Russell Casalan

Produced and refined 300+ character animations using director feedback to improve quality and ensure production-ready outputs. Collaborated with a team of 12 to optimize Maya files and reduce issues by 50%. Animated and polished 300+ Maya files for hands and character motions, and implemented self-checks to minimize rework. Cleaned up 100+ motion capture animations in MotionBuilder for VR and arcade titles, including jitter removal, foot sliding fixes, keyframe cleanup, improved posing, arc polish, silhouette/readability improvements, timing adjustments, and increased reusability.

Modeled 5 low-poly stylized models for a war-combat FPS game. Animated 2 first-person game animations (run and reload). Designed 5 SFX for tanks, gun fire, and reloading.