Gameplay Rigger and Animation at Unreleased indie title

Built a modular Maya rig for a biped with a morphing modular body type and designed a character rig that maintained contact points of hands and feet across different sized characters. Animated the modular character rig for core locomotion animations including multiple vaults, walks, runs and climbs.

Unreal Assembly Tech at The Third Floor Inc

Validated shot contents to ensure consistency throughout a sequence. Drove Asset IO (environments, props, animations) between Unreal and Maya. Supported the Animation, Environment and Lighting departments with scene setups.

3D Cinematics Animator at Retropixel Digital

Responsible for laying out animated characters in assets using UE Sequencer. Directed camera work for game cinematic shots. Created animations for characters and vehicles in Maya. Exported these animations and updated them for use in UE. Created smoke, sparks, and explosion FX using UE.

3D Cinematics Animator at Socksfor1

Coordinated with the shot director for cinematics, scoping asset creation, and animation budgeting and timing. Was responsible for layout of shots, lookdev of cinematic scenes and lighting, as well as timing of shots. Animated biped characters for hand-cam style shots to be used in found footage scenes. Edited and compiled shots in post to make final cinematics including motion graphics, post effects, colour correction, and visual effects.

3D Animator at Hellbent Games

Created character animation for bipeds and monsters in third person. Core locomotion, emotes, attacks, interactions with environments, and cinematic animations. Prototyped and developed animations for characters, designing their personalities and ensuring that came through in their motions. Presented development ideas to animation lead. Engaged in clear and constant communication with the team through a remote working environment. Helped prototype, scope, and plan cinematics within variable timeframes. Identified and corrected animation bugs within Unreal 4 and the studio's proprietary animation systems.

3D Generalist at Moonlit Sky Games

Created character art and revised previously made character art. Took characters from concept to implementation in Unity. Modeled, UVed, textured, rigged, animated, and exported assets into Unity packages with shaders and test animator controls. Ensured proper team communication and time management to meet deadlines; characters completed from concept to animation in roughly two working days.