Experience | seanimations.com

Jun 2021 - Current

Developed and implemented a combat animation that seamlessly blends the in-game camera to one of four predetermined cinematic cameras when the animation plays in game.
Collaborated with the design team to create systems in the game engine that procedurally generates animation based on physics.
Worked with proprietary tools to assemble, organize, and link to engine animation scenes with character mocap data baked to rigs and props in their proper environments to send to outsource.
Utilized Jira, Shotgun, Excel, and daily standups to problem solve, address notes/feedback, and share information related to assigned tasks with the animation teams.

Jan 2021 - Apr 2021

Animator on 8 episodes of the first season of Mattel's "Enchantimals: Sunny Savanna."
Cleaned and manipulated motion capture data of anthropomorphic characters to achieve desired performance while maintaining the integrity of the base mocap data.
Produced custom animation on stylized animal characters to match visual direction of the show.
Utilized Shotgun and daily standups to interact with client, production, supervisors, and team to problem solve, address notes/feedback, and share information related to assigned tasks.
Met tight deadlines in a timely manner while addressing notes/feedback from client and team.

Aug 2020 - Dec 2020

Created 20+ animations/character poses that easily transferred to multiple characters.
Ensured procedural technical constraints were met while integrating animations into UE4.
Drove animation direction while keeping true to the character concept and background development.
Created an animation style guide and range of motion document.
Collaborated daily with artists, designers, and programmers and applied critiques to animations in progress.

Dec 2019 - Aug 2020

Developed and defined main character personality as the sole animator on a hoverboard game with a team of 16 interdisciplinary developers.
Iterated with rigger to develop a character and prop rig that accounted for unique needs of hoverboard functionality while allowing for development of character personality.
Established state machine and imported animations in UE4. Worked with Programming Lead and Tech Artist to develop state machine event graph.
Built upon animations based on regular feedback from Art Lead.
Consistently provided accurate time estimations for tasks.

Jan 2020 - Aug 2020

Adapted to existing art style of a team of six other artists when added to the team three months into development.
Adjusted animation process to accommodate ball-in-socket feature utilized to attach the character rig's head to its body.
Hand-keyed facial expression and dialogue animations.

Oct 2019 - Nov 2019

Developed a prototype of a 2.5D side-scrolling platformer within a two-week time restriction on a team of five.
Independently discovered and resolved technical issues with character rig.
Modeled, rigged, and animated a multi-paged book used for the opening cinematic of the game.

University of Central Florida
- M.S. Interactive Entertainment
- Aug 2019 - Dec 2020
- GPA 3.85
University of Florida
- B.A. Digital Arts and Sciences
- Aug 2017 - May 2019
- GPA 4.0 - Summa Cum Laude

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