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Worked on Radiance game• Created hand-keyed gameplay animations for player and enemy characters in the Beat'em up portion of the game, including: - Combos with multiple strikes - Melee weapon combat animations - Run cycles - Idle animations• Developed animations for cinematic sequences, including detailed facial animations• Achieved expert-level proficiency in Autodesk Maya• Collaborated with programmers and technical game designers to troubleshoot and solve animation integration issues• Retargeted, cleaned up, and enhanced third-party animations to meet project standards• Tested and provided feedback on character rigs created by an outsourced technical animator• Mentored and offered animation feedback to other team members, fostering growth and improvement within the animation team

Worked on Spine and Shadow Fight 4: Arena– Created gameplay animations for characters in compliance with the overall animation style of the game, particular character’s movement style and game designers’ requests– Created facial animations and key face expressions for characters– Produced complex combat animations involving 2+ characters, taking it from idea to completion, including recording reference and animating camera– Collaborated with technical game designers on integrating animation drafts into the game, then adjusting frame data of said drafts so they meet game balance needs– Communicated closely with other members of the team, shared feedback and animation ideas– Retargeted, cleaned up and edited mocap data– Created customization animations for characters, e.g. start/end of fight and taunts

Worked on Shadow Fight 4: Arena– Created customization animations that fit character's nature and style of movement– Shipped Shadow Fight 4: Arena as a part of animation team– Learned Maya's animation pipeline and instruments to retarget, clean up, edit and build on mocap recordings– Cooperated with game designers to create strike combos for playable characters– Edited framedata and distances of existing strikes and other gameplay animations according to game designers' requests– Troubleshot problems that appeared during integration of animation file into the game build and made necessary changes to animation file or internal build settings

Worked on Shadow Fight 3 and Shadow Fight 4: Arena– Learned how to use Cascadeur animation program– Gained an understanding of how to combine usage of basic animation principles and Cascadeur's built in physics instruments in order to produce believable, physically correct animations– Took part in rebalancing of jumping system in Shadow Fight 3 by creating jump animations that fit lead animator's vision and game balance needs– Assimilated in game development process

1St & 2Nd Grade, 3D Character Animation In Maya

1 Year, Computer Science

Studied Computer Science for 1 year

Higher National Diploma, Ib Program