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[evanwhosjusthere]

Video Game Artist Spotlight: Nick Kondo

Nick Kondo is an artist and animator who worked in both the game and film industry. Growing up he loved Jurassic Park and Terminator 2 and they convinced him to join the film world through DigiPen’s digital art and animation program. After graduating in 2003, he would land his first gig working for Nintendo through Nintendo Software Technology Corporation, located within Nintendo Of America. Working as artist and animator on games like 1080 Avalanche and Metroid Prime Hunters. He would continue to work in the gaming space until the mid-2010s where he would join Sony Pictures Imageworks and contribute to the groundbreaking film "Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse"!

Till this day he still works at Sony Pictures Animation as an animation director. Contributing to Spider-Verse's sequel, "Across The Spider-Verse" and "The Mitchell's Vs. The Machines". His most recent work has been with mobile gaming giant, Supercell, and their upcoming game, Squad Busters.

His Twitter, Instagram, archived website, AnimationMentor page, and Vimeo page.

Titles Worked On:

1080° Avalanche (2003) - Art, Models, Texture, Animation

Metroid Prime Hunters (2006) - Concept Art, Animator

Arkadian Warriors (2007) - Concept Artist

Condemned 2: Bloodshot (2008) - Animator, Storyboard Artist

F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin (2009) - Animator

The Lord of the Rings: War in the North (2011) - Artwork

Toy Soldiers: Cold War (2011) - Animator

Middle Earth: Shadow of War (2017) - Senior Artist, Animator

[sandrarzeczyca]

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Karate kick animation study. . . . #animation #animator #animationmentor #artist #3danimation #animationstudent #animations #animators #animatorsoninstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CQbafSADoqI/?utm_medium=tumblr

[borjapons]

Secretary animation I made a while back, hope you like it :)

[black-solitaire]

So this year I started at Animation Mentor! It’s been an awesome experience so far! This is my progress reel from Class 1.

[waywardbasementcat]

My very old short animation I did for the animation course I went through. This was done over a decade ago. Oh how things have improved... :'D Been working on a re-animation of one of the shots in this for an improvement meme thingy. Thought I'd post it here and on my Twitter just for the hey of it! #animation #2danimation #2d #2008 #animationmentor #cat #artistsoninstagram #improvement #dog #dogsofinstagram #catsofinstagram #humor https://www.instagram.com/p/B2Lo-xxJn-7/?igshid=1soytt2zgc0ee

[jebcozby]

Here’s the finished short film that myself and four others have been working on for the last five years. Enjoy!

[davidfernandezanimation]

A walk cycle I did recently for practice since it’s been a while. The Darius rig from Animation Mentor is awesome :D

[bellerae]

AnimationMentor Log

Maya Workshop - Week 4 - Intro to Character Animation

Last week's assignment was all about how to manipulate a more complicated (but still relatively straightforward) character using rig controls and how to pose it following a real photo reference. The "real photo" aspect being crucial so that as a student you avoid the bad habit of creating a "caricature of a caricature" if you try to create your pose using another animated or illustrated example for reference. Have a look at my pose and silhouette for "Stewart"!

The important thing to remember here is that a reference is your guide, not a rule! It's okay to break the reality if the end result is a more clear shot. For example, my goal here was to ensure a nice clean-to-read silhouette of the final pose. I didn't like how the left elbow was a bit hidden in the original reference, so I pushed it out some more to get a better read.

Here's some additional shots from other angles!

There was an optional part of last week's assignment which involved animating a head-turn for this character. I have a reference I'd love to use, but unfortunately I ran out of time to complete it. I'll be working on that in addition to my assignment for this week so I'm hoping to have it ready in time for my next update! Back to work then! 💁‍♀️

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The reference photograph I used for my pose is from the wonderful @jookpubstock. Truly an invaluable resource, check out their huge gallery of amazing reference photos here!

[marcos123socram]

Allora vi piace il video musicale di Auro Zelli montaggio di Kevin Zingarelli e disegnato da me medesimo Marco Fiorenza ? Guardatelo tutto fino al ballo 💃 finale e lasciate un 👍 anzi due! Grazie e buona giornata fumettosa Marco https://youtu.be/comj4V4Y0rY @auro_zelli @kevinzingarelli @zelliauro @marco_fiorenza_official #canzoneitaliana #musica #cartoon #animazione #amazing #marcofiorenzaart #cartoonist #marcomix #fiorenzaemaipiusenza #fiorenzamp4 #lartedimarcofiorenza #music #animationmentor #animation #drawingcartoons #youtube #youtuber #seituqui #canciones https://www.instagram.com/p/Ckxez-LIQaK/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[punching-pandas]

Panda teaching new 6-week workshop for @animationmentor on visual development. Course begins 9/24 and seats are limited, sign up at goo.gl/1RL8UY. #PunchingPandas #🥊🐼 #AnimationMentor

[jilchart]

Another week, another pass! Still tidying up that jump, but I feel much better about where she is now as compared to last week. :)

[sandrarzeczyca]

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Another shot I did back in class 3. Thought I would post it, still needs a few tweaks here and there. . . . #animator #animation #animationwip #animators #wip #animationstudent #animatorsoninstagram #animatör #animatordisney #3danimator #animationtip #animationmentor #gymnastics #artist #animationstudio #personalblog #blogger #blogging https://www.instagram.com/p/CUXdJEHl-jO/?utm_medium=tumblr

[chad-cox]

Animation Mentor week 3 shtuff! :) . . #chadcoxart #artistsoninstagram #art #artoftheday #animationmentor #animator #animation #figuredrawing #sketchbook #ink #drawing #drawings #draw #pen #instagram #instagood #instamood #happy #walk #vanilla #am #am2018

[doublepayne]

avec le confinement j’ai pu finir ce plan que j’avais commencé il y a un petit moment  

[jilchart]

Blocking pass- I’m trying a LOT of stuff I haven’t tackled before here and it’s... tricky. Mostly in a software logistics sense- I’m pretty sure I RUINED my axes about halfway through and when I hit spline she’s going to be Exorcist-ing all over the place, which means I would get to re-do this next week... Wish me luck.

Tell me what you think!