Avery Adams
@Adams_Animator
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Gameplay Animator on #WolverinePS5 @InsomniacGames Previously #SpiderMan2 , #GodOfWarRagnarok @SonySantaMonica , and #hogwartslegacy @AvalancheWB
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❄️Here's my
#GodofWarRagnarok
Reel!!❄️
Please take a peak at the full reel linked below and enjoy!! Thank you!! 💙
⚔ FULL REEL: ⚔
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#GodofWarRagnarok
#animation
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📔Anim Tip
#5
: Hand Shake Layer 🪇
If you flex your arm, you'll feel your muscles vibrate and it shakes your fist. During polish, add a shake anim layer on the IK hand ctrl when the muscles are tight or hit a hard surface. It'll be more powerful, in the same way as camera shake!
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📔𝗔𝗻𝗶𝗺 𝗧𝗶𝗽 #𝟭: Key Pose to Key Pose
Speed up or cut out the inbetween frames of your anim! Inbetween poses will never look as appealing as key poses, and gameplay anims are limited on length, so try to hold frames on the key poses and speed through the inbetween frames!
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This is my first animation to be in a trailer!! The sensation of spending most of my life to build up to this moment, being a part of an incredible game pushing animation to it's limits, is indescribable.
Thank you to the whole dev team and to all the fans!!
#GodofWarRagnarok
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📔𝗔𝗻𝗶𝗺 𝗧𝗶𝗽 #𝟐: 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐄 𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐄!!😠😲😱
We look at faces to perceive emotion, personality, and intent in a character. Try to find key poses that put emphasis on the face, especially in the antic and follow through poses. Just hold a cool face pose for a few frames!
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Excited to say I'm over at Insomniac now! They really respect animation here, so this'll be an awesome experience for sure! I'm starting to build up a pretty sick resume at this point 😎
Thank you to everyone who helped me get this far!!
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📔Anim Tip
#3
: Unique & Readable Action🔍
Unique choreography is essential to make your anims stand out, especially in a reel, but be careful!
Make sure the movements are clear to someone who’s seeing it for the first time. Grab a friend to watch it and tell you what they see!👀
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📔Anim Tip
#4
: Use VFX Trails💨
VFX trails allow you to translate your attack over farther distances each frame because the viewer will naturally use the trail as an indicator of where the attack has traveled. It's the same idea as smear frames, but more realistic and snappy!💪
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Hard to pick, but I'm gonna go with my Traveler finisher kill, because I was watching my best friend play the game and he did this kill and said "Yesss this is the coolest damn kill in the game I swear," with a big grin
It made me so happy 🥹💖
YOU. ANIMATOR.
Show me your favorite animation you've done! ✨
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The greatest gameplay animation team to ever be assembled in the history of mankind, change my mind 😤
#GodofWarRagnarok
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sometimes I can't believe I work with animators this good👌
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Dreams come true guys!! A couple years ago, 2 of my friends and I kinda made a rip off of God of War to see what it really takes to make such an incredible game... 1/4
#GodOfWarRagnarok
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Today was my last day at Santa Monica Studio! What a wild ride for 2.5 years. It’s such a bizarre feeling to move on from a studio you put all your heart into and a project you put all your soul into. Feels like a part of me is gone 😢
But that’s a part of growth, gotta move on!
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My finisher is getting some love! Feels surreal to see it as the picture IGN uses for their article, I’m honored!! Wish I cleaned up that pose a bit more though 😆
Thank you to JinChoi for his incredible VFX work on this and throughout the game!!
#SpiderMan2
No frame is left untouched. No character model is left with subpar lighting. Simply put, after playing for 3 hours, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 looks set to continue Insomniac’s winning streak.
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It’s here!! Finishers are my favorite to animate! You get so much ownership 🥹💙
Usually game design is king over animation, but for finishers, it’s all about the move looking badass, so animation is king!!! 🕸️
#SpiderMan2PS5
#animation
Are you feeling the buzz for Marvel's Spider-Man 2 yet? This Hunter is!
Pre-order:
#SpiderMan2PS5
#BeGreaterTogether
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So proud to be apart of this absolute banger of a gameplay trailer! 🕷️🕸️🔥
My work in this trailer is hard to point out, but it's some of the combat animation on Pete and Miles, and their enemy's reactions!
Most of the hero work goes to the talented
@DOOSUN_SHIN
!
#SpiderMan2PS5
The Great Hunt Begins. We're thrilled to reveal the first-ever gameplay of Marvel's Spider-Man 2, coming fall 2023 on PlayStation 5!
Watch the extended reveal on YouTube:
#BeGreaterTogether
#SpiderMan2PS5
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My animator peers on this game are absolutely legendary, best in the world, so start studying!! 👌
I’m working on some tweets about my favorite lessons from working on the game, so much to talk about 🪓❄️
ICYMI – Many of our animation team members have shared some of their process and body of work from
#GodOfWarRagnarok
!
Check out our latest blog post to see their current reels!
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I was at a party and saw a God of War shirt under a guy's costume, so I commented on it and he said, "I animated on the last game," and I was like, "WTF, I animate on the current one?!" What are the chances of that? Small world!😆
It was awesome to meet you Don!
@TempleDoorGames
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I've been waiting for this moment for a long time. He better love it or else I might cry 😨
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Now that Ragnarok has been out for a while, I'll soon be posting my reel for the game! And eventually breakdowns of the more complicated animations, like mini GDC talks lol, so stay tuned!
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Lets gooooooo!!
I will always be thankful for the folks over at
@AvalancheWB
, they were wonderfully kind and hard working. This was one of the most constantly delayed games I've ever seen, so the team had to constantly push themselves for so many years. gg 👍
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Oh yeah, and Louis
@litbid
and Dennis
@zeroflagz
were the friends that made the game with me!
Here's a short vid of some of the combat! Super rough with lots of temp assets and anims, but it worked and was fun to play!
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Lesson is to face your dreams head on! Never hesitate because a challenge seems too great! Alright, time to get back to work :D 4/4
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I knew that making a game like this would bring me closer to my dream of working at Santa Monica Studio, and I thought it would take years, but they recognized my ambition and brought me onto the team for GOW Ragnorok! 3/4
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@dajoule
called me on slack at 2am one night saying this animation was desperately needed or else the game wasn’t going to ship. Some people would call me a hero
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For those wondering, I left the studio cause of my contract ending, otherwise I would've stayed longer🥺 it's a fantastic place to work, and yes, I got a spicy new job lined up for me in a week, so stay tuned!!
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Our game sucked, but for 3 students and a few months, we made something respectable and satisfied our curiosities on how a game somewhat like God of War functions in terms of tech, design, and art... 2/4
#gamedev
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For the Kratos finisher, notice how I have him immediately go from the gut punch to grabbing the sword. There used to be several seconds there of Kratos pulling back and getting ready to grab the sword. I also removed a couple steps of Kratos stepping back to lift the giant sword
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I can finally join in on the fun! first game I worked on and the game I'm working on now!!!
#GodOfWar2
#hogwartslegacy
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Did the "swinging under the enemy and slamming then down" anims and the air finisher! Sunhi is always the best at making everything look good 🤘🔥
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A great read,
@gracepan3d
and
@JamesVietChe1
and the other animators did an incredible job 🔥
When bringing the classic Greek enemies to
#GodOfWarRagnarokValhalla
, our team focused on recreating signature moves that would make each creature immediately recognizable!
Read more here 👉
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You are incredible Euna!! I remember just starting off here and you took some time out of your day to help me get the hang of our studio's workflow, and I'll remember the leadership you held for the things you were passionate about. Good luck with your next adventure!! See you!!
And that's a wrap on my time at
@SonySantaMonica
! The last few years have been absolutely wild, and words can't capture how important they are to me. I'm so ready for the world to experience the team's incredible work on
#GodOfWarRagnarok
, and excited for my own steps forward. ❤️
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Earning the ability to say I animated Spider-Man, a character that might just be loved more than any other, is something I’ll cherish till the day I die. Thank you all for this opportunity, enjoy!! 🕸️❤️🕷️
I’ll post some of my anims soon!!🤘
#SpiderMan2PS5
#animation
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Hope this doesn’t come off as egotistical, but I’m proud I got 2 games nominated for the Best of Game Animation Annie Award!! Double the chances to win haha 😆
2023 was a very rewarding year, thank for the opportunity everyone! 🙏
#SpiderMan2
#HogwartsLegacy
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@EricDrobile
Bro what haven’t you worked on?? Now every time I see an animation I gotta be like damn did Eric animate this?
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I have some to coolest friends on the planet.
So many little personal references here, like having me be a puppet ninja from Naruto, controlling characters I’ve animated with keyframe strings, genius 😭
Thank you to my brother and my best friends Brett and Tom, so grateful 🙏
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You can just feel the POWER💪
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9pm PST people, get ready for a legendary game!
It’s an example of every element of game development coming together to push the Spiderman franchise to new unforgettable heights, you gotta play it yourself to truly enjoy it! Have fun!!
#SpiderMan2
Before you swing into Marvel's
#SpiderMan2PS5
tomorrow, let Miles and Peter catch you up on their story so far.
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It's such a strange feeling for
#GodofWarRagnarok
to be right around the corner as my first published title as a dev.
It's same feeling you get when you're next in line to be on stage in front of an audience. It's a mix of extreme excitement and uncontrollable anxiety. 😵💫
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lets gooooooooooooooooooooo
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An animation team on Patreon I’ve been supporting finally released its first episode!!!
#azureus
Check it out, SO EPIC, incredible movement style and choreography, be inspired 🤘🔥🔥🔥
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Spencer Wan is the GOAT of American 2D animators, everything from Netflix Castlevania to Spiderverse😤🤘🔥
Miscellaneous Miles vs Miguel tests. Some used, some cut.
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HELL YEAH!! Seeing my runic animations in this crafted beautiful sequence is something I wouldn’t be able to pull off haha. Thank you
@SunhiLegend
for your awesome work!!
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LETS GOOO BABY🔥🔥🔥
Congratulations to
#SpiderMan2PS5
for receiving the 27th
#DICEAwards
in Outstanding Achievement in Animation!
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#SaveRWBY
Monty Oum's work was my biggest inspiration, sad to see it end. Not a fan of the writing, but they still had really cool fight scenes throughout the show.
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Hey all, I got a friend looking for a remote 3D prop artist position, if you know of any opportunities, please reach out to me and I'll send you his work!! Thanks!!
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Let’s goooooo!!! If you’re here at the Bowl let me know!!!
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Hogwarts Legacy, God of War Ragnarok, and Spider-Man 2, the 3 titles I’ve worked on all in one orchestra 😱
I strangely feel so nervous even though I’m just sitting in the audience haha, gonna be an incredible night!! 🤘💙
June 25
@HollywoodBowl
@TheGameAwards
: 10-Year Concert
Featuring:
🎼Arcane
🎼Diablo
🎼Elden Ring
🎼Final Fantasy XVI
🎼God of War
🎼Hades
🎼Hogwarts Legacy
🎼League of Legends
🎼Marvel's Spider-Man
🎼Starfield
🎼Star Wars Jedi
🎼The Last of Us
Tickets:
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So happy with this trailer!! And we still haven’t shown the coolest parts, lots to still see!! 🕸️
“We’re going to heal the world.”
See Venom in action in the new story trailer for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 that just dropped at the Symbiotic Relationships panel at
#MarvelSDCC
!
#BeGreaterTogether
#SpiderMan2PS5
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Anyone here going to The Game Awards? It'll be my first time going, pretty excited!!
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@brunovelazquez
@SonySantaMonica
Thanks Bruno! I try my best to have a strong positive mindset! It was a pleasure working with you and the team!
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@AnimJack
@Yung_Ragu
true as heck, the positive is that when you finally make something that impresses even your own trained eyes, it feels great :)
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WE DID IT GUYS!! This is what true heart and passion gets you. I hope the general audience loves it too 🤘
Not as high of a score as elden ring, but we’ll blow them out of the waters at the reward shows, you just wait 😎
huzzah to all the brilliant humans who made this game!
so proud of everyone!
💙🪓❄️🏹
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One struggle I'm still trying to learn to deal with as a developer is getting everyone happy with the same idea. My animation must be approved by my designer, then approved by my lead, then anim director, doing lots of edits, just for the game director to tell me to start over.
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@jennisuever
Oh my god thank you Jenni, it's been an adventure as you very well know, but we're doing great work!!
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I've witnessed bugs in this game you can't even fathom. Truly a magical game 😅. Right
@AluminAl13
?
While putting together last week's trailer, we came across this hilarious bug and had to share.
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@Much118x
These gifs always get me through the day with a burning Spartan Rage 🔥🔥 You're the best Much!!
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@0nionskin
I recently asked this question on an Riot animator livestream actually, here's the response from
@AnimBaum
:
"A: Although we have a certain exaggerated animation style at Riot, in the end good animation is good animation. You use all the animation fundamentals whether you are...
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@IcayCharles
Here's what I set mine up as. I suggest starting with a blank canvas, ask yourself what keys you use the most and place them in the most fitting position for you. It'll take a while to get used to but worth it!!
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Once the game's hype settles down, I'll try to do as many breakdowns of my work and others on the game from a gameplay animators perspective as possible.
I learned so much over those 3 years at Santa Monica, I want to share it with the world 🤘
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Layout art needs to be really respected nowadays. I remember talking with Chris Edwards, CEO of The Third Floor, and he was explaining how a lot of people use his studio as a start into the industry, but the skillset of layout artists is in higher demand than polished animation.
studio ufotable's job site had another example of their 3D guidework
using 3DCG to assist the 2D artists with perspective and timing, makes a dynamic shot that doesnt stiffen from 3D models- its beautiful and cohesive, but this is still REALLY hard to pull off!!
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Also, if you give your phone to
@ilovekeyframes
to get a picture of you, expect to get this back in your phone
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Jumped out of my seat at the theater when I saw this, so freakin cool!! 🤘
Did you spot this multiverse of easter eggs?
Spider-Man: Across the
#SpiderVerse
is available starting today on Amazon Prime 🕸️
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@chibetto64
@animoumou
For some reason Chief was one of my favorite CG animation characters in recent times. Love her expressiveness and rhythm to her movements. All of her movements have tight ease ins and outs, pretty game-like animation haha
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anyone know where I can find a good horse rig for Maya? Been hankering for a run cycle with one
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Watching Tyler1 get stuck on the Thor fight for an hour is just *chefs kiss*
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@SirensVoice
@SonySantaMonica
The work you did on this game is absurdly impressive! The few times I had to help on your character my head hurt so much lol, good luck on your next journey!!
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@an_tan_
I've used a few, including Advanced Skeleton, but my favorite is Epic Artv1. It has a whole pipeline to making the rig, with built in tools like ik/fk switch. I highly recommend trying it. It's a bit of a learning curve but excellent
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The artistic fundamentals of game animation often get overruled by the other needs of the game, but
#SpiderMan2PS5
in Insomniac’s hands was a perfect opportunity to push the art form of game animation to its limits, feeling so proud of what my team created. 🙏❤️
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@TuxedoPato
I always love hearing the journey people have taken. The ups and downs along the way is what make us who we are! Keep it up man!
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Alright I’m gonna say it, Elden Ring is a great game and call me heavily biased, but WE GOT ROBBED 😭
Haha all is well, very proud of all the awards we won and the impact we had on our players. Thanks for the incredible event, life changing 😤
#TheGameAwards
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@Much118x
YES!! Animator bucket list item achieved! My execution kill on the big guy and the Ice Wave Runic are in a Much video. I can finally retire…
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@croa_san
@KDedeneArt
Your animation style is so apparent and unique, I can tell it's your work from a mile away, love it!!
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@brunovelazquez
Thanks Bruno!! It was definitely a hard project to work on for all of us, but we handled it like a real team! I owe a lot of my good work to the veterans at SMS giving me great guidance. I’ll see ya at the launch party 🎉
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@AnimJack
Now for the real question, do you do it with foot roll input in the channel box? Do you do a 1 frame swap when the foot is off the ground from the foot roll channel to normal rotation or ease it off in a few frames?
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TALENT 🔥
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@0nionskin
@AnimBaum
...doing realistic or stylized animation, you might just bend (or even break) some rules in more stylized stuff. The cleverer you are in how you bend those rules (a touch more hangtime, crazy smear frames, creative poses, etc) might get a potential employers attention more."
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@opal_inkcosplay
Dude I wish walking around in cosplay was just an everyday thing, I would go into work as Ezio cause I felt like it lol 😆
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THIS!!
Reminder that 0 people in the industry care about what college you went to, as it is ALL about your portfolio. You don’t need to spend these crazy amounts of money as that degree will never guarantee you a job.
Instead consider learning online, go to Ateliers, go to workshops-
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@RobertAnim8er
At first my dream studio was Blur cause their cinematics were my inspiration, then it was blizzard, then riot, then santa monica studio.
I see a lot of people saying having a dream studio is bad or don't have one, I think having them is very important to give yourself direction.
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Tech art is the future :0
Not sure if it was noticed in the audience, but we had a brand new web rig built off of the AMAZING technology created for the ropes in The Sea Beast!
We had WAY more flexibility and control over our web animations in
#AcrossTheSpiderVerse
compared the first movie 🕸️
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@PoodleTime
Imagine them firing a senior dev cause they don’t want to work in the studio, are they really in a position for that right now to risk that? I feel like Blizzard is on the brink of death for the past few years, if Diablo 4 doesn’t succeed…
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Check out this animation short!! I remember watching the concept trailer for this 10 years ago and being super inspired by it, and I'm so excited to see the project is still alive! Someday I want to make a passion project on this scale myself!
#azureus
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