Michael Hutton Email & Phone Number

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

-Rigging and design for Carl the Collector (PBS KIDS), and Scene Planning on Superbuns (Peacock).BUILDS & RIGGING-Worked closely with my co-workers and supervisor, to create uniform methods for rigging characters while the show was in early development.-Built simple character rigs for 'Carl' in Harmony 21. These rigs used a single spline deformer for each of the arms and legs, with a Z-Only peg to move the forearms and knees in space.-Updated existing MMPs, to maintain consistency with character rigs that were further along in completion.-Performed re-dresses on character rigs where necessary.-Rigged special poses for characters in close-up shots.

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

-Character builds and prop rigging for Hilda (Netflix), Kid Cosmic (Netflix), Interrupting Chicken (Apple TV+), and The Ghost and Molly McGee (Disney Channel, Disney+).BUILDS & RIGGING-Vectorized character and prop designs from external studio reference in Harmony 20-22.-Using deformers and auto-patches, made fully-rotational rigs that could be manipulated with master controllers.-Extracted PNG textures from Photoshop CC files, and invert-cut onto rigs where necessary.-Manipulated existing character rigs for special one-shot poses (Hilda, Kid Cosmic, Molly McGee).-Drew angles for rigs that were shown in the leica, but not always provided in the design.-Submitted finished iterations of files over OneHub, while working from home.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

-Rigging, design, and scene setup for Hero Elementary (PBS KIDS), and Doomsday Brothers (Adult Swim).BUILDS & RIGGING-Rigging and breaking of characters and props in Harmony 16.-Working closely with the design department, drew 6-point rotations for characters and props using a pre-designed 3/4 front view as a reference. -Designed unique poses for props based on what was in the episode leica reel.SCENE SETUP-Reviewed QuickTime files for episodes that had yet to be animated, and noted which backgrounds were to be used in multiple shots.-Catalogued characters, props, and backgrounds for each episode using Google Docs.-Cleaned up the node views for Harmony scene files, so that they could be more easily used by animators.-Imported background/field guide Photoshop files to their corresponding Harmony scenes.

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

-Rigging work for Sunny Day (Nick Jr., Paramount+), and Legend Quest: Masters of Myth (Netflix).BUILDS & RIGGING-Performed “re-dresses” on existing character rigs, in which the hair and clothes were modified.-Developed a set of Harmony templates for characters and props with reoccurring functions.-Troubleshooted rigs in Soft Render, ensuring that invert-cut textures and gradients on rigs worked efficiently.-Broke and rigged 3D 'hybrid' props based on PNG scans of sequenced Maya turnarounds.-Primarily used Harmony 14 for 'Sunny', and Harmony 16 for 'Legend Quest'.

Toronto, Canada Area

-Helped develop "Gepeto", an iPad game for children that enabled users to create character puppets for virtual puppet shows.-Provided extensive research for early "Blue Sky" issues concerning character and story creation prompts. -Designed an assortment of black-and-white assets for a point-and-click portion of the game.-Corresponded weekly with the game's manager, developer, and writer on Skype.-Made iterative art asset submissions via the company's Trello page.

Bachellor Of Applied Arts, Animation, Honors Graduate

Advanced Diploma, Visual And Creative Arts, Honors Graduate

High School

-Specialist High Skills Major (Graphic Arts)