Some of his non-gaming credits include album cover art for A&M Records, notably Blues Traveler's: Travelers & Thieves, and inclusion in Society of Illustrators annual #35. He has contributed writings to Animation Magazine and Animation World Network.

He also serves as panel leader on Animation and Art Direction craft categories for the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences' (AIAS) achievement awards. He has lectured at GDC, USC School of Cinema, Visual Effects Society, Gnomon School and SIGGRAPH on various VA & Production subjects. These titles have generated 35 Million unit sold to date.īob serves as an advisory board member for Game Developer’s Conference, The Game Developer Choice Awards, and One Big Game. Most recently, he co-art directed the award wining Uncharted: Drake’s Fortunefor PS3, focusing on visual development, cinematic mo-cap, animation and lighting. He then led visual development for the award winning Jak & Daxter series for the PS2, as well as contribute to character animations. He played a key role in establishing the look of this series touching on all aspects of production, from back ground modeling, lighting, texturing, to character rigging and animation. He joined NDI in early '95 as its first employee while in the visual development stage of Crash Bandicoot.

He was formerly the 13 year art director, character animator and concept artist of Naughty Dog, Inc. and a 15 year veteran of the gaming industry. Bob Rafei is the Co-Founder and Chief Visual Officer of Big Red Button Entertainment, Inc.

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