Michael-Allan A. Email & Phone Number

Character Spine rigging and Animation

Freelance Spine Animation WorkSet up and rigged characters in Spine for the game Knights of The Eth.Created animations for characters, including idles, flapping/flying, lunging and attacking.Collaborated with the game designer to create animations that met the game's vision.

Character Spine rigging and Animation

• Cut up assets into layers in Photoshop, Setup Spine file, Rig, mesh and bones, animate and exportinto game engine for character portraits
• Implemented feedback and worked with client to achieve singular vision for game assets
• Project: Unannounced Game

[2012 - present]Red Hot Riders (Action Shooting platformer game)-Animation-Design-Music[2012 - present]Red Hot Riot (Action platformer game)-Animation-Design-Music[2011- present]Chaos Orchids (Shooting action game)-Animation-Design-Music

Wunstorf, Lower Saxony, Germany

• Cut up assets into layers in Photoshop, Setup Spine file, Rig, mesh and bones, animate and exportinto game engine for Main character and NPCs
• Implemented feedback and worked with client to achieve singular vision for game assetsGames I worked on:
• Project: Cute Platformer Action Game / Multiplatform (Not announced yet)

Stevenson Ranch, California, United States

• Created thumbnails for poses, created art in photoshop, setup file for Spine asset, riggingskeleton, weighting images, animating and exporting asset to game engine
• Lead a small team of animators, created documentation, invented new workflows andtechniques for increasing efficiency using Spine software
• Created cutscene animations using rough sketches and storyboards
• Worked closely with director and licensor to achieve singular visionGames I worked on:
• Vitamin Connection/Nintendo Switch
• Shantae Seven Sirens/Multiplatform

Bigfoot Bill game demo for indiegogo:I worked on the rigging for main character. Assistant animator for main character Bigfoot Bill and worked directly with Doug Tennapel.

Austin, Texas Area

• Created thumbnails for poses, created art in photoshop, setup file for Spine asset, riggingskeleton, weighting images, animating and exporting asset to game engineGames I worked on:
• Confidential Project
• Simpsons Tapped Out / Mobile

Stevenson Ranch, California, United States

• Created thumbnails for poses, created art in photoshop, setup file for Spine asset, riggingskeleton, weighting images, animating and exporting asset to game engineGames I worked on:
• Adventure Time: Puzzle Quest / Mobile
• Disney Descendants / Mobile
• Shantae: Half Genie Hero / Multiplatform

Stevenson Ranch, California, United States

• Designed/Animated pixel art characters for games using reference from the show. Implementedfeedback from licensor and worked toward singular vision for projectGames I worked on:
• Adventure Time: Hey Ice King! Why'd you steal our garbage?!! / Nintendo DS
• Adventure Time: Explore the Dungeon Because I DON'T KNOW! / Nintendo DS
• Adventure Time: The Secret of the Nameless Kingdom / Multiplatform
• Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark / Multiplatform