Darren R 😨😱😵💀🦑 @Doom_Squid Twitter profile

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Darren R 😨😱😵💀🦑

2 years

Finally got around to a reel edit for my work on Horizon Forbidden West. Hope you enjoy! ♥️ Click the link for the full version: #HorizonForbiddenWest #animation

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@Doom_Squid

5 years

Root motion offset disabled

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@Doom_Squid

3 months

As the animator on this, I like to think I got this kill 😎

Taitor

@Sigh999_

3 months

Your box killed me @FortniteGame

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Darren R 😨😱😵💀🦑

@Doom_Squid

5 years

I spent 1.5 years of my life Anim Directing on WDL. Proud to say I got to help figure out the "play as anyone" feature & get ol' granny in there with my time on it. THE most challenging anim problem of my career. The team has done amazing work bringing this crazy thing together!

SunhiLegend

@SunhiLegend

5 years

#WatchDogsLegion #UbiE3

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Darren R 😨😱😵💀🦑

@Doom_Squid

2 years

Animators when the rigger forgets to lock attributes...

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Darren R 😨😱😵💀🦑

@Doom_Squid

5 years

My Maya timeline when I'm looking for that perfect idle pose

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Darren R 😨😱😵💀🦑

@Doom_Squid

2 years

Ok I have to share this. Seeing this in the wild makes me happy cry 😭 🏹🤖🦖 Appologies for all the Horizon tweets but this shit takes years of your life & it's so good to see it recieved so positively ❤

OnlyGoodGames™

@OGG1993

2 years

THE SKY IS OURS 😱🥵✨ #HorizonForbiddenWest #RiseAboveOurRuin #PlayStation #Letsgoooo

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@Doom_Squid

3 years

When design push dat slow walk cycle to 4mps

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Darren R 😨😱😵💀🦑

@Doom_Squid

5 years

Hey Twitterland, i'd like to share some exciting news! We'll be flying out to Amsterdam in a week where I'll be joining @Guerrilla as a Principal Animator in the new year. Hgnn! It's an absolute privilege to join this team & I couldn't be more pumped. Bring on the next chapter!

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Darren R 😨😱😵💀🦑

@Doom_Squid

2 years

I got tired of animating in ugly Maya viewports so I made this lil tool with Boon Cotter & Ruben Moragon. It's not perfect, but there will be updates & features to come. Hope you find it useful! You can grab it here:

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@Doom_Squid

2 months

Insanely good choreography

DCU Updates

@DCU_Updates

2 months

JUSTIN HOWELL will be the lead stunt double for David Corenswet for ‘SUPERMAN’

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Darren R 😨😱😵💀🦑

@Doom_Squid

3 months

Digging around some old files & found the unedited cut of this death anim from Horizon FW. Finally, the killer is revealed 🦆

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@Doom_Squid

5 years

It's criminal that it's 2019 & Jhonen Vasquez hasn't been given millions to make a game yet. I hold the world responsible for this injustice

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@Doom_Squid

8 months

Big week ahead. Will be joining Epic Games as a Principal Animator on Fortnite. Wish me luck! ⛏️ 🏝️ pew pew 🔫

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@Doom_Squid

2 years

Footage from latest Splinter Cell leaked

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@Doom_Squid

4 months

Rigger: Can you give the new rig update a test run for me? Me: Yes. Yes I can…

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@Doom_Squid

6 years

I hope this E3 is another reminder to all studios how much buzz can be generated from having great animation/ anim tech in your game. Still a lot of studios that don't embrace it as a strength & a priority as much as they should

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@Doom_Squid

3 years

The first test of every new game #KenaBridgeofSpirits

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@Doom_Squid

5 years

My contribution to dog petting in games came with a lil high five

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@GavinUK86

8 years

@watchdogsgame #WatchDogs2 High five little puppy 🤗

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@Doom_Squid

2 years

Hello! Excited to be starting with the team @Bioware today! No gif profile update will be provided at this time, thank you ❤

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@Doom_Squid

4 years

Gameplay Animators are perfect candidates for Creative Director roles. We're technical, design orientated thinkers & well trained in storytelling. Far too few of us making it through the AAA gauntlet into those positions IMO. @corybarlog is big inspiration for me

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@Doom_Squid

8 years

Juggernaut intro I directed and animated for QB. It was cut from the game but now lives on victoriously in gif form

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@Doom_Squid

1 year

Keep pushing for this level of quality animators! We'll all get there one day 💪😓

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@blauereiter

1 year

This sequence is just...I have no words. 🔥🔥🔥 #arcane

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@Doom_Squid

2 years

Old thread but a good reminder of how much crafting strong poses impacts game feel directly. Weak poses = weaker game feel. It isn't "polish" or vanity work as some would have you think. It is literally at the core of the gameplay if you're in the business of combat especially.

Art-Eater ➡️⬇️↘️🐲👊

@Richmond_Lee

4 years

I was asked (very nicely!) to explain why SF4 Sakura has better anim/key poses than SF5 Sakura. Here's a quick infographic. Basically the SF4 one looks stronger cos she's really turning into that punch. She's throwing from the hips. SFV is like the fist is pulling her forward!

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@Doom_Squid

2 years

Good to see my girl Regalla make the latest story trailer. Total bad ass. Can't wait for you to meet her 🏹💪🦖🤖

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@Doom_Squid

8 months

The IK’s on the Assassin actually handling this pretty damn well 😅

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@sexy_riker

8 months

honestly in tears at this, this guy is having an awful time

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@Doom_Squid

5 years

Surrealist cinema has been around since the 1920's & ppl actin' weirded out by Death Stranding like Lynch or Cronenberg films don't exist

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@Doom_Squid

5 years

Hey you! We're still looking for a talented Senior Animator to join our team & do amazing things with us. Ping me if you're interested 😎

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@Doom_Squid

2 months

@FPSthetics Hi, I was the lead animator on QB. The animation team on that project was one of the smallest I’ve seen in AAA, yet we hit quality of teams triple the size. We busted our asses. No, we didn’t have animatable weapons. Bandwidth spent elsewhere, not “couldn’t be bothered”.

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@Doom_Squid

5 years

A few pics on my way to day 1 at Guerrilla 💜 Wish me luck!

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@Doom_Squid

4 years

Maybe you know it or maybe you don't, but not many studios will credit you accordingly if you leave a project before shipping. Often you'll end up in an additional thanks section or not at all. Thanks to the @UbisoftToronto team for honoring my contribution to #WatchDogsLegion ❤️

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@Doom_Squid

3 months

@ToastyArmadio Naw it’s just a box. I just found it funny seeing it crush Taitor in the video & felt a little responsible 😅

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@Doom_Squid

5 years

Liminal space photography is my jam Photographs by @HenriPrestes

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@Doom_Squid

5 months

I love that Paul Giamatti always wanted to be an Animator

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@Doom_Squid

4 years

IRL gimbal lock 😭

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@Doom_Squid

5 years

The choreography in the bike chase sequence from the The Villainess is 😬😧😲

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Darren R 😨😱😵💀🦑

@Doom_Squid

5 years

Hey anim students! I have gone to the effort of listing the 4 pillars of a gameplay animators job 4 you - Animation - Integration - Anxiety & self loathing - Cage fighting raccoons Neglect the latter at ur own risk. I lost 4 interns last year who underestimated the raccoons

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@Doom_Squid

5 years

Without googling, guess how this practical in camera vfx shot was done in Sh! The Octopus (1937). The same technique was also used for the Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde' transformation (1932)

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@Doom_Squid

2 years

🥳🎉🍻

Guerrilla

@Guerrilla

2 years

We have some exciting news for your all: Horizon Forbidden West has gone GOLD! ✨ #HorizonForbiddenWest #RiseAboveOurRuin

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@Doom_Squid

1 year

How to trigger a gameplay animator; have the avatar perform the worst possible solve scenarios in front of a live audience. Straight up offended 😅

WolverinePS5

@HlNOMARUSUMO

1 year

I need Hellblade 2 to do this:

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@Doom_Squid

6 years

@booncotter Injecting some love into your chaotic feed my man ❤💚💛 Miss you dude!

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@Doom_Squid

5 years

@Charalanahzard You've made it difficult for Australians living in Amsterdam to roam the streets freely without the locals throwing stroopwafels at us in great shame

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@Doom_Squid

5 years

The view from Guerrilla today

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@Doom_Squid

2 months

Yooooo got my first couple of kills with the Water Bending feature I worked on this season 😅🌊

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@Doom_Squid

7 years

Oh hai! Animate this please. I want your shots by Friday *Wakes from nightmare sweating*

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@Doom_Squid

3 months

Random technical animation & rigger appreciation post; You’re the shit & thank you for all the awesomeness you do ❤️

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@Doom_Squid

6 years

When leaving Ubi a few ppl chatted to me about their awe of Weta & curiosity about their processes. When shooting at Weta Digi the other day, team members expressed the same awe & curiosity of Ubi. People, the grass is never greener, it's basically the same everywhere :)

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@Doom_Squid

5 years

Animating body mechanics isn't easy! Always, ALWAYS start with reference video of Danny Devito eating a hotdog. When blocking, don't forget to stare deep into the void of your own meaningless existence as you make your dancing baby animation! #animtips

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@Doom_Squid

2 years

Giving Blenders physics systems a test run. It's fun playing with explodey things

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@Doom_Squid

1 year

@ErickLorinc Great film. I love that it had the balls to do a kid in so brutally

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@Doom_Squid

5 years

Come for the cats, stay for the soundcloud! (I don't have a soundcloud)

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@Doom_Squid

8 months

New run cycle just dropped

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@Doom_Squid

5 years

Found on the walls in the Guerrilla animation department

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@Doom_Squid

4 years

Hgnnn! Valorant teaser is niiiice

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@Doom_Squid

3 years

@arithisandthat My mom still tells people I work on The Simpsons because I once had to explain it like "I do Animation...you know, cartoons like The Simpsons".

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@Doom_Squid

6 years

A few updates to my lil Unreal tests. Got in ball pickup/ shooting, health system on goals, aim matrix, jump pads & a nasty character swap. Somehow during putting some of this stuff in I broke the grapple though. *Grumbles* #gamedev #UnrealEngine

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@Doom_Squid

5 years

Post Spider-verse Pixar isn't doing a lot for me. I'd like to see them roll the dice a little more with their new projects & take some chances. Give me an animated Pixar horror story already, or something weird & unhinged

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@Doom_Squid

5 years

I should correct this to say "grannies"! You're only seeing 1 ;p

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@Doom_Squid

7 years

Hello humans, my now oldish 2016 reel is online #aniamtionreel

Darren Randall Gameplay Animaton Reel 2016

This captures some of my recent years work up until 2016. My contributions have been animation direction, pre-vis, prototyping, mocap direction, Morpheme network…

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@Doom_Squid

8 years

Mocap shoot was at @Audiomotion studios in Oxford. Keyframed to tighten the piece up. Implemented with Morpheme.

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@Doom_Squid

5 years

I started playing with #magicavoxel last night. Still figuring out some weird quirks of the software but I think voxel art is going to be my new thing. My midlife crisis is moving to the Netherlands & becoming a voxel artist #wip #gamedev

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@Doom_Squid

2 years

Not long to wait now peoples

Guerrilla

@Guerrilla

2 years

Are you going in with a stealth approach or do you take out your opponents head-on... Learn more about outsmarting your enemies in Horizon Forbidden West on the PlayStation Blog today! 🏹

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@Doom_Squid

5 years

@Monkey_Pants I'd pay the same as I pay now for a AAA game that's 5 tight hours of exceptional entertainment

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@Doom_Squid

7 years

A snippet of the cover and general nav I made on Quantum Break. Second project using Morpheme. #gamedev #animation

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@Doom_Squid

5 years

@LWald13 @CheeseBurgerson @Charalanahzard Sugary discs of deliciousness enjoyed best after a rest on your coffee / tea cup so it's a little squishy

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@Doom_Squid

4 years

Recently agreed to design a local toy collectors store logo in exchange for a large stash of Pokemon cards for my daughter. Really hedging our bets on Pokemon cards being the only valid currency come 2021

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@Doom_Squid

8 years

DarkSiders 2 TVC. Keyframed the cycle. Used it as the base to build my shots around. #Darksiders #animation #gamedev

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@Doom_Squid

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👀

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@FortniteGame

3 months

TOMORROW 👀

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@Doom_Squid

5 years

The view from our new place in Amsterdam ❤

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@Doom_Squid

2 years

Happy #HorizonForbiddenWest release day everyone! 😭❤🙏

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@Doom_Squid

5 years

The second horseman of the apocalypse is upon us

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@Doom_Squid

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Howdy! Sharing a lil Maya tool I made (with help from @kizzafreak ) for working with anim sets & override layers. Nothing fancy but something I use regularly that may help you, especially with locomotion work. Might make a video demo for it if I find time but no promises

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@Doom_Squid

6 years

Playing with some world-building for an #IndieDev idea with @booncotter

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@Doom_Squid

1 year

I wonder if TLOU series will have long scenes of characters squeezing through tight spaces?

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@Doom_Squid

3 months

Just love seeing what everyone is doing with the new features 👌

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@kuro_fn21

3 months

これが新シーズンの戦闘方法です…( ᐙ ) #フォートナイト

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@Doom_Squid

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Born from the frustration of having to use Unity at work, I started playing with this little dude in Unreal at home. Early days with no real ambition for it. So far I have a few debug tools running, some basic locomotion, a little combo and some layered blends 😅🔫

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@Doom_Squid

7 years

Sharing my animation board on Pinterest. Dig through if u have time, there's a lot of useful reference in thar.

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@Doom_Squid

2 years

From Horizon to Dragon Age. Pumped to be working on this!

Dragon Age

@dragonage

2 years

May the Dread Wolf take you. Your newest adventure begins in Dragon Age: #Dreadwolf .

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@Doom_Squid

2 years

Waitin' on those reviews to drop like...

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@Doom_Squid

1 year

Somewhere in my weird animator brain seeing how the machine controls the bike really helps to visualise how I’d animate something like this 🤷‍♂️

No Film School

@nofilmschool

1 year

Behind the scenes of 'Jurassic World: Dominion' 🦖 🎥 chris.romrell | IG

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@Doom_Squid

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Hello dearest follower, here's a FREE anim-tip for ur shiny face-balls. When u makin poses in the menu, try flim flamin the curve sheet with a tcb euler chain magnet 4 free arc booty in half the time.Then, paste ur cat pictures into the script editor & blamo! U a pro. #animtip

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@Doom_Squid

5 years

One of the best things about having a 3 year old is they bring cool shit back into your life like slides

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@Doom_Squid

7 years

Street Fighter V Supers without the cinematic cameras

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@Doom_Squid

8 months

No one prepares you for how often your daughter will ask for free skins when you start working on Fortnite 😭🔫

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@Doom_Squid

5 years

Anyone else notice The Shining reference in the 12 Minutes trailer?

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@Doom_Squid

2 years

Has anyone come across any animation reels from Genshin Impact animators? I'd kill to see some viewport playblasts of their hero work

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@Doom_Squid

5 years

I had my first tweet go viral today & it was a cat video. I'm doing very important work here people!

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@Doom_Squid

6 years

Perfect bird reference footage

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@Doom_Squid

5 years

Hey my @gameanim book arrived today & it came shipped with its own authentic animator @kevinwkoch . I opened the box & he sprung out naked reading the table of contents inbetween mumbles of "this is my 6th delivery" & "help meee". Can't wait to start reading!

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@Doom_Squid

5 years

Ashen shipped on Epic's store today. Congrats to the team @A44games & my wife, Heidi who was a Producer. I've been looking forward to playing this for a while!

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@Doom_Squid

5 years

Students ask me what kind of pay to expect when entering the industry & it always surprises them to learn AAA developers are paid in gluten & Tamagotchi. We're not cheap, people! It takes a lot of Tamagotchi's to land a talent like me #animtip

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@Doom_Squid

7 years

So this was my last week at Ubi. It's been 1 of the best studios I've worked for and I am forever grateful for all it has given me 1/X

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@Doom_Squid

5 years

More principles I routinely use: overlapping action, follow through, lack of follow through, giving up, & watching Netflix. #animtip #animprosecrets

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@Doom_Squid

6 years

Mocap shoot at Weta Digi today :)

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@Doom_Squid

3 years

Well done Guerrillas ❤ Hope everyone enjoyed the new gameplay demo! 🏹🌴🤖🦖

Guerrilla

@Guerrilla

3 years

Join Aloy as she braves the Forbidden West, a deadly frontier that conceals mysterious new threats. #HorizonForbiddenWest

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@Doom_Squid

2 years

Yay! The Dark Horse Aloy statuette arrived! Took a year but worth the wait. You can grow very attached to the characters you spend years animating so it's a great bookend to collect something like this as a memento ❤

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