2011 showreel
featuring gameplay and cinematic character animation work
EMAIL ME AT NICK@NICK-RODGERS.COM
Nick Rodgers - Quick Profile
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•Experienced character animator with over 5 years industry experience.
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•Credited on 10 shipped titles, most recently as lead animator on Microsoft’s “Kinectimals: Now With Bears” and senior animator on “Kinect Disneyland Adventures”.
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•I’ve worked with an extensive variety of animation styles, from hyper-realistic human movement to characterful and cartoony quadrupeds.
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•Strong knowledge of traditional animation principles as well as experience directing and working with motion capture.
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•A high level of technical confidence with experience developing animation systems, pipelines and tools (using MEL and MaxScript).
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•Experience designing animation trees and systems working closely with designers and programmers to best translate our animation into the game.
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•I've managed an internal team of animators as well as multiple outsource teams, producing schedules and communicating directly with clients.
Major Software Skills
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•3ds max (including Maxscript)
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•Maya (including MEL script)
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•MotionBuilder
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•Adobe Premiere
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•Adobe After Effects