Character/Creature animation showreel. Honda Robots, Nexus productions directed by Smith and Foulkes. Pacific Rim uprising shots represent shots taken to final by myself. Chris Tost and Tom O'Flaherty also contributed to aspects of these shots. Kudos to the Dneg Team. Animation Director Aaron Gilman VFX supervisor Peter Chiang, Pete Bebb. Director Steven S. DeKnight.
Along with my animation unit I played a key role in figuring out how to stage the Mega Kaiju transformation sequence in Pacific Rim Uprising. It was quite a challenge and unlike anything i had animated before. I set up the cameras and layout and did some basic look dev in Maya Viewport 2.0 in order to sell the idea to the director. The previs was essential in order to minimise the work overhead downstream in the production. All department were involved to get this sequence to work. It was a challenge to animate but also great fun.
Christian Johnson Showreel 2018