Demo Reel

Kevin's Demo Reel from Kevin Waddell on Vimeo.

Responsibilities (in order of appearance):
RAWK: Robot rig, animation / Guard animation (Maya)
Tad Studbody: Rig, animation (3DS Max)
The Disgruntled Knight: Animation (Maya)
Zeb: Animation (3DS Max)
Soldier: Animation (Maya)

Kawanimator.com is currently down while I revamp the site. :)

Yulija

Yulija Turnaround from Kevin Waddell on Vimeo.

After working for Confetti Special Effects , I took it upon myself to re-rig Yulija from the ground up with a more intuitive control system, who previously was being animated directly with Maya joints.

Yulija was used for an Intel tech demo shown at GDC 2011, which can be seen here

In that video, I was responsible for:
- Yulija and the guards facial animation (using Maya blendshapes)
- Rigging and animating the flying robot
- Animating the guards

TellTale Cinematic Artist test

Cinematic art test done for Telltale Games job app featuring Sam & Max.
Not working for some reason? Watch it on Vimeo by following the link below.

TellTale Games Cinematic Artist test from Kevin Waddell on Vimeo.

Finished this several months ago actually, just never uploaded it here!

Methodical Killer Rough 01

Here is the first playblast of the rough "Methodical Killer" dialogue I've been working on, with mouth shapes put in and movement autokeyed. The dialogue is from The Fifth Element.

Les' do this!

Alright, it's time to get back to the blog!

I'll be updating my blog daily so as to track my progress in my journey to become a renowned animator. God speed, me!

I'll begin by posting my current demo reel.

Tad Moveset

Herein lies the animations I created for Tad in "Tad Studbody and the Robot Rampage" as part of Team Infinigon. That's right Tad... you're the man!

Tad was modeled and Textured by my good friend Dan Moyer.