Character Animation

…listening to stories.

The planetarium dome show I’ve been working on as part of the OHU Domes collective now has international distribution! A sequence of three Māori legends, intended to give people a taste of how Māori understood the night sky. For international licences, contact Spitz Creative https://www.spitzcreativemedia.com/ and in New Zealand contact the Auckland Stardome https://www.stardome.org.nz/show/matariki-dawn/

360 degree and flat trailers for the show, here for your perusal:



…taking one last dance.

Dreamy new music video for Rhian Sheehan. Designed and directed by Matt Pitt, with a fantastic performance from Hannah Tasker-Poland.

…reeling, forever reeling.

Time for a fresh reel! (And a bit of a name tweak) A breakdown of all the projects below – but as you can see, there’s a been a lot of dancing and animals in the last few years!

  • 00:00 – 00:12 – Rhian Sheehan, Little Sines. Music video 2013. Directed and animated by Mister Pitt, illustration by Kieran Rynhart.
  • 00:12 – 00:31 – Steinlager, Tokyo Dry. TVC 2016. 3D Lead, including motion capture TD and rigging, character modelling and surfacing.
  • 00:31 – 00:39 – Natural Gas (Aus), Dragon. TVC 2017. Creature animation by Mister Pitt.
  • 00:39 – 00:42 – Co-Operative Bank, Crocodile. TVC 2015. Creature animation by Mister Pitt.
  • 00:42 – 00:50 – Tip-Top, Goodness Grains. TVC 2012. Animation, rigging and design byMister Pitt.
  • 00:50 – 00:59 – Cadbury, Freddo. TVC 2014. Character animation by Mister Pitt.
  • 00:59 – 01:05 – The Impending Adorations, The Best Is Yet To Come. Music video 2014. Directed and animated by Mister Pitt.
  • 01:05 – 01:10 – The Impending Adorations, When The Wind Blows. Music video 2015. Directed and animated by Mister Pitt.
  • 01:11 – 01:25 – Immram, Dignity. Music Video 2012. Directed and animated by Mister Pitt.
  • 01:25 – 01:30 – MIT, Trades. TVC 2012. Direction, design, animation by Mister Pitt.
  • 01:30 – 01:39 – Quilton, Cupid. TVC 2016. Lead 3D, including motion capture TD, cloth TD, previs & look development.
  • 01:39 – 01:51 – Air New Zealand, Buenos Aires. TVC 2017. Creature animation by Mister Pitt.
  • 01:51 – 01:57 – Mount Franklin, Fairy Wren. TVC 2015. Creature animation by Mister Pitt.
  • 01:57 – 02:02 – Disney, Shanghai. TVC 2015. Creature animation by Mister Pitt.
  • 02:02 – 02:14 – Module, The Pieces Fit. Music video 2013. Directed and animated by Mister Pitt.

…reeling.

Here’s a shiny new reel of work, concentrating on character generalist and animation direction work.

Breakdown:

  • 00:00 – 00:14 – Rhian Sheehan, Little Sines. Music video 2013. Directed and animated by redkidOne, illustration by Kieran Rynhart.
  • 00:14 – 00:22 – Cadbury, Freddo. TVC 2014. Character animation, rigging by redkidOne.
  • 00:22 – 00:29 – Mount Franklin, Fairy Wren. TVC 2015. Creature animation by redkidOne.
  • 00:29 – 00:38 – Co-Operative Bank, Crocodile. TVC 2015. Creature animation by redkidOne.
  • 00:39 – 00:47 – Tip-Top, Goodness Grains. TVC 2012. Animation, rigging and design by redkidOne.
  • 00:48 – 00:53 – Disney, Shanghai. TVC 2015. Creature animation by redkidOne.
  • 0:54 – 1:00 – The Impending Adorations, The Best Is Yet To Come. Music video 2014. Directed and animated by redkidOne.
  • 1:00 – 1:06 – The Impending Adorations, When The Wind Blows. Music video 2015. Directed and animated by redkidOne.
  • 1:06 – 1:20 – Immram, Dignity. Music Video 2012. Directed and animated by redkidOne.
  • 1:20 – 1:37 – Air New Zealand, Men In Black Safety Video. PSA 2015. Creature animation, rigging, texturing, rendering by redkidOne.
  • 1:37 – 1:44 – Shapeshifter, Twin Galaxies. Music video 2010. Directed and animated by redkidOne.
  • 1:44 – 1:56 – MIT, Trades. TVC 2012. Directed and animated by redkidOne.
  • 1:56 – 2:10 – Module, The Pieces Fit. Music video 2013. Directed and animated by redkidOne.

…a galaxy defender.

Hella lotta fun working on this one. Quite amazing to work with so many well-known properties – and getting to animate grumpy, cigar-smoking aliens is one of those things that reminds you that animation isn’t a real job. Sorry kids.

Now normally I just handle character work on these kinds of commercial projects, but for this I also looked after texturing, lighting and rendering all of the 3D assets. And this time I’m pretty pleased how they turned out.

Cheers to Beryl for bringing me onboard this ride.