Animation Showreel 2023

Special thanks to the following:
Munkei:
Model/Rig:
Perry Leijten
Ana Mendes
Character/Concept:
Khoa Việt
RWBY Ruby Rose:
Model/Rig:
Christoph (The Stoff) Schoch
Sheik X Overwatch:
Model/Rig:
Perry Leijten
Shayleen Hulbert Art
Character/Concept:
Jack Hamilton
Ystra - Astral Witch:
Model/Rig:
Christoph (The Stoff) Schoch
Alexis Pflaum
Character/Concept:
Alexis Pflaum
Samus:
Model/Rig:
Perry Leijten
Julien Desroy
Blurgha:
Model/Rig:
Perry Leijten
Vick Gaza
Tribal Link:
Model/Rig:
Christoph (The Stoff) Schoch
Tribal Zelda:
Model/Rig:
Christoph (The Stoff) Schoch
Thor:
Hicham Habchi[concept art]
Guillaume Tiberghiem[3d artist]
Character generously provided by Keos Masons
Character rig provided by agora.studio
Raphael:
3D Model and Textures by Joao Sousa
Rigging by Sebastiao Lopes
Concept Art by Luigi Lucarelli
Original character created by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird
Sellsword:
Jonas Georgakakis [3D Model]
Emilio Serrano Garcia [Rigging]
Soundtrack:
CloZee - The Golden Mask

[@yunyynn7885]

The concept is good, and it looks good because it's elastic!

[@CaduBraz]

This is awesome! Congrats

[@Supinori]

Wow! Superb man, really incredible

[@ILikeAmazingThings]

Very smooth and clean.

[@fanimation5716]

Amazing walk cycles and run cycles! Those always are hard to nail. 😉

[@bma4372]

This is great work, and that CHONK Raphael at the end was the best, haha.

[@Tuntira]

Excellent work!!

[@rosseverson2597]

Excellent reel!

[@allenliu7450]

great stuff man, super smooth. Wonder where did you learn these? I'm teaching myself character animation these days, any online resources you recommend?

[@abrey84]

My first job had a training back when I started in animation. You can find a lot of tutorials, guides, and some more tips here on YT from a couple of animators like Sir Wade and a few more. You can also just google the rigs that I used. It's listed in the description.

[@allenliu7450]

@@abrey84 really appreciate your replying. Mind if I ask, when was that and where are you located? I'm currently in Canada, seems there are not a lot of entry-level opportunity🥲

[@abrey84]

​@allenliu7450 This was way back, around 2005 or 6? I'm based in the Philippines. Back then, there were little to no resources to learn anything 3d related (to my knowledge, at least), so companies are willing to train artists. I actually applied as an illustrator but was assigned to 3d animation since there was almost no one applying for the spot.

[@antonshakhovnin]

Great stuff!

[@xbboyn9977]

Wow…that’s just.. wow

[@BUNNY.190]

wow beautiful well done my frend

[@jostasizzi818]

This is so much badass my brother Wohooo

[@teekeshkumawat5764]

wow 🔥🔥

[@aaronpedercini5536]

really nice reel:how often do you get hired or get any requests?Because i'd love to work with animation(Right now i'm only studying)

[@floxxart_7088]

wow, crazy good

[@azannaseer12]

Amazing work 😘

[@bliss2_308]

Nice animation ! I was wondering what reference you used in creating the animation for the Munkei rig? thanks

[@samuelsun3560]

thats an interesting redesign of Samus there

[@absencedev]

🔥🔥🔥

[@anup-kaushal]

Awesome

[@rasgacoin189]

"I really enjoyed the animation and 3D model. I think it would be great if you could make a tutorial teaching how to do it."

[@expandulardongus360]

Link's sword swings feel good

[@michaelsong741]

Amazing

[@user-pg3to8to1w]

uaaau

[@thffkfltm]

great

[@14569_berries]

🔥🔥🤟🏻

[@Displant]

nice

[@sahilsyd8618]

Amazing Work !!!!! SSo, this is what 17 years of experience looks like May i ask how did u do the seamless background?

[@abrey84]

I rendered them out with a ground plane that I scaled up until the borders is not seen. Then I made a render pass for just the shadow matte and just the reflection (the character is there only to cast shadow and for the reflection (separate render layer for both), but the character is not being rendered out). In comp, I added those two passes as multiply for the shadows and linear light for the reflection pass.

[@hynsxch]

nice animation reel 😄

[@abrey84]

Thank you!

[@gunasundaris3]

Verry nice

[@FebiMaster]

Do you think as an animator we have to be able to create rigging as well? If so then can you recommend where we can start as a beginner on how to do rigging?

[@abrey84]

Hey, I think knowing how to rig helps a lot in understanding the mechanics and limitations of the controllers, I'm not too technical with it as some of the full-time technical artists but you essentially should know a little bit of the ins and out of your rig character file. And also, this is important, it helps you, ask the right questions and give out request to the technical artist when animating, specially when things doesn't work out the way you wanted (basically a review of the character, what it can and can't do, knowing how to rig even at basic at least helps tremendously). I don't have any specific link on rigging tutorial, but there's a ton here on youtube. Just start with the simplest one so you can get a feel on how they work. Edit: this mostly helpful in game dev btw.

[@butterflywarrioredits]

Guess I’m going to be the first. Your Ruby Rose and Crescent Rose from RWBY animation was beautiful.

[@ninam3136]

Question about the hair and accessories flowing: Did you animate those yourself, or did you add some rig dynamic hair/clothing into the parts?

[@abrey84]

I animated the hair and other accessories on both Link and Raphael (last two scenes) which takes up so much time so for the rest of them, it's tool assisted, you still need to guide the flow so it doesn't collide with the mesh.

[@ninam3136]

@@abrey84 That's very impressive on animating their hair. You say tool assisted. Are you able to say what type of tool, or maybe there's a video on what you did? I feel like is would help me make my hair animations more efficient.

[@abrey84]

@ninam3136 i think the name is "overlappy", it's a lot similar to the other plug in "overlapper" which has a video here on KZbin.

[@ninam3136]

@@abrey84 thank you very much! I will check it out

[@JacksonAcademy1]

These are amazing! Are you open to freelance work?

[@nabinhro5043]

Hey, Aaron Reyes nice work man .....i just want to know that how many hours did you practise while studying animation in the beginning ... and which software are you using ????

[@abrey84]

My first job offered me a three month training with 11 exercises. There were no anything that taught animation back when I started. Typically, every exercise (mostly for body mechanics like from grabbing a bottle, walking, standing up, etc) it would range from 2-3 days to even a week(8 hours per day). Every motion presents different challenges, so it really varies. As for the software, I started out in 3dsMax, then Maya, depending on the project.

[@nabinhro5043]

@@abrey84 thanks man, this helps me a lot......hope it goes well for you and me as well 😄😄🤗🤗

[@IsThatNaomiOmi]

Where do you get the models from?

[@4rtizimo]

nice animation what software did you use ?

[@abrey84]

I use Maya!

[@jimmyyang5611]

Hi, a really good reel! What renderer did you use?

[@abrey84]

I used Arnold 👍

[@jimmyyang5611]

@@abrey84 did it take long for rendering? How long did it take for a frame?

[@abrey84]

@@jimmyyang5611 about 14 to 20 sec approximately.

[@jimmyyang5611]

@@abrey84 Thank you very much! I thought I also wanted to make an animation reel someday.

[@minima_studios]

Great work, are you available for hire?

[@abrey84]

I have my email posted at the end of the video if you want to send more details. Thanks!

[@YioshiEdit]

this is great ! good work , any tips on improving in animation ?

[@abrey84]

It's kinda hard to give out specific tips. But in general, just keep studying mechanics, flow, momentum etc (I still study most of the time). It also helps being exposed to good choreography and just keep at it. There's no shortcut for the most part. You can also look up great tips and guides from Sir Wade Neistadt here on youtube. Hope this helps.

[@YioshiEdit]

@@abrey84 thanks ! yeah i know its a long way and a no ending path , ill keep going and studying a lot , huge thanks and keep going , your work is great!

[@90sGamingWizard]

WHERE YOU FROM?

[@notajd]

in which softawre you used to do this ?

[@WildKdeybladeWielder]

Question, what animation software you're using Maya or Blender?

[@abrey84]

I'm using Maya!

[@alionalion7825]

Could you please share these rig files? They are only for practice~

[@abrey84]

It's posted in the description , you can just google search them, sorry if this is the best I can do, KZbin's asking me to do another verification stuff before I 'm allowed to post links and I'm too lazy to do that :)

[@mymetaverse5709]

amazing, am just starting out..do you teach?

[@abrey84]

Thank you! No, I don't teach, but there's a handful of amazing animators that put tutorials here on KZbin!

[@blurdt]

how do you do the lighting and render so nice?

[@abrey84]

I rendered them out in Arnold with a dome lighting and an outdoor HDRI, then added a few tweaks in post. Also the shaders helps with adding a touch of specularity in parts that needed it.

[@blurdt]

@@abrey84thank you for the reply! are you willing to do a bit of demo. i really like the simple rendering or if you can direct me to existing guide would be great help

[@abrey84]

@blurdt you can search tutorials for Arnold here on KZbin. It's a lot easier to use compared to other renderers. As for the comp/post work, it's all a matter of taste, really. All of it is just color grading and layering of other render passes.

[@Kirklandwalker]

where can I get the rig?

[@hoan.hi.]

great combo

[@shaunramkelawon]

beautiful

[@gunasundaris3]

Can u tell that prop red chair rig

[@andryowyeh3531]

where did u get the rig, are they free ?

[@abrey84]

Yes, all of them are free. It's in the description, you can just search them :)

[@Tekkenandgaming]

What specs you need yo make something like this??

[@abrey84]

I think somewhere between i5 to i7 in terms of processor and a decent enough GPU will do, also around 32gb of ram? I'm not too sure about this. It actually depends on how "heavy" the model is in terms of demand on your PC, higher textures, complex rigging, etc.

[@scarvello]

Why don’t we ever gets games with this kind of quality in them?

[@TimSkovblleHolst]

It might not be specifically game oriented but its way better than I can animate so good luck!

[@deletedddddddddd]

the hair moves more like rubber than hair, its really distracting

[@piper5962]

I found it amazing

[@eliottdeletraz97]

The animation of the catfish monster is probably the less well done. His way to breath does not looks natural and the way he screams with the fist is a little bit weak.

[@oggy3D]

Since when you learning brother?