About Me

Hi, I'm Adam! Originally from north east England (UK), I now work remotely as a principal animator for NetEase Games. I've been animating professionally in the games industry for 12+ years, recently being nominated for the Annie Awards 2021 as part of the League of Legends team submission and was previously featured in the Develop '30 Under 30' list in 2017.

The majority of my animation career has been focused on 3D gameplay animation, primarily within hand-keyed, stylized action and combat but I also have experience in many other areas from 2D, Pixel Art, Cinematic and Motion Capture. I started my time in the industry as a 2D Flash Animator and have always loved venturing into other mediums wherever possible. One of the things I love about animation is that it is not defined by any specific medium or tool and can be achieved in any form you choose, giving a huge sense of creative freedom with an infinitely varied number of paths to take.

Outside of my day-to-day animation work I also love designing and developing my own games and being a big part of the games and animation communities. I host my own animation blog that links to hundreds of resources, stream regularly and create animation breakdown tutorials.

Work

NetEase Games

Principal Animator • September 2022 - Present

Currently working for NetEase Games as a Principal Animator

Moon Studios

Senior Animator • August 2021 - September 2022

Worked as a senior animator on Moon Studios ARPG 'No Rest For The Wicked' creating gameplay animations for various characters, bosses and enemies.

Riot Games

Senior Animator • June 2017 - July 2021

My work at Riot Games consisted of animating characters for the game, League of Legends. My first role here was being part of the Champions team where I was involved in the creation of new champions, from the ideation phase through to final polish and implementation. Then being part of the skins team I focused on visualizing new thematics for characters, modifying their posing and personality through animation to fit different styles and themes.

Sony / Guerrilla Games

Animator • October 2014 - January 2017

Animator for the Sony studio, Guerrilla Games in Cambridge, UK. I primarilly worked on the PS4 Playstation VR game, 'R.I.G.S' and later, the PS4 title, Horizon: Zero Dawn. My role here consisted of both hand-keyed animation and motion capture work aswell as implementing animations into the game engine and modifying the animation network in Morpheme

Jagex Games Studio

Animator • March 2011 - October 2014

My role at Jagex involved animating various game assets using both 2D and 3D techniques that contributed to gameplay, cinematics and promotional material for the MOBA game, Transformers Universe using Maya, After Effects and Unity

Mediatonic

Flash Animator • January 2011 - February 2011

A freelance position that involved animating a number of different character sets using Flash for the PSP and PS3 Minis game, "1000 Tiny Claws"

Education

University of Teesside

First Class Honors - BA Web & Multimedia • 2011

My course at the University of Teesside consisted of various modules based around digital creativity, inlcluding animation, illustration, audio and development. Graduated with First Class Honors.

Get In Touch.

Feel free to contact me anytime, whether it's about a work opportunity, mentorship, feedback or just want to chat about games and animation!

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