Sophie Shepherd @smshepherd23 Twitter profile

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Sophie Shepherd

4 years

Sometimes we forget how far we've come so remember to look back at your progress. It's easier to compare to others but remember to compare to your past self too. #animation #3danimation

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

3 years

Happy Friday!! Sound on 🔊 I wanted to animate croc locomotion and my friends said "but what if". Thanks @Fazwaaz @SonnyBurge 🐊 #animation #3danimation

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

4 months

I worked on Alters lobby animations this season🙏 #ApexLegends

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

5 years

Back to the flow of personal work. I'm happy with the amount I learnt animating this one, my reference was from @keriwaza ! Amazing stuff :D #animation #3danimation #gamedev #animonthly

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

2 years

Happy to share some of my work for Catalyst, with a fantastic team to help me get my first anims out this season🥳 #apexlegends #catalyst #apex #animation

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

2 years

Thrilled to announce that today is my first day as an Animator at @Respawn on the @PlayApex team! Couldn't be happier!! 🥰

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

3 years

Starting a new project! Time to learn UE4🥰 Rig: @artstoff Environment: Alexsandr lvanov #animation #3danimation #UE4

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

2 years

First time doing a dragon animation! Happy with how it turned out, this was my final iAnimate assignment🥰 Thanks to all those who gave critique! Lighting/Rendering/Environment: @jonjo3d Rig: Truong CG Artist #animation #3danimation #UE4

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

4 months

I also worked on this banner animation for Alter 🤗 #ApexLegends

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

4 years

3 months experience vs 4 years experience! (1yr in industry) #artistlevelup #animation

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

10 months

These character select easter eggs for Conduit were found fast😆When @_moyparra had the idea to add secret selects, I couldn't help but join in and make one for Newcastle! We really had a lot of fun with this legend. Here's a little behind the scenes for my anim🫶

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

3 years

Another #animtip video for you guys! Hope it helps 😄 #animation #maya

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

3 years

A fun little project to chip away at🥰 #animation #unreal #ue4 #gamedev #3danimation

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

4 years

I'm happy to share some Total War: Warhammer 2 work! Here is an animation I did on the River Trolls. I was so lucky to work with an amazing mentor and get some valuable critique. I can't wait to share more in the future 😄 #animation #3danimation #gamedev #warhammer

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

3 years

I made a quick #animtip video for workflow in maya! Here are 5 quick tips for animators. These may seem basic but they are very useful to me so I wanted to share them. Even if it just helps new animators :) #animation #maya

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

4 years

Little practice walk animation I did last week #animation #3danimation

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

3 years

I had so much fun working on Oxyotl for latest DLC of Total War: Warhammer 2!! I had been waiting to animate this character for so long I'm so grateful to have had the opportunity, he's my fav ♥️ #animation #3danimation

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

2 years

Thank you for all the love on the dragon animation, appreciate it! Thought I'd share a breakdown of the process, it came a long way from block out😆 #animation #3danimation

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

3 years

A study from 株式会社モーションアクターYouTube channel! Lots of great reference for animators🥰 @jagar001 ありがとう！ Model: @LeoSaurusR3x #animation #3danimation

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

4 years

This @iAnimate term is going fast as well! Here was the first assignment we did last month. It's the second time I've done a quadruped anim :o Really enjoying creatures! #animation #3danimation

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

5 years

Dances are hard, gonna leave this in 2019 haha, I sure did learn a lot! 😄 #animation #3danimation #kpop #newyearnewanim

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

4 years

Surprise! Another dance animation from me, I just find these so fun to do🥰 Thanks @RickGreeve for helping with the marmoset! Nora Rig: @KielFiggins #animation #3danimation #sayso #dojacat

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

5 years

Hello #PortfolioDay 👋I'm a Trainee Animator at Creative Assembly and I love animating all sorts of things😊

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

6 years

Time for #artvsartist and I have stuff to show this year ❤️

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

3 years

I'm no longer an Associate! Joining the mid-level animation crew🥰

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

4 years

Second @iAnimate assignment, attack! Thanks to everyone who gave me critique and of course my mentor @Redruck . This was a really fun animation :) Rig: @KielFiggins #animation #3danimation

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

2 years

Hey all! I'm Sophie, an animator at Creative Assembly and soon to be hitting the 3 year mark in industry ❤️ #WhatAGameDevLooksLike

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

4 years

The final @iAnimate assignment! Definitely need to practice deaths, I always avoided doing them in the past. Thanks again @Redruck for the mentorship for the past 3 months, it went by too fast! Creature workshop next 😮 Rig: @KielFiggins #animation #3danimation

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

3 years

We released Total War: Warhammer 3 today and what a blast! First big game release for me after almost 3 years in industry and no better team to do it with ❤️

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

4 years

It's crazy to see but I got my first promotion! Now I'm an Associate Animator!!! :D

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

5 years

I was overwhelmed by the response to my latest Azri animation and wanted to say thank you all for your support!! I did a quick animation, thanks for 1000 followers ♥️ #animation #3danimation

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

6 years

Just a little bug attack :) Rig is from @KielFiggins #animation #3danimation #gamedev

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

5 years

One of the hardest animations I've done! I really struggled finding how to show weight but I've learned so much from everyone who gave me critique (thanks guys!) #animonthly #animation #3danimation

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

3 years

First ianimate CWS3 assignment was to make a flight cycle, I learned a lot already! Looking forward to adding more to this anim🐦 #ianimate #animation #3danimation #bird

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

5 years

Little bug walk in between deadlines, might make this cutie an animset 💕 #animation #3danimation #gamedev

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

2 years

It's my last day at Creative Assembly and what a way to finish up! Exactly 3 years ago today I joined CA as my first job in games and I'm grateful to have spoken at Animex for my final week. I will miss the team so much they have been the best ❤️ Excited for my next steps 👀

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

3 months

Anime/Manga Waifu

@WaifuAnimeManga

3 months

I never seen a female character doing cool fighting

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

5 years

With contracts signed I'm happy to announce that in May I will be joining @CAGames as a Trainee Animator!!! I'm super excited to start my career in games with such an amazing company. I cant wait to meet everyone!! 💕

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

6 years

Here's my #animtober week 2! I was aiming for the word guarded but I'm not sure how that went haha. I really enjoyed trying out a new rig this week, so simple to use! #gamedev #animation

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

2 years

iAnimate CWS3 completed! Here was the first assignment, can't wait to show the next one soon👀 #animation #3danimation

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

2 years

Meet Tama! Our 10 week old shiba inu ❤️ I have wanted one for as long as I can remember and now I can't believe it's true. 🥰

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

5 years

Aside from being ill and playing Pokemon this is what I'm up to lately! Bonus points if you know the dance :D Just a snippet of my WIP #animation #WIP #screenshotsaturday

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

5 years

Can't wait for Animation Sherpa! I'm away for 2 weeks on the day it launches so I just had to try out this cute red panda now, I love it so much! (Just a quick block out for now :D) Rig: @Foofinu #BaqirRig #animation #3danimation #WIP

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

2 years

First time animating an heirloom draw👊 I have so much respect for first person animators, it's a whole new world into animation and a great learning experience

Moy Parra 🎮

@_moyparra

2 years

*️⃣ this heirloom has some of the very first animations I've ever done for Seer. They turned out to be a bit... 𝘶𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 coming from him 😅 Hope you enjoy them ✍🏾

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

6 years

My submission for the 'Superpower' animation challenge #animation #3danimation #animonthly

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

4 years

Incredibly happy to finally share what we are working on!!

Total War: WARHAMMER III Announce Trailer - Conquer Your Daemons |...

In Total War: WARHAMMER III each choice you make will shape the reality-shattering conflict to come; from the mysterious Lands of the East to the daemon-infe...

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

5 months

Thanks to everyone who came to our talk at #GDC2024 ! We'll be around the rest of the week so come find us 😁

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

2 years

Officially moved to Vancouver!! 🥳🥳🥳

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

5 years

Happy to have received this scholarship and can't wait to meet everyone at GDC! 💕

Animation Diversity Foundation

@AnimDiversity

5 years

We are thrilled to announce this year's Animation Diversity Foundation GDC Scholars! @FaryniarzAnna @RachyBee_Says @MorganNixonArt @maria137_art @smshepherd23 @elenatchii We are excited to see you all there!

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

6 years

I really hate uploading WIPS but gotta start posting more :P Here's a dance anim I've been working on last week for the #animchallenge that's started up this month. Oh yeah, working with the Lyette rig now <3 Critique always welcome! #animation #WIP

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

9 months

We'll be speaking at GDC next year🔥 @_moyparra @keyframequeen @alejandropotter @minorsaurus_Rex

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

5 years

Graduated today with this lovely bunch!

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

5 years

Just moved in to my new flat and my bike arrived on the same day! I'm in love 💕

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

4 years

@Fcofu thank you! :) I used wes's tutorial here:

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@the_w3bz

5 years

Thought I would make a small video on how I created the motion trail for my Azri animation. It's nothing ground breaking but it worked for me so hopefully it will work for someone else 😄 #animation #animtip

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

2 years

Had the pleasure of seeing the team in LA last month, it was such a blast!

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

2 years

合格しました！🥳 After flying to Spain (among flight cancellations) and using my broken Spanish to understand the exam rules, I took my first JLPT exam and passed ❤️ On to N2 next year I think ^^

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

2 years

@_moyparra hahah thanks moy you got my back👊

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

4 years

- Got promoted and released my first DLC 🎮 - I can speak Spanish now 👀 🇪🇸 - Exercised more than ever before and reached my goal weight 💪 Next year my goal is to be conversational in Japanese 🇯🇵✨

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

2 years

Back from LA !! Had such a good time with @SonnyBurge @Linkmister @anthonyma64 @notsoyeung 🥰

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

2 years

Glad to have joined in time to work on Catalyst, she was so interesting and fun to animate!

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@_moyparra

2 years

🌙 Catalyst has easily been one of the most challenging and multilayered characters I've ever worked on. Really proud of how she turned out! Can't wait for you to meet her next season 😌

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

5 years

First week at @CAGames has just flown by! Everyone is amazing and I'm in my element here 💕

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

6 years

UPDATE: Here's what I ended up with for the animchallenge, was really fun to animate but time to get back to those uni deadlines! :D

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

6 years

Week 4 of #animtober with a double jump, I loved seeing all the animators out there share their work this month :) I decided to play with squash and stretch this time. #animation

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

5 years

Happy to share my workflow, thoughts and resources for animation in games on 80lv ❤️ Check it out here! #animation #gamedev #animtip #3danimation

Studying Animation with Sophie Shepherd

Sophie Shepherd talked about the production of 3D animation, workflows, and useful resources for studying.

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

2 years

Find me and @ChloeAnimates at @AnimexFestival this year! We will be doing a talk Thursday 10am about the differences between cinematic and gameplay animation, see you there! ❤️

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

4 years

We are looking for a Trainee Animator to join us on the Total War team! Feel free to message me if you're interested and apply here😄:

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

5 years

Had a wonderful time with these lovely animators in London yesterday! @noktem520 @LukeAnimates @Linkmister

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

6 years

Thanks to @AlekKolev for the amazing crit! Feeling a lot better about this run cycle I started a couple weeks ago and learnt a bunch doing it too :D #animation #gamedev #3danimation

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

2 years

Remote working night time ain't so bad when this is the day🥰So lucky to be in Cornwall while we wait for the Canadian visa to come through!

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

4 years

Check out our new DLC! It was so fun to work on this with everyone 😄

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

4 months

Back from #ALGS ! Met so many awesome people and loved feeling the hype for Apex🫶

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

5 years

I disappeared to travel Slovakia and Austria, but I'm back now, so pretty :D

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

5 years

I've only eaten chocolate today but that's alright because it's my birthday 🎉🎉🎉

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

6 years

Last week I decided to play around with the M4A1, heres my burst and reload animation, its fun learning how different guns work! #fpsanimation #gameanimation #gamedev #fps #gunanimation

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

3 years

@croa_san Love the idea of creating a white plane for the flash! never thought about that before. Thanks for sharing the behind the scenes😄

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

5 years

This was my first try and you can see there's no weight to that sword! took me about 4 new attempts and a bit of burnout to get to my final anim but I'm happy with it now :D

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

6 years

On to week 3 of #animtober , shooting bottles all day long. I'm really enjoying these weekly prompts, bring on week 4 :D #gamedev #animation

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

6 years

Been cleaning up one of my older FPS anims :) #animation #3danimation #fps #gamedev

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

6 years

Hoping this is an improvement since the last run cycle I did. C&C always welcome :) #animation #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #3danimation

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@smshepherd23

5 years

AFK in Thailand ✈️ Absolutely stunning 💕

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

2 years

I love this team❤️

Moy Parra 🎮

@_moyparra

2 years

🗓️ what started out as 3 animators working on 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘈𝘱𝘦𝘹 in 2018 has grown a bit more since then ❤️ (curious if this time we'll get more Reddit threads about 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘈𝘱𝘦𝘹! 😅)

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

6 years

Here's an improved version of my quadreped walk cycle, it really helped to have critique from others (thank you!) and I definitely learned a lot :) #animation #3danimation #creature #gamedev

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

6 years

Hey fellow animators! This is my first quadreped walk cycle and I would love your guys critique on how to make it better! #animation #3danimation #gamedev

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

6 years

"Look what I found!" Trying to get into the mindset that I don't have to finish/polish every animation I start, it's about practicing, getting quicker at block outs and understanding key principles. #animation #gamedev #practice

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

6 years

My first time trying out some first person melee anims :) #animation #gamedev #melee #attack #fps

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

6 years

Treating myself with the Bat Sniper rig from Kiel Figgins as it is on sale atm. I just know I'll have a bunch of fun animating this one! #animation #rig

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

2 years

@alejandropotter excuse me this is gorgeous and you're gonna teach me all of it👀

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

4 months

@ZephyrCasts @AskFareeha did an awesome job!

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

4 years

We're looking for a Senior Gameplay Animator at CA!! Apply here: and join us animating cool characters😄

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Sophie Shepherd

@smshepherd23

6 years

Thanks everyone for the advice! I've still got a way to go but I understand more about attack cycles and can't wait to start the next :) #animation #gamedev #3danimation

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