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Brighton, England, United Kingdom

London Area, United Kingdom

• Helped develop the creative vision through director reviews of our main IPs. Establishing best practices such as non-linear editing and integrating major technical changes to studio workflow, including setting up our.
• Directed the animation team (across multiple projects), including hiring, reviewing work, upskilling, performance reviews and highlighting where critical hires were necessary for the studio.
• As always, worked closely with the team as a… Show more
• As always, worked closely with the team as a whole and supported many requests helping the studio, and the teams within it, to be more self-sufficient and productive. Including design, engineering, camera, art.
• Supported outsourcing efforts across the studio, including our traditional partners as well as establishing new partners. Show less

London, United Kingdom

• Sole animator and as such a point of contact for the team regarding all things animation.
• Worked closely with the team and creative director to realise the product vision including branching out into pure design areas as and when necessary (such as 3C work).
• Developed a novel solution to the problem of misaligned aim when moving from third person over the shoulder to first person look down sights. A solution Rogue Company adopted (independently of me – just to be… Show more
• Developed a novel solution to the problem of misaligned aim when moving from third person over the shoulder to first person look down sights. A solution Rogue Company adopted (independently of me – just to be clear).
• Autonomously evaluated various motion capture solutions from companies such as Centroid to setting up our own facilities or using other off the shelf products. Show less

• Collaborated with a small team on the critically acclaimed Laser League, which received a score of 9 in Edge magazine.
• As the sole animator on the project, I was responsible for all aspects of animation, including visual flair, gameplay feel, and the overall success of the game. With no margin for error as the single point of failure.
• I developed the entire animation pipeline, from character proportion and edge loop feedback to… Show more
• I developed the entire animation pipeline, from character proportion and edge loop feedback to rigging, skinning, and technical gameplay breakdowns. I managed the animation vision and development process, executing all.
• Collaboration was vital; I worked closely with the design team to align on vision, partnered with engineering for practicality, and engaged with all team disciplines, including art, audio, AI, and production, to ensure.

• Adding animations to the game (via the state machine blueprints) and insuring the blends, transition animations and proprietary nodes are all working and setup correctly to satisfy both artistic, gameplay and budget.
• Breaking down every design decision into a clear vision, workable plan and animation list, this touched on all animation systems in the game from general locomotion, stop/starting, strafing, tanking, falling, turning.
• Breaking down every design decision into a clear vision, workable plan and animation list, this touched on all animation systems in the game from general locomotion, stop/starting, strafing, tanking, falling, turning.
• Managed the outsourcing of 426 animation assets for the Brightlodge area of Legends. This involved the initial evaluation of outsourcers, breaking down the design into an animation list and an implementation plan.
• All of the above included working closely with the team as a whole, be that design, code, lead art/animation, other technical animators on the team, production, audio, effects and others. Again I was lucky to be able.

• Was a key member of the team setting up a motion capture facility including advising on software and the pipeline into the finished game.
• Rigged every character providing detailed feedback to the art team on correct placement of edge loops and character proportion.
• Wrote the script for all the cutscenes which was later professionally acted by the cast from the film. The starting point on this was a short sentence from design detailing what they needed.
• Oversaw the storyboarding… Show more
• Oversaw the storyboarding of the cutscenes.
• Broke each storyboard up into a shot list for the motion capture shoot, interviewed and cast actors for the shoot and directed the shoot.