwww”.
The Lazy Animators Guide to Cute Critter Animation
TG Lightning Talks @ Melbourne International Games Week 2026
After a decade of making cute little critters move in adorable ways, I’ve compiled a series of animation hacks for producing awww-inspiring animal motion with the least amount of work.
Jason Stark
Jason Stark has spent the past few decades hiding in the video games industry desperately avoiding a real job. To this end, he’s worked as an art-director, programmer, technical artist, 3d modeller and writer. But despite his best efforts to remain a force of dark cynicism in this world, the one job he’s done more than any other is to animate small, cute things that make people go “awwwww”.