Showreels: A Word To The (Not So) Wise

I plan to write an article in the near future on creating the ultimate videogame animation showreel. Not that I ever made one myself, but I know what I want to see when trawling through piles of entries.

In the meantime, something to take home. If you’re sending in a showreel, don’t include actual 3D files containing meshes, rigs and or animation from games you’ve worked on – especially unreleased ones. One would think that’s a no-brainer, but sometimes people need to be told…