Legendary animator has puppy love for new character

Legendary animator has puppy love for new character

Call it a tale of life imitates art. That’s kind of how it worked out for Jamy Wheless, an animator who’s brought big screen characters to life — from Yoda to the Hulk to Davy Jones and his beard of tentacles in “Pirates of the Caribbean.” But beyond all his iconic characters, it seems it was an animated puppy named Andy — turned real-life Andy — that hit Wheless right in the chest. “People always ask what’s your favorite character you animated?…