CGMATION

I did a live interview with Jason Shum yesterday which was streamed on Facebook. It was a lot of fun and there were a lot of great questions to answer! The stream is now online and you can check it out on Youtube here:

​​I'm working on a series of animation tutorials for video games where I will be focusing on creating action-packed, high quality keyframe animation with a complete breakdown of workflow, tools and pipeline. 

To catch them on release you can follow me here or in the form below.

​Also, if you have any suggestions of any additional topics you'd like me to cover in detail then feel free to drop me a line either in the comments below or through the contact page.

​Cheers!

Here is an interview I did recently with Artem Sergeev for 80 Level.

​We cover how I got started, how I tackled animating Senua and the Enemies, different tools I used and various challenges I encountered.

Read the full interview here.

​A talk I did recently at the Digital Art Conference in Frankfurt is now available to watch... for free!

Hellblade is done.

No more tweaks, no more fixes.

Out in the world for everyone to see, on August 8th.

It's difficult reaching the end of a project to look at it without scrutiny, without thinking what you could have done to make it better, more polished. When you've spent a good chunk of time looking for problems and bugs, it's hard to see with fresh eyes what has been achieved. At some point you just have to stop and see that you did the absolute best you could in the time you had, and that's OK.

But for all the little imperfections there may be, I'm super proud of what our little team has achieved. It hasn't been easy; making games is HARD. Like, really frikkin' hard -- but it's this challenge and the amazingly talented people I've worked with that has pushed me into becoming a better animator, and a better game developer.

Now there is nothing more to do except wait for the release, and hope people enjoy the experience

I hope you like it!

I've had this free Deadpool rig for a while now and thought I'd have a play around it. It's a really cool rig and has great controls and options to fit any style you want to achieve. Anyway, this was just a test to get familiar with the rig -- I'll have a go at something with a little more punch soon :-D

Here's an update of our progress on Hellblade, now scheduled for a 2017 release. The video showcases some of the cool new stuff we've been working on. 

Here's a fun little animation I found for Disney Infinity 3.0 that I thought I'd share. This guy was quite a challenge with fairly limited controls and his stumpy little legs but I managed to have some fun with it nonetheless.

Here is a short Q&A I did for the University of Bradford where I touch on things like career development, what I would have done differently, and advice for graduates looking for their first job. Hopefully there are a few key take aways regardless of whether or not you're studying at university .