Tyson Hesse (born August 30, 1984) is an American

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illustrator and director, known for his work on the '' Sonic the Hedgehog'' franchise.

Career

Webcomics

Hesse produced the

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''Boxer Hockey'', which he started in 2006. Hesse also created the graphic novel ''Diesel'' and its follow-up, ''Tyson Hesse’s Diesel: Ignition''. The graphic novel follows Diana "Dee" Diesel, a teenager about to become captain of an airship colony, who gets caught in a war.

Sonic the Hedgehog

Hesse worked as an artist for the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' comic series from Archie Comics. He later served as the animation director on trailers and animated cutscenes for the 2017

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Sonic Mania ''Sonic Mania'' is a 2017 platform game published by Sega for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Windows. Produced in commemoration of the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' series' 25th anniversary, ''Sonic Mania'' pays homage to the original S ...

'' and its promotional mini-series, ''Sonic Mania Adventures''. Hesse also directed the ''Team Sonic Racing Overdrive'' shorts which promoted 2019's '' Team Sonic Racing'', the animated cutscenes for 2022's '' Sonic Origins,'' and the promotional animated short for 2022's ''Sonic Frontiers'', ''Sonic Frontiers Prologue: Divergence''. Hesse has also contributed to IDW Publishing's ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' comic series. After the trailer for the 2020 ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' film was released in 2019 and Sonic's design was strongly criticised, Hesse was brought in as the lead artist to redesign Sonic. Hesse returned for the

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as the character design lead, storyboard supervisor, and co-producer.

Other work

Hesse has contributed art to the video game '' Dream Daddy'' and the comic book series ''

The Amazing World of Gumball ''The Amazing World of Gumball'' is an animated sitcom created by Ben Bocquelet for Cartoon Network. The series concerns the lives of 12-year-old Gumball Watterson, an anthropomorphic blue cat, and adoptive goldfish brother Darwin, who attend ...

'', based on the television series of the same name. He was also a

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for the movie '' Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus''.

Comics

References

External links

Sonic Mania Plus: The Story of Tyson Hesse
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hesse, Tyson Living people Place of birth missing (living people) 1984 births American animators American comics creators American webcomic creators Sonic the Hedgehog