Ryan Griffin

Work History

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  Firaxis Games

  June 2016 - Present
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  Senior Technical Animator

  Firaxis Games

  June 2016 - September 2020

  Managed the motion capture pipeline first used on XCom Chimera Squad.
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  Lead Technical Animator

  Rooster Teeth

  September 2020 - March 2021

  Austin, Texas, United States
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  Technical Animator

  Drifter®

  June 2021 - Present
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  Senior Technical Animator

  Vicarious Visions

  November 2011 - June 2016
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  Instructor

  Rigging Dojo

  April 2011 - Present

  Python instructor.
  Character rigging instructor.
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  Senior Character TD

  Turbine, Inc.

  November 2008 - December 2011

  I provide tools and support for the character rigging and animation pipe lines. Development of modular procedural rigging systems. High end character rigging for new and existing games.

• Instructor

  Mt. Ida College

  January 2010 - May 2010

  Animation instructor and rigging thesis mentor.

• Character Support

  Secret Level

  June 2007 - September 2008

  Responsible for character rigging, setup of ragdoll dynamics, use of of Havok Behavior, and other character support tasks. I worked on Iron Man and am currently working on Golden Axe Beast Riders.

• Lead Artist/ Animator

  EP Industries

  July 2006 - May 2007

  In charge of design, 3D concept modeling, animation, editing,camera operation and direction, web design and maintenance.