Dominik Gruca

Work History

• 

  Supervisor Animator

  Flying Wild Hog

  September 2019 - Present

  Warszawa, woj. mazowieckie, Polska

  Currently I work for "Flying Wild Hog"
  
  Responsibilities:
  I help animators to get their animations into better quality.
  I show fast visual solutions how to improve quality including; poses, timing, pacing, feeling, bouncing, responsiveness, mass, plasticity. Creating collection of references for every group of characters.
  Directing gameplay motion capture sesions.
  Connecting body language and VO when recording.
  I work directly close to programers and encourage them to develop they AI by giving some fast visual solutions.
  Making animations for master shots for Cutscenes.
  Making animations for whole animsets for Characters.
• 

  Principal Senior Animator

  Flying Wild Hog

  May 2018 - September 2019

  Warszawa

• Senior Character Animator

  Freelancer and Short term Contractor

  October 2013 - May 2018

  Planet Earth

  I have been working on cinematics and movies for Platige Image and one game for TelepathsTree.
  
  Total War: Warhammer III – Cinematic
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOP1YugqRDk
  
  Inner Chains - Game
  https://innerchainsgame.com/
  
  Another Day of Life - Movie
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYD_yrnmCOc
  https://anotherdayoflifefilm.com/
  
  Kingsglaive Final Fantasy XV - Movie
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UblcNFVVHT8&t=
  
  Total War: Warhammer - Announcement Cinematic
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjzLuddjIUI&t=
  
  For Honor Trailer E3 2015
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1HkuGUaNBY&t=
  
  The Vanishing of Ethan Carter - Game
  https://ethancartergame.com/
• 

  Senior Character Animator

  People Can Fly, Epic Games

  September 2005 - October 2013

  Warszawa, woj. mazowieckie, Polska

  Character animations (keyframe, MoCap,)
  Boss Fights Animations
  MoCap sesions, collaboration with actors and stuntmans
  Cars Animations
  Environment Animations + physics symulations on objects
  Skinning & rigging, exports
  
  
  Animations for Games:
  
  Fortnite
  fortnitegame.com
  
  Unreal Engine 4 - Sample Games
  https://www.unrealengine.com/unreal_engine_4/
  
  Infinity Blade III
  https://infinityblade.com/the-game/3
  
  Gears of War Judgement
  gearsofwar.xbox.com
  
  Infinity Blade II
  infinitybladegame.com/infinityblade2
  
  Bulletstorm
  bulletstorm.com
  
  Unreal Tournament 3
  unrealtournament.com
  
  Gears of War
  gearsofwar.xbox.com
  
  RavenWolf
  Tech Demo
  
  Come Midnight
  canceled

• Character Animator

  L`art

  August 2004 - August 2005

  Warszawa

  Animations of Characters
  Cars Animations
  Skinning, rigging
  
  Games:
  
  Dogs of War
  (canceled)
  
  Ski Jumping 2005