Originally hailing from Dundee, Scotland, I’ve been animating professionally in games since 2000 and have worked on a variety of character-heavy titles from small kids’ games to serious large-scale projects. Before that, I spent much of my high-school years animating sprites, leading me towards gaining a Bachelor of Design degree in Animation in 2000. In mid 2004, I moved from Scotland to Canada to work at BioWare, finishing off the Jade Empire project before assuming the role of Lead Animator on Mass Effect, upon completion of which I moved to Montreal to take the position of Lead Animator on Deus Ex 3 for Eidos Montreal.

It’s called “A Blog On Videogame Motion Design” because I’ve realised over the years that there’s a lot more to being a videogame animator than just animating. Beyond simple artistic direction there’s mocap direction and cleanup, system design, scheduling and asset management, team management, technical challenges and more - all the time keeping the game vision in mind. This blog shares my thoughts on Motion Design as well as other areas of game development and my life in general.

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Ludography

Mass Effect | 2007 | XBOX360, PC | Lead Animator
Jade Empire: SE | 2007 | PC | Cinematic Animator
State of Emergency 2 | 2006 | PS2 | Cinematic Animator
Jade Empire | 2005 | XBOX | Cinematic Animator
NARC | 2005 | PS2, XBOX | Lead Animator
Tom & Jerry | 2002 | PS2, XBOX, GC | Animator