Avatar, Smaug and League of legends – Interview with Daniel Zettl

I had the chance to have an Interview with Daniel Zettl, senior animator on League of Legends, and former animator and animator supervisor at Framestore and Weta digital. Super insightful talk about animation for games and the VFX industry.

More about Daniel : https://danielzettl.com/
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00:00 intro
00:58 Who are you
01:38 Where are you from?
02:25 Fast random questions
04:58 When did you get into animation
17:06 What is the pipeline to animate for VFX?
24:45 Are you planning to teach animation yourself?
29:20 Self improvement
31:23 Moving to Riot Games
36:15 What about making a fighting game
37:08 What’s your job as senior animator on LOL?
38:30 What is the creative process for the recall animations
45:29 Your personal game project
50:50 Building a good demo reel
55:15 What is your daily routine
1:03:30 Expectations for 2021
1:06:12 Finak words

References
Diablo : https://youtu.be/xUpdTubgqmY
Hades : https://youtu.be/91t0ha9x0AE
Trixter studio : https://www.trixter.de – https://vimeo.com/296297609
Scanline : https://www.scanlinevfx.com/
Dragon hunters : https://youtu.be/KFQmAZ23i1s
Framestore : https://www.framestore.com/
Primeval : https://youtu.be/cEEZjVQkSfY
Weta Digital : https://www.wetafx.co.nz/

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