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John da Fonte

2 months

Fright Night Veigar!! This spooky dude was so fun to animate, so many cool opportunities to exaggerate his kit to feel super cartoony. The team did an amazing job bringing Veigar to life! 🎃🔥 #animation #gamedev #leagueoflegends #veigar #frightnight

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

9 months

Porcelain Aurelion Sol! Animating a dragon was an awesome challenge, loved creating the flowy motions for his kit. His dance was my favorite anim I got to work on, VFX made it look fantastic! Super proud of the work from the whole team! #animation #gamedev #leagueoflegends

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

2 months

@_SrPelo_ So happy you like it!! Been a fan of your animations for years, glad I could give a reference to them in league :)

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

3 years

Charybdis’ Taunt Animation! One of the coolest characters I’ve had the chance to work on for @SmiteGame ! Special thanks to @alliways for being an awesome point and to the rest of the animation team! #CeaselessWhirlpool #animation #gamedev #Smite

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

5 months

Hall of Legends Ahri! I’m incredibly honored to have not only animated Ahri, but to animate a skin for Faker!! Extremely proud of the dev team for all the effort put into this skin! #animation #gamedev #leagueoflegends #ahri #halloflegends

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

2 years

Super excited to show my first animations for League of Legends! I had a blast animating Broken Covenant Riven’s Taunt and Joke emotes. The team did an awesome job with this thematic overall! #LeagueOfLegends #animation #gamedev

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

2 years

Super excited to say that I worked on the intro for Cinder Fall for the @OfficialRWBY and @SMITEGame crossover! I've been a fan of RWBY since high school, so it's really awesome to have worked on this! #animation #gamedev #rwby #smite

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

3 years

Toon Baron Samedi’s Recall in @SMITEGame ! This was a super fun animation to work on, cartoony animations are my favorites! @Rocktave was a fantastic point on this project and gave me a lot of great feedback to help push this animation further! #smite #animation #gamedev

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

1 year

Soul Fighter Viego! Such an awesome champion to work on! It was so fun incorporating animations inspired by fighting games into his kit, especially the hit-stuns on his attacks. Hope you all enjoy! #animation #gamedev #LeagueOfLegends #SOULFIGHTER

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

3 years

It’s Toon Cthulhu’s Victory!! Probably the most fun character I’ve animated on @SmiteGame , it was a blast animating rubberhose on all of these transformations. @BrikBrakPadyWak was a fantastic point and the animation team did an amazing job! #Smite #Cthulhu #animation #Gamedev

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

2 years

Here's Maui's victory screen that I worked on for @SMITEGame !! Loved working on the body mechanics of the swings and animating the camera on this one to make it feel more dynamic. @alliways was an amazing point and the team did amazing with him! #animation #gamedev #Smite

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

4 years

It's official, I animated Azula from Avatar the Last Airbender in Smite🔥!! Here's her intro animation! Shoutout to @bananamation_ for being an awesome point and @Alldrid for FX, the team did such a good job! @SMITEGame #smite #AvatarTheLastAirbender #Azula #Art #gamedev

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

2 months

Super happy to see all the support for our spooky dude, thanks so much everybody! As a bonus, here’s Fright Night Veigar’s Dance spam 🎃🔥

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

3 years

Queen of Cards Izanami’s Taunt animation! It was really fun animating her tail and cards! @bananamation_ and @alliways were amazing points for this character and all 4 forms of Queen of Cards Izanami came out so well! #smite #animation #gamedev

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

4 years

I’m really excited to share my animation for one of Gilgamesh’s idle variants, my first animation I worked on for Smite!! I’m super proud of the work from everyone on the animation team to make this guy come to life! #smite #animation #gamedev

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

1 year

Heartsteel Kayn! So excited to share the animations I've done for this new skin! Had an awesome time making his anim kit feel very music performance and choreography based. The Rhaast recall was especially fun to work on! Enjoy! #animation #gamedev #LeagueOfLegends #HEARTSTEEL

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

3 years

Here are the runs for each of the Transformers for @SmiteGame ! Working with these cycles was such a great experience and I've learned so much from it! Rusty was an amazing point for Megatron and helped so much with the kit as a whole! #gamedev #animation #transformers #smite

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

2 years

Super excited to say that I animated on the Nickelodeon crossover with @SMITEGame !! Here's the defeat screen for Jenny from My Life as a Teenage Robot. @alliways was an amazing point and everyone on the team nailed it on this crossover! #animation #smite #gamedev #Nickelodeon

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

2 years

Lancelot's Victory for @SMITEGame ! It was really fun animating both him and his very cool horse! Also tons of fun working with the camera in this scene! @BrikBrakPadyWak was a great point for this character, I'm really happy with how he turned out! #Smite #animation #gamedev

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

3 years

Atlas' Defeat animation for @SmiteGame ! It was lots of fun to be able to really push the weight of his astrolabe as he tries to pick it up. @bananamation was a great point and the team did a great job overall on his kit! #gamedev #animation #atlas #smite #art

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

3 years

Here's Cliodhna's Ultimate in @SMITEGame ! Oooo! Man! Pretty spooky scary huh! It was cool being able to animate both Cliodhna and her spirits through the portal! @BrikBrakPadyWak did an awesome job as point for her, the kit overall was so well put together!! #gamedev #animation

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

2 years

Oh he's going ghost! Last but not least for the Nickelodeon @SMITEGame collab is Danny Phantom! I was really honored to work on this character, loved the show as a kid! Couldn't be more proud of the anim team's hard work on this collab! #animation #smite #gamedev #Nickelodeon

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

2 years

Rocko's Taunt Emote for the Nickelodeon and @SMITEGame crossover! This was really fun to work on, always a fan of working on more cartoony animations! #animation #smite #gamedev #Nickelodeon

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

1 month

Fright Night Veigar drops today! So excited to see this spooky guy on the rift!

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

3 years

Yu Huang's wave was another fun animation to work on! Lot of subtle cloth anims in this one! #smite #animation #gamedev

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

2 years

I'm excited to share my work on Ishtar for @SMITEGame ! Her 03 ability was super fun to work on, loved animating the bow shot in the middle of her backflip. @ToriiClark was a fantastic point and the team did so well capturing her personality! #animation #smite #gamedev #Ishtar

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

3 years

Autobots Rollout!! I'm excited to say that I animated Optimus Prime's Rollout for @SMITEGame ! It was so cool to be able to transform a transformer (and throw in some sick drifts too). @Rocktave did a fantastic job as point for Optimus! #animation #gamedev #smite #transformers

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

3 years

Yu Huang's Ultimate Ability for @SMITEGame ! This one was crazy fun to work on, it was so cool to be able to work with Yu Huang and his dragon together in an attack! @babywondy did an amazing job as point for him and the whole crew once again nailed it! #smite #animation #gamedev

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

2 years

Cool news! This week I'm joining @riotgames as an Animation Artist II on @LeagueOfLegends !! I'm extremely honored to be joining the team and I'm really looking forward to working with everybody to make some awesome animations for the game!

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

2 years

Another awesome animation I got to work on for Jenny was her taunt emote! It was fun being able to integrate some of her cool lil robot gizmos in this #animation #smite #gamedev #Nickelodeon

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

11 months

Wow, can’t believe it’s already been 1 year since I started working at Riot Games! So crazy how time flies! I’m so continuously grateful to be working with such an awesome team of people on the coolest projects ever. Just the start of an awesome journey!

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

3 years

Legendary. You guys rocked this first show @iamkillbill @iamRav

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

2 years

Oh hey it’s #PortfolioDay ! Cool! Hey I’m John and I’m a 3D animator! I’m a big fan of animating cartoony and dynamic actions. Here’s some of my favorite shots that I’ve worked on for @SMITEGame . Thanks for stopping by! #animation #gamedev #Smite

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

19 days

Layoffs round 2, it doesn't get easier. I encourage everybody to support those who have lost their roles and are looking for work. A little bit of support can go a really long way.

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

6 years

@TSM_Leffen

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

3 years

Here's the original Cliodhna ultimate animation as well!

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

3 years

Atlas' Stunned animation!

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

2 years

Here's some of the work I did for Hades T5 skin for @SMITEGame . His inhands were a challenge with his proportions, but it was a good learning experience. @babywondy and @bananamation_ did great as the points. I'm real proud of the work the team did! #animation #gamedev #smite

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

2 years

Here's Maui's laugh emote as well! Man, he must have heard a pretty funny joke.

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

3 years

Starscream's Run set!! @Fish_Yoo did a great job as this guy's point!

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

2 years

I also animated Ishtar's wave emote! Torii was super helpful when it came to figuring out her personality on this animation

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

2 months

TEAM VEIGAR: Narrative: @Kristinasoski , @iworryaboutyou Concept: @rlee Modeling: @brosado Rigging: Rhoam Johnson Animation: @ on instagram @DrFlapjack @jcdafonte Production: @Joofysticks VFX: @hanabees_ @lytellica Sound: @alexLaudio QA: @riotpehrek

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

3 years

And finally Optimus Prime's run set! @Rocktave was a great point for Optimus and really helped push the weight for Optimus' runs!

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

2 years

Persona!! 💙💛 Literally found out about this launch event the day of and booked it over haha. Real good photo ops, real long line. Had a great time overall!!

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

3 years

Here's a close up of Yu Huang's animation during the ultimate:

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

1 year

Cool stuff coming soon :)

League of Legends

@LeagueOfLegends

1 year

This is the fight you’ve been waiting for.

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

2 years

Here's a higher resolution version of Ishtar's Offhand 03 with audio!

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

1 year

Oh hey! I’m gonna be on the RAT Animation stream tonight talking about my application process for Riot, along with several other very cool animators. Swing by!

the RAT

@RATanimators

1 year

New Animation Stream...TONIGHT! The newest members of the RAT come together to give you their knowledge! We'll be answering lots of questions from chat about applying to and working at Riot, so we'd love you to swing by. 5:00pm PT RATanimators on Twitch #gamedev #animation

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

5 years

sans day

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

2 years

I also animated on Lancelot's Offhand 01!

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

9 months

I looked at this photo every morning I woke up working on Aurelion Sol. When days were dark, when times were tough, he kept me going.

dragon age break bun

@RiotTinyBun

9 months

happy porcelain PBE day. as a producer it's very important to find ways to uplift your teams and inspire them to new heights. just doing my part

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

4 years

A three hit combo attack that I made using motion capture data as a base. I recently went back and edited this shot with some helpful notes and drawovers from Drew Morgan. They really helped me add impact to each of the attacks! Sicarius rig made by @KielFiggins

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

10 months

Incredibly shocked and saddened to hear about the recent layoffs. I have not been affected, but I see so many talented people around me who are going to be out of a job. Support those people.

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

5 years

All I need in life are my boys and my tub. @SuperMegaShow @matthwatson @elirymagee

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

1 year

We did a fighting game thematic!!! Aaaaaa I’ve been so excited to share this news ever since I started on it!! More to come in the future ( but as a sneak peek, one of my anims made it in the trailer :D )

League of Legends // UK, IE & Nordics

@LoLUKN

1 year

Welcome to the world of Soul Fighter, where powered-up champions, intense rivalries, over-the-top combos, and new game modes come to clash! Ready? The fight’s coming on 20th July.

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

2 years

Finally I animated a flip for one of his idle variants!

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

3 years

The spin transformation is so fun! Anna did an awesome job with this recall for Starscream!

Anna Vrieling

@bananamation_

3 years

AND STARSCREAM! Here is the recall I animated for the @transformers x @SMITEGame crossover. Starscream is definitely now my fav. >:} 💪💖✈️ #animation #gamedev #smite #transformers

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

19 days

@Ben_Rosado So unfair to see this happen, I'm so sorry Ben. You put everything into your art and it shows, any studio would be extremely fortunate to have you on their team. Honored to have worked with you man

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

3 years

Brandon did such an awesome job with his animations on Smite from this summer!!! He really brought out the creepiness of Cliodhna with his wave and clap emotes!

Brandon Kola

@brandon_kola

3 years

Had a blast this summer because I got to work on @SMITEGame and their newest character Cliodhna! This is a wave that I got to do, and it was a really fun experience, alongside having @BrikBrakPadyWak as an awesome point!

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

3 years

Brock did such an awesome job overall as point!! Cliodhna's whole animation set was so solid and cohesively spooky thanks to his guidance!

Brockton Barton

@BrikBrakPadyWak

3 years

Super excited to show off Cliodhna! She is the first god I was solo point on and I am very happy with how she turned out. everyone put a lot of love into this god and I can't wait for yall to play her! 👻👻👻

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

3 years

My senior film from 2020 “Panda-Monium” is officially out for public viewing! It’s a little story about pandas, jam, and friendship! I’m so proud of the work from everyone in the crew for this film, and we’re all so excited to share this story!

Panda-Monium | 2020 SCAD Animated Short Film

Redd, the red panda, and Glen, the giant panda, are enjoying each other’s company in the bamboo forest, when a jar of jam unexpectedly falls from the sky! Ho...

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

1 year

At the Game Awards Concert!!

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

1 year

TEAM VIEGO: Writing: @needs4sheeds Concept: @SteveZheng_ Modeling: Yuriy & Luana Animation: @anthonyma64 , @jcdafonte , @RiotKarix3 Rigging: Chris Production: @Joofysticks QA: @AlmightyRay Vfx: @RiotJinny AD: @SuperSnkrdoodle Design: Jamie Sound: @RiotKDan

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

2 years

Here's the lobby version of Danny's intro! (Note, hes got black hair and blue eyes in his human form, this is just temp in the animation file). Loved being able to incorporate his ghost breath in this animation

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

1 year

Zelda time baybeeeeeee

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

6 years

The Scutoid: A prime example of what not to do in Maya when modeling. Pretty neat shape that we found nonetheless.

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

1 year

Sonic Symphony Time! So hype!! I hope the real Sonic comes on stage

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

3 years

Now this guy's got the moves. Awesome work Brock!

Brockton Barton

@BrikBrakPadyWak

3 years

The new Baron skin has a vxg! check it out. #smite #animation #gamedev

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

1 year

Anthony is an animation powerhouse, his dance for Viego is so incredible!!

Anthony Ma

@anthonyma64

1 year

Soul Fighter Viego Hits the Rift today, thought I would show some stuff I did, lets start with his dance with Isolde

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

9 months

Awful news to wake up to. My heart goes out to anybody who was affected by these layoffs. Please don’t hesitate to reach out if you need support, we need to be here for each other now more than ever.

Overwatch Cavalry

@OWCavalry

9 months

Microsoft lays off 1,900 Activision Blizzard and Xbox employees 📝 Mike Ybarra, President of Blizzard Entertainment, has departed from the company, and the previously unannounced Survival IP has been canceled. Best wishes to any and all employees affected 💔

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

3 years

Sending support to all the people participating in the #ActiBlizzWalkout . You all are incredibly courageous and are making some real positive change for the game industry 💙

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

2 years

Happy Halloween from the Phantom Thieves! ❤️🃏

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@jcdafonte

3 years

Matt's intro for Toon Baron is peak rubberhose!! Love how much he was able to push the rig in this one!!

@rocktave.bsky.social

@Rocktave

3 years

Another Toon Skin for Smite! This time I altered Baron's intro originally animated by the legendary @JnNoogen , which was already pretty cartoony to begin with. #Smite #animation #gamedev

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

3 years

Super awesome work by Ian!! (And I think he brings up a good point 👀)

keddy

@Ked_ees

3 years

We once again were graced with the stretchy bones! Had a lot of fun with this one getting all the squish in that skull! Everyone buy it so we can convince them to make a whole game of it! It'll totally work.

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@jcdafonte

1 year

Jess did such an awesome job with Viego!! Her recall is so so sick!!

Jessica Yu

@jessyux3

1 year

Soul Fighter Viego. Under the God's Eye, souls battle 👁️... #LeagueOfLegends #animation #gamedev

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

5 months

Sean killed it, stunning work on all of his Ahri animations

Sean Yeung

@notsoyeung

5 months

Some of my animations for HoL Ahri: Signature move, Spell4, and Run. #animation #LeagueOfLegendsArt #leagueoflegends #ahri #gamedev

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

3 years

Me and my man Nubert :)

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

6 years

Here's my 2018 Spotify listening trends. Major props to @iamRav and @sushitrash for making some good good music. Looking forward to your stuff in 2019. #2018Wrapped @Spotify

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@jcdafonte

5 months

Jess did an amazing job on Ahri!!! Every tail feels alive, so aspirational :D

Jessica Yu

@jessyux3

5 months

Hall of Legends Ahri animation reel. SO cool to help contribute to a skin for Faker. Team did a great job, shes beautiful #animation #leagueoflegends #gamedev

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@jcdafonte

2 years

Lastly, here's Hades Jump animation!

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

19 days

@notsoyeung I’m sorry that you’ve been impacted Sean. You’ve brought to life some of the best re-works and skins on League. Any company would be incredibly fortunate to have someone with as much anim craft and technical skill as you. I’m really gonna miss you on the team, it’s been an honor

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

7 years

I made an abstract animated music video based on "Ma Chouchoute" by @loudnessfete released by @TastyNetwork .

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

1 year

Went to the Persona 5 Tactica Booth! Had to come and take a photo with the Joker cosplay! #persona5tactica

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@jcdafonte

2 years

Happy Spamton Deltarune day! That stream was… wild haha. Here’s a Big Shot piano cover for the occasion:

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@jcdafonte

1 year

100 GECS!!

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

2 years

I wanted to also say that my time at @SMITEGame has been amazing and I've truly grown so much throughout my time there, both as an animator and as a person. I've met so many uniquely talented and awesome people at Hi-Rez and I look forward to seeing their work in the future! ❤️

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@jcdafonte

2 months

@KristinaSOSKi @IWorryAboutYou @brosado @DrFlapjack @Joofysticks @hanabees_ @lytellica @alexLaudio @RiotPehrek Special shoutout goes to our intern this summer @Lew_Flowers ! He knocked it out of the park with his animations on this skin!

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

2 years

My friend @dontyoudarryn helped work on the animation for this game!! Super excited to play through this!! Check it out!

RWBY

@OfficialRWBY

2 years

"What the heck is an Arrowfell??" #RWBY : Arrowfell is available now digitally on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox, and PC via Steam! Featuring an in-canon story set during RWBY Volume 7.

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

2 years

Here's Hades' death animation! This was was also a fun one to work on, loved adding some personality to his hungry crow friend

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

2 years

Ok yep, 2AM and just felt my first earthquake lol. Now I feel like I’ve officially settled in LA

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

1 year

Just went to the Persona 5 Tactica Penel at Anime Expo!!! Aaaaaa sooooo cool!! Seeing all the voice actors in real life was such an awesome experience!

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

3 years

So good!! Awesome work Anna!

Anna Vrieling

@bananamation_

3 years

♥️♠️♦️♣️ Queen of Cards Izanami is here in @SMITEGame and I am SO pumped! Thanks to @alliways for being an awesome point partner on this with me (also doing the heavy lifting) and always to @asherline for her fantastic leadership and guidance. #smite #animation #gamedev ⚡️⚡️⚡️

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John da Fonte

@jcdafonte

4 years

Alli did so well on these attacks and was a fantastic point for Gilgamesh!!!

alliways - Alli Gehrer

@alliways

4 years

So what's different with Gilgamesh's basic attacks??? We did a lot of experimenting. A HUGE thank you to DJ in Tech Art and Ryan in programming for helping me try new things. Let me tell you what we tried and where we ended up... @SMITEGame #animation #gamedev