• Personal Challenge- I gave myself 40 hours to get a polished acting piece.

• Set up sophisticated constraint system to deal with both environmental and character interactions

• Rigged the environment and props

• Completed in 35 hours

- Character Layout through final animation.

- Pitched alternate performances according the the briefe

- Trouble shoot issues with character scale and environment

-  Worked with Tech Animation to improve Cinematic animation toolsets and pipeline. 

- Created movement tests and rig feedback. 

- Set standard for how large creatures were handled moving forward

• Layout camera, Characters, prop and creature placement and cycle.

• Blocking and polish for character and props

• Characters and props baked to camera.

Personal project based on some footage of horses at play. Rig “Rhett the Clydsdale” courtesy of Christopher Carson. Environment Provided by Turbo Squid.

- Heavily modified rig and skinning to optimize performance.

- Camera, character, and prop animation. Layout all the way through polish.

- Lighting and render passes to highlight contacts.

- Worked with the animation director to block out Assan’s movement style, and what his relationship with his handler looks like. 

-Matched the character’s performance to the mocap provided to make it feel organic.

-Worked with the modeling and rigging department. Iterated on Assan’s original design, even creating 2D drawovers, to create an appealing final product.

-First Scene animated fo the game where Assan flew

- Developed a loose flight cycle to test mechanics.

-Placed character in scene according to launch notes.

-Animated blocking through polish.

Personal Project completed in 2021. Rig courtesy of AnimSquad.