I'm currently working as a Principal Animator for Piranha Games Inc. My wife and I live in Vancouver where we spend a lot of time enjoying the temperate beauty it has to offer.
I recently helped my friend ship his indie game The Fall 2: Unbound. Working with him and the rest of the Over The Moon Games crew was a great experience.
At The Coalition I was given a great opportunity to animate on Gears of War 4. This gave me a chance to work more with motion capture, key frame animation, cameras, Maya and the Unreal 4 engine.
I have 17 years of experience animating in games and I've spent a lot of time stringing together motion trees and blending animations together. I've mentored other animators and helped with the production side of projects. I also have a few years of doing 2d work in software like Flash and Spine.
In my spare time I do a lot of playing hockey, figure drawing, traveling, sculpting in Zbrush, digital painting and lately I've also been messing around with Copic markers and inks.
CV stuff...
Work Experience
2020 - Present Piranha Games Inc Vancouver
Principal Animator
2016 - 2019 Smoking Gun Interactive Vancouver
Lead Animator
May 2016 - October 2016 The Coalition Vancouver
Animator
2009 - 2016 Smoking Gun Interactive Vancouver
Senior Animator
2003 - 2009 Relic Entertainment Vancouver
Animator
Supervising Animator
Shipped Titles
Over the Moon Games
The Fall 2: Unbound - PC, Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch
The Fall - Evaluation - PC, PS4, Xbox One
The Coalition
Gears of War 4 - PC, Xbox One
Smoking Gun Interactive
Age of Empires: Castle Siege - Windows 8 PC, Tablets and phones
Freefall Racers - Kinect (xbox 360)
Home Run Stars - Kinect Fun Labs (xbox 360)
Kinect Me - Kinect Fun Labs (xbox 360)
Mars Rover Landing - Kinect Fun Labs (xbox 360)
Battle Stuff - Kinect Fun Labs (xbox 360)
Googly Eyes - Kinect Fun Labs (xbox 360)
Kinect Adventures! 20,000 Leaks(xbox 360)
Relic
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II (PC)
The Outfit (Xbox 360)
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War (PC)
Education
2003 Capilano University North Vancouver
Certificate in Digital Animation
2000-2002 Capilano University North Vancouver
Diploma in Commercial Animation
Proficiencies
3D Studio Max
MotionBuilder
Maya
Unreal Engine - Editor
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe AfterEffects CS5
Adobe Premiere CS5
Pixologic-ZBrush
CAT – Character Animation Tool
References
Available upon Request
2020 - Present Piranha Games Inc Vancouver
Principal Animator
2016 - 2019 Smoking Gun Interactive Vancouver
Lead Animator
May 2016 - October 2016 The Coalition Vancouver
Animator
2009 - 2016 Smoking Gun Interactive Vancouver
Senior Animator
2003 - 2009 Relic Entertainment Vancouver
Animator
Supervising Animator
Shipped Titles
Over the Moon Games
The Fall 2: Unbound - PC, Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch
The Fall - Evaluation - PC, PS4, Xbox One
The Coalition
Gears of War 4 - PC, Xbox One
Smoking Gun Interactive
Age of Empires: Castle Siege - Windows 8 PC, Tablets and phones
Freefall Racers - Kinect (xbox 360)
Home Run Stars - Kinect Fun Labs (xbox 360)
Kinect Me - Kinect Fun Labs (xbox 360)
Mars Rover Landing - Kinect Fun Labs (xbox 360)
Battle Stuff - Kinect Fun Labs (xbox 360)
Googly Eyes - Kinect Fun Labs (xbox 360)
Kinect Adventures! 20,000 Leaks(xbox 360)
Relic
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II (PC)
The Outfit (Xbox 360)
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War (PC)
Education
2003 Capilano University North Vancouver
Certificate in Digital Animation
2000-2002 Capilano University North Vancouver
Diploma in Commercial Animation
- Studio B Productions Scholarship for Most Promising First Year Student
Proficiencies
3D Studio Max
MotionBuilder
Maya
Unreal Engine - Editor
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe AfterEffects CS5
Adobe Premiere CS5
Pixologic-ZBrush
CAT – Character Animation Tool
References
Available upon Request
Contact
toonface@gmail.com
