Pleaded with animator Douglas TenNapel to hire her, so she started as
Ed Schofield's "Monkey Girl" and assistant animator. Vanessa learned
how to animate under Schofield, TenNapel, and Mike Dietz's instruction.
After starting Boom Bots Vanessa went up to Insomniac Games and
convinced Ted Price to hire her on the Spyro series and she became a
major contributor to the character design and eventually became a lead
animator. At the beginning of Insomniac's new series (eventually to
become Ratchet and Clank) Vanessa decided to leave it all and become a
fine artist. She created the "Land of Wee" (see her website)