First Assignment Due 8/23

[Professor Faryniarz]

Example

• My career goal: I want to work as a gameplay animator on a stylized fighting style game…
• Confidence level: on a scale from 1-10
• Job posting 1:
• Job posting 2:
• Job posting 3:
• Demo reel example(s):
• My demo reel links:
• Extra: I would like a demo on how to________

[Michael Plueger]

My career goal: I would like to keep my options open, but I would prefer a job working as either a stylized gameplay animator, or a feature film cinematic character animator.
I have a confidence level of 6-7
Job posting 1: https://g.co/kgs/TBrrSw
Job posting 2: https://g.co/kgs/whd2ps
Job posting 3: https://g.co/kgs/prxhbf
Demo reel example: https://vimeo.com/825735334
My demo reel: https://vimeo.com/821342442
Extra: I would like a demo on how to convey weight shifting easier. I have struggled often with walk cycle weight shifts.

[JoshuaG99]

Joshua Gutierrez

• My career goal: I want to work as a gameplay animator on a stylized game.
• Confidence level: About an 8
• Job posting 1: https://www.hirezstudios.com/careers...4-8027ceb68b3b
• Job posting 2: https://careers.bungie.com/jobs/5133...ndbox-animator
• Job posting 3: https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/compan...ator-gameplay-
• Demo reel example(s):
  • https://vimeo.com/785851740
  • https://vimeo.com/182352069
• My demo reel links:
  • Acting: https://vimeo.com/821839227?share=copy
  • Gameplay: https://vimeo.com/821160614?share=copy
• Extra: I would like a demo on how to use advanced weapon weapon systems (Best way to tackle a two-handed multi-swap).

[RicardoR. III]

Ricardo Ramirez III

• My career goal: I want to work as a gameplay animator, and try more focus on creature or nonhuman animation.
• Confidence level: on a scale from 1-10, I believe that my confidence level is from a 6 to 7, I am confident enough that I believe to reach goals, but am having a hard time standing out and making the animation catch the attention of recruiters.
• Job posting 1: Epic Games: https://www.epicgames.com/site/en-US...obs/4916180004
• Job posting 2:Riot : https://www.riotgames.com/en/work-with-us/jobs
• Job posting 3: Hopoo Games: https://hopoogames.com/
• Demo reel example(s): https://vimeo.com/131960422
• My demo reel links: Acting:
  https://vimeo.com/824271265?share=copy/ Games: https://vimeo.com/824267316?share=copy
• Extra: I would like a demo on how to make a good intro to my reel to catch recruiters' eyes or maybe a demo into making a creature animation.

[Raymond Pesina]

Raymond Pesina

• My career goal: I want to work as an animator for more stylized look or anything that's not hyper realistic wither it's with films or games I can go either way
• Confidence level: 8
• Job posting 1:https://lensa.com/lead-3d-animator-contract-jobs/austin/jd/d00e348818e97307cf62389c26c13dab?utm_campaign=goog le_jobs_apply&utm_source=google_jobs_apply&utm_med ium=organic
• Job posting 2: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/animator-games-studio-at-netflix-3612687311?utm_campaign=google_jobs_apply&utm_sour ce=google_jobs_apply&utm_medium=organic
• Job posting 3: https://animatedjobs.com/jobs/animator-short-term-assignment/?utm_campaign=google_jobs_apply&utm_source=google_ jobs_apply&utm_medium=organic
• Demo reel example
• https://youtu.be/xUsy7B-ACVg
• https://youtu.be/eYGjnuK8nYo?si=53GDN8AO48yyFMdr
• My demo reel links:
• https://vimeo.com/821843656?share=copy
• https://vimeo.com/822770158?share=copy
• Extra: I would like a demo on how to be more stylized and unique with my animation

[Cammy JXT]

Cammy Jiang

• My career goal: I want to work as a film animator.
• Confidence level: 5
• Job posting 1: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/search...on=2&pageNum=0
• Job posting 2: dinfoneculture.com
• Job posting 3: https://campus.game.163.com/en
• Demo reel example(s): https://youtu.be/t3WZIL_VwYg?si=kC3l5DXUqyhxa3dE
• My demo reel links: Xintong Jiang (vimeo.com)
• Extra: I would like a demo on how to show the animation skill as what I can make.

[AngelPat]

Angelly Patino

Career Goal:

My goal for when I graduate is to apply to internships so hopefully I could have one ending school. If not, I'd apply to entry level positions and then just see where life takes me after that. I am interested in both acting and game animation, so I'd like to kind of do both which makes cinematics an appealing choice.

Confidence Lvl: 6

Job Posting:

1) HI REZ - https://www.hirezstudios.com/careers...4-8027ceb68b3b


2) Epic Games - https://www.epicgames.com/site/en-US...obs/4916180004


3) Ubisoft - https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/compan...ator-gameplay-

Demo Reel Ex:

1) https://vimeo.com/623616615

2) https://vimeo.com/838679717

3) https://vimeo.com/496127831

My Demo Reels:

Acting - https://vimeo.com/823963362
Gameplay - https://vimeo.com/823960249

Extra:

I would like a demo on how to set up a more complicated weapon in maya, specifically weapons that require two hands and switching between them. I was also interested in the ragdoll thing you mentioned for a demo.

[pballest]

Phillip Ballesteros

• My goal is to apply to internships for CG Animation for feature films.
• Confidence Lvl.: 7
• Job Postings:
  • https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Community...earPrefilter=1
  • https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/animat...bId=3653242095
  • https://www.sonypicturesjobs.com/job...78/51265655136
• Demo Reel Example:
  • https://vimeo.com/51196471
• My Demo Reel:
  • https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/822792045
  • https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/789341452
• Extra: I would like a demo on how to experiment with FPS to stylize an animation piece.

[Gabriella Flores]

Gabriella Flores

My career goal: My overall dream goal is to work in film, but I know we need to start somewhere so I'm leaning towards gameplay, gameplay cinematics, and mocap.
Confidence Lvl: 6
Job Postings:

• https://boards.greenhouse.io/epicgames/jobs/4879322004?
• https://boards.greenhouse.io/crystal...obs/4292299005
• https://www.workwithindies.com/caree...ad-3d-animator

Demo reel examples:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0h1...nnel=owenferny
• https://vimeo.com/664052129
• https://vimeo.com/488753472

My demo reel links:

• Performance: https://vimeo.com/824184975
• Gameplay: https://vimeo.com/823878787

Extra: I'm interested in a demo on how you did the bow and arrow setup for Ellie from the Last of Us

[JWLeon01]

Jacob Wells

My goal: My goal is to have worked in both feature film, and game cinematics, for film, some studios that would be the end goal would be Sony, Pixar and Dreamworks. For game cinematics, I would like to work at Insomniac, Santa Monica Studios or Naughty Dog. For a start though, probably just going to aim for game cinematic internships and feature film internships and see what sticks.

Confidence level: Game Cinematics, around an 7-8. Feature Film, 6

Job Postings:

• https://jobs.lever.co/hirezstudios/f...4-8027ceb68b3b
• https://cgbot.com/ads/mocap-cleaner-animator-3d/
• https://www.epicgames.com/site/en-US...isn=Indeed.com

Example Demo Reels:

• https://www.artstation.com/artwork/xJNXe2
• https://vimeo.com/130085384
• https://vimeo.com/691268130

My reels

• Performance: https://vimeo.com/856922538?share=copy
• Gameplay: https://vimeo.com/856922522?share=copy
• General Reel: https://vimeo.com/856922552?share=copy

Extra: I would like demos on stuff like advanced facial animation, as so far all we have looked at in class are the basic controls, and to do basic antics and drag for movements, but not how the extra controls work on the face, or how different parts of the face affect each other besides stuff like the eyebrows making your eyes squint/open.

[KeyGreat]

Keyshawn Greathouse

• My career goal is to work as a gameplay animator anywhere after college, whether for a triple-A or an indie studio. Just as long as I have an animation job within the gameplay field, that is ok for a start. I prefer it to be an RPG or third-person action game, but beggers can't be choosers.
• Confidence level: on a scale from 1-10, my confidence is 7.
• Job posting 1: https://ea.gr8people.com/jobs/179094...-sims?sid=1501
• Job posting 2: https://recruiting.paylocity.com/Rec...etails/1701177
• Job posting 3: https://www.glassdoor.com/job-listin...=1006904027345
• Demo reel example(s):
  • https://vimeo.com/778572071
  • https://vimeo.com/389719667
  • https://vimeo.com/335051405
• My demo reel links:
  • https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/856950406
• Extra: I would like a demo on how to do overlap and drag with clothing, equipment, hair, tail, etc. (Secondary animation motion).

[Sarai]

Sarai Williams

My career goal: My goal is to work on game cinematics, film or stylized gameplay but as a goal for right out of college, any animation job or internship would be great. A dream studio would be Steamroller Animation.
Confidence level: on a scale from 1-10 Cinematic: 7 Gameplay: 5
Job posting 1: https://boards.greenhouse.io/onistud...rc=35dad6514us
Job posting 2: https://animatedjobs.com/jobs/animat...rm-assignment/
Job posting 3: https://www.artstation.com/jobs/1KnO
Demo reel example(s):

https://youtu.be/sA9FX4OLa48

https://vimeo.com/372554927

My demo reel links:

https://vimeo.com/789378577?share=copy

https://vimeo.com/802922842

Extra: A demo on the best way to animate crossed arms would be nice since that is a common pose

[MAAL]

Maria Alvarez-Ledesma

• My career goal: My ultimate goal is to work in feature film, but I've grown to like game cinematics and more stylized game animations.
• Confidence level: 7/10
• Job posting 1: https://animatedjobs.com/jobs/animator-short-term-assignment/?utm_campaign=google_jobs_apply&utm_source=google_ jobs_apply&utm_medium=organic
• Job posting 2:https://cgbot.com/ads/mocap-cleaner-animator-3d/
• Job posting 3:https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=8e97ba9ab2a027c0&tk=1h8hud04jii3f800&fr om=serp&vjs=3
• Demo reel example(s):
  • https://vimeo.com/114718960
  • https://vimeo.com/359614639
• My demo reel links:
  • https://vimeo.com/824138543?share=copy
  • https://vimeo.com/824138543?share=copy

[dtharpe]

David Tharpe

• My career goal: I would like to work in feature either film or larger tv productions. I prefer doing stylized, semi-realistic animation.
• Confidence level: about a 7-8

• Job posting 1:
• Job posting 2:
• Job posting 3:

• Demo reel example(s):

• My demo reel links:

Animation reel: https://vimeo.com/823895223?share=copy