Erick Klann

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.

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.

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.