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Free Workshop: Getting Started as a Game Animator

by | Dec 17, 2024

In this free workshop, Senior Game Animator Luke Madden discusses his best practices on how to craft a “game-ready” showreel.

Topics covered include:

  • How to think like a game animator
  • Checklist of basic animations to include on any games showreel
  • How to approach creating interesting and characterful idles, locomotion, combat
  • Presentation tips for the best way to show off your animation
  • How to approach a task and break it down into what animations you need to cover a seemingly basic gameplay feature

Luke also takes questions from attendees to the live-recorded event.

Watch the full workshop above.

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About Luke Madden

Luke Madden has been a professional animator since 2017 and has worked on games, television and feature films. He is currently a Senior Animator at NDreams in the United Kingdom.

Luke’s first credit was working on the Division 2 with Ubisoft, and he is currently working on an unannounced VR title at Ndreams. He has also worked on Call of Duty and Fall Guys, as well as a few still unannounced AAA projects!

Luke mentors students in the Dynamic Action & Combat game animation course at Animation Mentor.

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