Technical animators are your best friends in a production, makes sure you treat them well cause they can save your rig/animations. Good video to clarify the job for any tech savy animators how wants to develop that skill. It's always a good idea to know a little bit about rigging/ how the engine work to be able to communicate effectively with them. Glad to see you back spreading knowledge :D
I've noticed that I've had a knack for rigging and scripting, but I never really knew what kind of role I'd fulfil. It's nice to know there's niche for this skillset!
Hey Gary, nice to see you here mate. It was an absolute pleasure working with you too. And will do...make sure to keep in touch going forward though ;)
Now I understand better what the difference is. I started studying some Unreal, and I was confused about these positions. I like being a gameplay animator but I understand that knowing a little about the technical animator's work is important.
That’s exactly it Henri. The more you know the better and more clued you’ll be to what’s needed to make the game better. It will inform how you create your animations and the technical department will love you. ;)
Feelin it, so smashed. Nice video. Not an animator but always like to see what other people do. Funny what you can learn from others and apply what you do.
I agree that learning at less the fundamentals of rigging for animation is a plus. Then when or if you have issues and want to make a rig feature request. The request should be a bit easier to explain and you'll be a bit more valuable w some technical skills. Also having a great technical animator on any team is a HYGE plus. Look at how Gnomon video on RUclips. Amazing stuff Darrel C
They sound like lifesavers! Harvey, I have a question. Most uni students in the UK will be starting their personal projects in the next couple of weeks, what would you say is a good project to do for gameplay animation? The project is 12 weeks long. Thanks again. :)
After hearing all of it, this animators need a great applause; the amount of work put in every animation, to later waste them if you cannot implement it on the game... would be insane.
Hey Kumo, yeah just animator, there's different descriptions for Animators such as Creature Animator, 2D Animator, VFX Animator, Stop Motion Animator and so one. I think what you mention falls more under Animator or if the animator can also rig and perhaps model it might be a Generalist.
Hey Jimmy...yeah you can, but mostly in smaller studios where you have to multitask a bit more, in bigger studios the role would be split between two people. Thanks for watching
Hey Harvey! Sweet vid as always. Curious on your opinion: When I look at a lot of gameplay animator job listings (even at some AAA studios), it often sounds like they expect you to have hands on experience with state machines etc and setting up these systems in editor. To me it makes sense that gameplay animators might setup basic state logic or make basic edits to states at the very least, but I'd imagine the bulk of this work and maintenance would usually be done by deedicated tech animators. Has this been true in your experience?
Hey Kaz...thanks. And for the most part yes. However there's studios that believe that all animators can be tech anims so for those studios all animators do all the implementation + animation.
Hello and yeah you could, but you definitely need to work on your creativity if you want to be an animator. But if you goal is to be a Technical Animator which is less on the creative side and more on practical you can certainly get there. Also is a job in high demand as there's very few of them.
Technical animators are your best friends in a production, makes sure you treat them well cause they can save your rig/animations. Good video to clarify the job for any tech savy animators how wants to develop that skill. It's always a good idea to know a little bit about rigging/ how the engine work to be able to communicate effectively with them. Glad to see you back spreading knowledge :D
I've noticed that I've had a knack for rigging and scripting, but I never really knew what kind of role I'd fulfil. It's nice to know there's niche for this skillset!
Ah in that case you’ll love the tech anim role. Suited for people like you. ;)
Keep up with the fine work on the videos Harvey! Loved working with you and great seeing you sharing your passion to the world!
Hey Gary, nice to see you here mate. It was an absolute pleasure working with you too. And will do...make sure to keep in touch going forward though ;)
@@harveynewman Will do!
Now I understand better what the difference is. I started studying some Unreal, and I was confused about these positions. I like being a gameplay animator but I understand that knowing a little about the technical animator's work is important.
That’s exactly it Henri. The more you know the better and more clued you’ll be to what’s needed to make the game better. It will inform how you create your animations and the technical department will love you. ;)
As always, love these videos. A lot of work goes unappreciated outside the dev community.
Much appreciated Ray!
Feelin it, so smashed. Nice video. Not an animator but always like to see what other people do. Funny what you can learn from others and apply what you do.
I love these videos. You teach so much about gaming that I never even knew. Can't wait to see what you guys are doing over at Build a Rocket Boy! 🔥👍🏽
Thanks Jon. And welcome to the channel. Looking forward for the world to see it.
Those guys sound like real heroes, saving all my animations :D
They are Russell...unspoken heroes of games development.
I agree that learning at less the fundamentals of rigging for animation is a plus. Then when or if you have issues and want to make a rig feature request.
The request should be a bit easier to explain and you'll be a bit more valuable w some technical skills.
Also having a great technical animator on any team is a HYGE plus. Look at how Gnomon video on RUclips. Amazing stuff
Darrel C
Yeah agree with having the basics man. Much easier to get to the bottom of the feature you’d like to achieve.
They sound like lifesavers! Harvey, I have a question. Most uni students in the UK will be starting their personal projects in the next couple of weeks, what would you say is a good project to do for gameplay animation? The project is 12 weeks long. Thanks again. :)
Hey Marc...that's a great topic for a future video that's for sure. I'll add it to the list and share my thoughts then. ;) Thanks for the suggestion
Thanks for the insight 👍
Any time!
After hearing all of it, this animators need a great applause; the amount of work put in every animation, to later waste them if you cannot implement it on the game... would be insane.
Indeed. Unsung heroes.
Thanks for share your experince.
My pleasure
Hey man this was great!
Can you make a video about “What is an animation programmer?”
Thank you!
Thanks for the idea, I'll add it to my list.
How do you call an animator that can animate most of things, but is not a Character Animator ? Is it just "Animator" ?
Hey Kumo, yeah just animator, there's different descriptions for Animators such as Creature Animator, 2D Animator, VFX Animator, Stop Motion Animator and so one. I think what you mention falls more under Animator or if the animator can also rig and perhaps model it might be a Generalist.
Is it possible to bounce between both gameplay animation and tech animation?
Hey Jimmy...yeah you can, but mostly in smaller studios where you have to multitask a bit more, in bigger studios the role would be split between two people. Thanks for watching
Hey Harvey! Sweet vid as always. Curious on your opinion: When I look at a lot of gameplay animator job listings (even at some AAA studios), it often sounds like they expect you to have hands on experience with state machines etc and setting up these systems in editor. To me it makes sense that gameplay animators might setup basic state logic or make basic edits to states at the very least, but I'd imagine the bulk of this work and maintenance would usually be done by deedicated tech animators. Has this been true in your experience?
Hey Kaz...thanks. And for the most part yes. However there's studios that believe that all animators can be tech anims so for those studios all animators do all the implementation + animation.
I am not creative.
would I still be able to get a job in the field after a 2 year diploma course and be able to grow?
Hello and yeah you could, but you definitely need to work on your creativity if you want to be an animator. But if you goal is to be a Technical Animator which is less on the creative side and more on practical you can certainly get there. Also is a job in high demand as there's very few of them.
@@harveynewman ok
Thank you for the detailed answer
I am a mechanical design engineer. I want to learn to animate machines functions. How do I proceed?
Learning the basics of Animation, Modeling and Rigging would be a great place to start so you can start visualizing the Machines Functions in Maya.
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Good video
Thanks Prashant! Keep in touch.
1 am your 1st viewer.
Yes you are Chetan...thanks for watching