Character TD Reel 2021
A collection of my work as a Character Technical Director in animated movies & short films
Reel Breakdown
Spies in Disguise, Blue Sky Studios, 2019
· Rigged the main character, Lance the Pigeon
· Developed projection based wing & leg attach system to be used on all the birds in the show and presented the tech at Siggraph 2019
Ferdinand, Blue Sky Studios, 2017
· Rigged Dos, Baby girl, Bee and Flamenco Dancers
· Developed procedural skin weighting tools for face
"Cenk" Character, Personal Project
· Modeled, rigged and rigged Cenk
Animation Mentor Rigs
· Rigged Jules, Aia, Stan, Stella, and Stewart
Bad Cat, Anima İstanbul, 2016
· Oversaw modeling and rig development for the film
· Developed auto rigging system for bipeds and quadrupeds
· Developed procedural skin weighting tools for face
· Rigged faces in the show
Avarya, 2019
· Rigged Adam
Ice Age: Collision Course, Blue Sky Studios, 2016
· Rigged Spaceship and Console props
“Cenk” Character Reel
A character I designed, modeled, textured, rigged and animated for my personal project
“Bad Cat” Facial Rig Demo
A demo of the Facial Rig system I developed for the animated feature, Bad Cat (Kötü Kedi Şerafettin)
Demo Details
Character Design by Ahmet Tabak
Model by Nur Diker
Animation Mentor Crew and Tribe Rigs
The 12 characters I rigged for Animation Mentor, the Online School of Animation and VFX
Reel Breakdown
Crew Characters: Aia and Jules
Tribe Characters: Stewart, Stan, Stella, Squirrels, Monster Ball, Birdball, Sloan, Rock, Pinky and Twig
Characters designed by Dei G. and modeled by Ander Lizarralde
(0:02) Jules (Animated by Ricky Robinson)
(0:12) Aia & Jules (Animated by Cinthia Mussi)
(0:31) Stan (Animated by Patrick Müller)
(0:35) Stan (Animated by David Friedenstein)
(0:49) Stella (Animated by Ronja Jansen)
(1:04) Stella (Animated by Rita Figueira)
(1:12) Stewart (Animated by Ryan Moran)
(1:15) Stewart (Animated by Matei Neagoe)
(1:30) Pinky (Animated by Matei Neagoe)
(1:42) Squirrels (Animated by Lluis Llobera)
(1:47) Sloan (Animated by Wira Winata)
(1:53) Sloan & Twig (Animated by Luis Uribe)
(2:08) Stewart (Animated by Sérgio Dias)
(2:17) Monster Ball (Animated by Lluis Llobera)
(2:25) Bird Ball (Animated by Lluis Llobera)
(2:34) Stan, Pinky & Rock (Animated by Tim Rudder)
Rigging Tools Reel
Demo of two Rigging Tools I developed at Blue Sky Studios
Reel Breakdown
autoLipWeights Tool
· Procedurally weighting lip joints
· Art Directing Jaw-Open shape
eyeRigTool
· Procedurally build and weight eyelid/eyebag joints
· Art Direct Blink/Inbetween poses