Nate Wells, who was the lead artist on The Last of Us, has left Naughty Dog for Giant Sparrow where he works as an art director (according to his Twitter page). However, he hasn’t yet updated his LinkedIn profile , where it says he’s a lead artist at Naughty Dog. Considering he was recently active on Twitter, we believe we are to trust what his Twitter page says.
Before working on The Last of Us with Naughty Dog, he worked as an art director at (now former) Irrational Games. He moved from Irrational Games to Naughty Dog in 2012.
During his carrer, he worked on shipping titles such as: Thief: The Dark Project, Thief II: The Metal Age, System Shock 2 and BioShock.
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