Avatar to Riot Games - Interveiw With Animator Daniel Zettl

 Check out this great interview with animator extraordinaire Daniel Zettl. We worked together on the same team at Riot Games. Daniel is a super talented animator and shares a lot of solid advice in this interview. Enjoy!

Avatar, Smaug and League of legends - Interview with Daniel Zettl

Freelance Work // Rocket League Cinematic Trailer

 I had the opportunity to work on this Rocket League trailer over the summer with Cloud 10 Studios. It was my first time as animation supervisor (there was another anim supe client side). It was a challenging project but it really came together!

 

Unity, VR and the Making of Ready Player One

Jake Simpson - a 35 year veteran of the games industry -details the new methods and approaches of making CGI movies and how using Video Game engines made this all possible.

 

 

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Riot Games: URF Academy Free Resource For Educators

Riot Games URF Academy, a free resource for educators who seek to encourage and inspire the next generation of game designers. 

// Riot Games: URF Academy Online

Destiny 2: SuperAlloy's Pre-Vis for Season of the Worthy

Animation Workflow By Riot Animator Rory Alderton

Great interview with Senior Riot Animator Rory Alderton. Big thanks to animation ace Jason Shum for posting these to his channel.

The History of Quake

GDC: Animation Tips and Tricks

In this 2019 GDC talk, animators Sylvia Chong, Jake Clark, Sophie Evans, Raul Ibarra, Melissa Shim and Zack Wolfe rapidly deliver their best tips and tricks in five-minute bursts.





In this 2018 GDC micro-talk session, animators Gwen Frey, Joe Han, Almudena Soria, Jalil Sadool, Kyle Chittenden & James Benson rapidly deliver their best animation tips and tricks in 5-minute bursts.




In this GDC 2016 session, Riot Games' Alex Lehmann is joined by 5th Cell's Amy Drobeck-Jones, ILM's Jean-Denis Haas, Sucker Punch's Billy Harper, Epic Games' Jay Hosfelt, and Phoenix Labs' Simon Unger as they explain the best tips and tricks for improvig your craft as an animator.

Getting A Job In The Games Industry

A discussion with Senior Character artist, Daniel Orive, from Riot Games (Artstation: https://www.artstation.com/danielorive). He talks about work ethic of artists and what's required to get a job in the industry.

In this interview Michael Vicente - a Senior 3D Environment artist - explains what it takes to get a job at one of the biggest game companies in the world: Blizzard.

Animation Breakdown: Xayah League of Legends

Here's a great animation breakdown by animator Warren Goff for Zayah from League of Legends. It's an excellent view into the style and process we aim for when animating these characters.



Xayah Animation Breakdown League of Legends from Warren Goff on Vimeo.

Gears of War: Recreating the Cinematics Behind the Scenes

Oculus Connect: Film and Storytelling in VR

Remaking the Legend - Halo 2: Anniversary (Documentary)

Thanks for the heads up Oz!

Destiny Videos - Cutscenes from the Game

This library contains all of the cutscenes included in Destiny the video game

// Destiny Videos - Cutscenes from the Game

Making of The Last of Us by Naughty Dog

Animation segment starts around the 34min mark.