
So grateful to have found such great partners at to help bring it to life, and Sega for giving us a shot at pulling it off" (Tweet).

"When we started creating our animations internally at Sega 5 years ago this was the kind of short I always dreamed of making. They did an amazing job, and you've only just seen a small part of the cool new stuff we did for Origins" (Tweet). "Working with the Powerhouse team on the new cinematics was an absolute pleasure.

He later served as the animation director on trailers and animated cutscenes for the 2017 platform game Sonic Mania and its promotional mini-series, Sonic Mania Adventures. Hesse worked as an artist for the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series from Archie Comics. The graphic novel follows Diana "Dee" Diesel, a teenager about to become captain of an airship colony, who gets caught in a war. Hesse also created the graphic novel Diesel and its follow-up, Tyson Hesse’s Diesel: Ignition. Hesse produced the webcomic Boxer Hockey, which he started in 2006. Tyson Hesse (born August 30, 1984) is an American graphic novel illustrator and director, known for his work on the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise.

Writing and illustrating graphic novels and comics
