"We worked seven days a week for a year at a time," said Haley, who said she was considered the office "mom" for a 60-member animation crew. (And it wasn't just from helping animate those cheery hobbits). She says her time on the "Lord of the Rings" projects also played a role in inspiring the pick-me-up app. "The Happy Apps" is available for the iPhone and iPad for $1.99 starting Friday. The app's therapy techniques are inspired by personal interests, including yoga and her Indian roots, Haley said. It's a tiny, little, fun app, but it's very me." "I'd never really thought about apps, per se, but I thought about how I could use my background in visual effects and games to do something that was important and valuable in some way," she said. More recently she's been taking some time to be a stay-at-home mom to her two children. The project is the first for Haley, who before "Lord of the Rings" worked with the video-game division at DreamWorks. The $1.99 app, which Haley says is probably most effective on the iPad, also includes a sleep therapy app which combines several of the tools for what she calls a more restful way to get to sleep and wake up.
"The Happy Apps," for the iPad and iPhone, is a set of mood-enhancement tools that include light therapy, color therapy and a "Help Yourself Happiness Guide" to help you decide which are right for you. Haley, who was manager of the animation department for 2003's "The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King" and animation coordinator for the previous year's "The Two Towers," has rolled out a mobile app.Īnd, in its own way, it, too, is about fighting the powers of darkness. (CNN) - It's an epic journey from Middle Earth to the app store.
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