One of our followers has been learning animation for 4 years, and still feels they aren’t good enough to get a job. They ask us if anyone can learn animation, or is it just for talented people. Davis and Brent give their best advice.

It’s super important to grab the attention of someone in the first few seconds of your demo reel. Find out how some studios watch your reel so that you may be able to cater it to what they’re going to see.

One of our chat participants was in the middle of working on an 8 second shot, and only had a day and a half to complete it. Is this possible? And how much quality would they need to sacrifice? David and Brent give their best tips on getting through such a fast-paced quota.

It’s so easy to get caught up in work mode. Especially if you’re passionate about what you do. But, how do you allocate time to relax and enjoy life? David and Brent are no strangers to the grind and share what they do to carve out time for enjoying life.

In this episode of our Q & A sessions, David and Brent discuss one of our follower's success stories using the advice of Manny Fragelus and answer questions such as how to animate a big shot in a short amount of time while maintaining quality, how to allocate time to make sure you're enjoying life, how recruiters watch demo reels, and more!

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Is creating something while inside VR a thing? It sure is and Brent and Richard discuss what happening with creating content in VR.

Two-time Annie nominated, and DICE nominated Director, Animator, and Game Developer for his work on Moss. Richard Lico has 20 Years of experience directing & animating over 12 shipped titles. From Halo: Reach, to Destiny 2, to Moss. If you've played games recently, you've likely encountered his work. His core strength lies in his ability to mix emotionally resonant characters with fluid gameplay.

Richard helped create two of gaming's most influential IPs, Moss and Destiny. As the original animator for both franchises, it was Richard who defined the animation style, animation tone, animation tech, and characters. He has a proven track record for creating new worlds and filling them with fluid, appealing, interactive life.

Richard's signature animation style is well known. His unique animation workflow concepts and approach to character direction have been the subjects of his highly rated lectures at venues such as the Game Developers Conference, Siggraph, Montreal International Game Summit, and more. This workflow is also the subject of his online school, Animation Sherpa.

During this talk, we'll go over his prolific career as a gameplay animator, how personal circumstances influenced his workflow, the technique he developed and taught to his students over time, the creation of Animation Sherpa, and his ambitions for the future.

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We get asked the question a lot if Game Animators should be gamers, and in this clip you’ll find out just exactly why we always say “YES!”

Animating in games should be more about the feeling and not focussing on if it looks pretty in the graph editor. You’ll have a better understanding of why after this clip.

If you know Richard Lico, you’ll know about his out of the box workflow that he uses. You know, the one that leaves most people scratching their heads! Listen to the origin story of how Richard discovered his method.