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Senior Animator

2017 - 2019

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Awards

  • 2019 Game Critics Awards - Best Original Game

  • 2020 23rd Annual D.I.C.E. Awards - Role Playing Game of the Year

  • 2020 SXSW Gaming Awards - Most Promising New Intellectual Property

  • 2020 GLAAD Media Awards - Outstanding Video Game

Nominations

  • 2019 The Game Awards - Game of the Year

  • 2019 Golden Joystick Awards - Ultimate Game of the Year

Metacritic

85

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Responsibilities

  • Launched the Animation Department on the project using a new engine, establishing the animation style and pipelines for the team, creating a rapid-iteration workflow, and developing an animation pipeline to share animations efficiently across multiple characters.

  • Animated and implemented first and third person player, companions, NPC’s, and creature assets for gameplay. 

  • Collaborated with the Project and Art Directors on key cutscenes and conversations, animating gestures and emotional performances to bring characters to life and support the narrative.

  • Created and maintained project documentation on Confluence to share workflows and “tribal knowledge” across multiple departments.

Cinematics

Gameplay

Ambient

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Tech

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Developer

Publisher

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