Tim Sormin

Work History

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  Principal Animator - "Warframe"

  Digital Extremes

  March 2014 - Present

  London, Canada Area

  - Keyframed melee weapon combos and gun reloads
  - Mocap performance, clean up, and keyframe augmentation for cinematics
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  Freelance Animator

  Tim Sormin Animation

  April 2013 - February 2014

  London, ON, Canada

  Arconyx: "The Little Painter" (short film)
  RubberPixel: Mega Bloks "WWE Stackdown" (commercial)
  TopixFX: Scotiabank "Coming Soon" (theatrical spot)
  Seven2: "Minnie-rella's Magical Journey" (browser game)
  BitGem: Micro Characters (Unity game assets)
  RubberPixel: Greenpark "Leaf" (commercial)
  Masternull Animation: NFL Player Popups (mocap)
  
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  Animator - "Warframe"

  Digital Extremes

  February 2013 - March 2013

  London, Canada Area

  - Mostly keyframe player character and cinematic animation

  
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  Animator - "Action Game Vertical Slice"

  Digital Extremes

  September 2012 - January 2013

  London, Canada Area

  - Keyframe, mocap acting, and mocap cleanup of player and AI enemy characters
  - One of two animators tasked with defining the animation style
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  Animator - "Star Trek"

  Digital Extremes

  October 2010 - August 2012

  London, Ontario

  - Keyframe, mocap acting, and mocap cleanup of player and AI enemy characters
  - Mocap cleanup, facial and hand animation for cinematics
  - Co-designed ledging movement system with designers and programmers
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  Senior Animator - "Murdered: Soul Suspect" Vertical Slice

  Airtight Games

  July 2009 - August 2010

  - Pre-visualization
  - Keyframe animation
  - Motion capture cleanup
  - Rigging and pipeline research
  - Authored best practices documents
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  Animator - "Dark Void"

  Airtight Games

  December 2007 - June 2009

  - Keyframed animation of player character
  - Exported from Maya and implemented into the Unreal Engine using animSets, animTrees, and archetypes
  - Animated and Co-designed multi-character interaction systems with tech animator, designers and programmers
  - Tuned blending and alignment parameters for special attacks and multi-character interactions
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  Animator - "Alvin and The Chipmunks"

  Rhythm & Hues Studios

  June 2007 - November 2007

  - Provided character animation for a feature film

  
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  Animator - "The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything" + 2 more

  Starz Animation

  June 2006 - May 2007

  Toronto, ON

  "The Wizard of Ha's" (DVD)
  - Provided character animation
  - Created layouts and camera work to match the storyboards
  
  "The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything" (feature film)
  - Provided character animation
  - Created layouts and camera work to match the storyboards
  
  "Chop Socky Chooks" (TV series)
  - Provided character animation
  - Created layouts and camera work to match the storyboards

  

• Character Animation Finaler - "Everyone's Hero"

  IDT Entertainment Toronto

  June 2005 - May 2006

  - Provided background character animation for a crowd scene
  - Responsible for fixing: intersections, bad deformations, motion blur errors, gimbal rotations, broken constraints, and many other various problems
  - Attended animation review sessions in order to communicate with Animation and Effects leads to ensure that fixes met the needs of both departments
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  Character Animator/Set Modeler - "The Baptism"

  Southern Adventist University

  May 2004 - August 2004

  - Animated the Ram character in a short proof-of-concept piece for the upcoming "The Life of Christ" directed by veteran animator/director Hendel Butoy.
  - Modeled set for Ram shot