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Aran James ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ

@animskater

Senior Animator ๐ŸŽฎ @ThirdKindGames, previously @TtGames - ๐ŸšซAi - Cats are our overlords ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿ™

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Streamed for 7 Hours today!

Made a lot of progress on this #animation and it's almost ready for polishing! ๐Ÿ˜Š

Thank you everyone for stopping by my stream and chatting. I'll live again tomorrow to work on more on this animation. ๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ˜€๐Ÿ‘

24.02.2026 00:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 34 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I'm late to the #Zelda40th anniversary posting, but here's a repost of my Ganon animation

2DFX: @theycallmesal.bsky.social

24.02.2026 05:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 590 ๐Ÿ” 141 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Game animation is design in motion.

Another week, another wicked animation.
A Dragon fly kick designed to evade and attack in one move.

Great combat isnโ€™t just about cool motion, itโ€™s about layered mechanics.

#GameDev #Animation #combat

24.02.2026 14:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 31 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Concept arts by Yun Ling for "Blue Eye Samurai" (Season 1).
www.lingy000.com

11.02.2026 17:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 470 ๐Ÿ” 107 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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It's been 3 years working on No Rest for the Wicked with Moon Studios. ๐ŸŒ–

With the latest co-op update out and all the great feedback coming from players, it felt like a good moment to share a small reel of the project.

Letโ€™s go. Another year, another Wicked Animations ! ๐Ÿ˜

#animation #gamedev

03.02.2026 10:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 193 ๐Ÿ” 37 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10 ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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Threw together a collection of gameplay animations of our bird companion, Twig. Thanks @doublefine.com and @leepetty.bsky.social for giving me this opportunity to work with such cool character designed by @leviryken.bsky.social.
#animation

16.12.2025 19:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 55 ๐Ÿ” 13 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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#Blazblue #Blender Platinum The Trinity animation test + model release

13.12.2025 11:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 91 ๐Ÿ” 25 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Tyty! Fantastic rigs!

24.09.2025 06:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

All the Turtles together! Free rigs available at www.3dfiggins.com/Store! Great work @animskater.bsky.social !

23.09.2025 19:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ‘€After 3 weeks of grinding, it's finally here.
My latest short introducing my new free mannequins rigs. Hope you'll like it!

You can see it in full HD on my Youtube channel.
๐Ÿ‘‰ youtu.be/epALd30DeiU

#Blender #B3D #anime #animation #rigging #art #p2design

11.08.2025 16:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 193 ๐Ÿ” 56 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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11.2 is out- Heres part 1 of some of the animation work I did this patch! I got to do the Directed Spell tier for the new Ethereals, and I got to do the Skyriding suite for the new Void Flyers. Cant wait to share some more soon!..
๐Ÿ’™

#Warcraft #animation #gamedev

06.08.2025 17:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 91 ๐Ÿ” 20 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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FINALLY finished this personal animation I've been working on! It's been a big learning process for me! Glad I stuck with it and got it finished! Most I've animated in a while!

TMNT Rigs by @kielfiggins.bsky.social

#animation #animate #animated #CGI #CG #TMNT #TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles

03.08.2025 20:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 40 ๐Ÿ” 11 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Iโ€™m so happy with this sketch!
Today I visited my local library and took my iPad to do some drawing there. It was sooo nice to switch off and sketch.

01.06.2025 14:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 28 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Year of the Dragon ๐Ÿฃ

#spyrothedragon

27.05.2025 11:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 132 ๐Ÿ” 47 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Had to come back to the Rayman anims, Thought I'd take a crack at the classic Wind Up Punch! #Rayman

15.05.2025 18:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 99 ๐Ÿ” 21 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Here's a small compilation of Rayman animations I was working on. I tried to replicate the animations seen in Rayman Legends and Origins and bring them into 3D, Would love to jump back into this someday! #Rayman #Rayman3D

13.05.2025 09:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 184 ๐Ÿ” 53 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Open to non-animation roles as well that are remote! If you know of anything please reach out โค๏ธ

12.05.2025 19:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 14 ๐Ÿ” 8 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Fight scene im working on! Ive been wanting to create an animation on 2's for years. Very refreshing and interesting challenge so far. Really pushes you to sculpt the silhouette on every frame! Thx BuiltByColossus @kielfiggins.bsky.social y.social for rigs!
#animation #3danimation #practice #fight

09.05.2025 15:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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04.05.2025 07:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Goofy Movie Powerline Dance Set
Goofy Movie Powerline Dance Set YouTube video by Justin Ying

youtu.be/atMhXimViJI?...

Found this recording on YT, pretty neat to see the reference, animation and overall process :)

#animation #disney

28.04.2025 08:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
How I animate camera for viewmodels
How I animate camera for viewmodels YouTube video by Haydn Cooper

Small demo of how I animate viewmodel CAMERA!

youtu.be/9jIsk4HQt1E?...

26.04.2025 22:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 40 ๐Ÿ” 8 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Haven't animated just for fun in a long time. Here's an RKO I made tonight!

25.04.2025 20:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 10 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

By Azura, by Azura, by Azura! ๐Ÿ˜ฑ๐Ÿ”ฅ

22.04.2025 15:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This was put on the back burner for a little bit, but I collaborated with
@theycallmesal.bsky.social oRPG97
for him to add some 2DFX on this Ganondorf animation I made awhile back and the result came out amazing. Please be sure to check Sal's work guys!

Rig by
@stoff.bsky.social

08.03.2025 19:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 525 ๐Ÿ” 129 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
I'M BUILDING THE ULTIMATE MTB VIDEO GAME!!
I'M BUILDING THE ULTIMATE MTB VIDEO GAME!! YouTube video by Matt Jones

youtube.com/watch?v=JA5T... So awesome to be able to share this! I worked on all the early anims you see and created the rigs! Iโ€™ve never really done rigging so it was my first proper go at that too!!

15.04.2025 19:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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done messing around via email with these jokers

08.04.2025 02:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 2015 ๐Ÿ” 355 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 37 ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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โญ๏ธMy kfMixamoTransfer tool is now Free! โญ๏ธ

3dfiggins.com/Store/

Now you can stitch together clips to your hearts content!

I've also done a video tutorial (along with written and web versions). If you find that sort of long form explanation useful, do let me know.

07.04.2025 23:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 35 ๐Ÿ” 8 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Had a blast diving into the animation process behind Prince of Persia! ๐Ÿ”ฅ

Hereโ€™s a breakdown of one of the combat sequences from my Gnomon Talk.

Massive thanks to everyone who tuned in, and to Gnomon for the invite!

--> Link to the full Talk:

www.youtube.com/live/wCbrnnV...

#animation #gamedev

01.04.2025 09:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 40 ๐Ÿ” 10 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Big thanks to Gnomon for the opportunity to talk about Game Combat Animation!
Had a great time sharing insightsโ€”check the link below for the full talk :

www.youtube.com/live/wCbrnnV...

#animation #gamedev #game #3d

27.03.2025 10:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 54 ๐Ÿ” 11 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1