Tony Vu

Work History

• Animator/Rigging Artist

  Phoenix Dawn LLC

  February 2024 - Present

  ● Rigged and animated character models in Autodesk Maya for use in a prototype, 1st person co-op game in Unreal Engine 5 and utilizing mGear’s systems for rigging.
  ● Established core locomotion and animation movesets for player characters and creatures with keyframe animation.
  ● Worked and communicated with designers, character artists, and programmers to meet team and
  project needs.
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  Previsualization Artist

  The Third Floor

  May 2021 - June 2023

  ● Produced previsualization animation for use in film and TV such as The Mandalorian Season 3 and Transformers: Rise of the Beasts.
  ● Established blueprint camera movement, actor blocking, and stage layout used for film shoots.
  ● Worked with and edited motion capture animation data, as well as keyframe animation, for characters and fx animation.
  ● Animated camera work and roughly edited shots together in sequence using Autodesk Maya and Adobe After Effects to present to clients and supervisors.
  ● Edited and modified existing shots to fit the clients’ changing needs.

  
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  Gameplay Animator

  YOH, A Day & Zimmermann Company

  August 2017 - October 2019

  San Mateo, CA

  ● Established 90% of the 2D gameplay character animation for Concrete Genie using proprietary animation
  tools in collaboration with the team’s designers, artists, and engineers.
  ● Developed 3D gameplay animation along with a small group of animators.
  ● Assisted in producing additional cinematic animations and polishing existing shots.
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  Animation Internship

  PlayStation

  January 2017 - August 2017

  San Mateo, CA

  ● Developed 2D and 3D gameplay animation assets under a small group of animators for Concrete Genie.
  ● Collaborated with cross disciplinary members within and outside of the team to learn the basics of the games industry pipeline.