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Jordan Morris 

BA [Hons] Animation

I am a 3D generalist specialising in modeling, rigging and animating with expertise in Blender and Unreal Engine. My final year project focused on building 3D rigs for animation as well as building 3D props and layouts for my classmates’ graduate films.

3D Skills Showcase
The Robot was the first rig I started for this project but was the last one I finished. It's based on my own design and uses active materials.
The hands make generous use of shape keys to achieve realistic deformation. This was the first rig I made that uses a normal map baked from a sculpt.
The deseign of this rig comes from a character design made by my classmate Sandra. I'm grateful for the opportunity to adapt someone elses 2D character into 3D.
This relatively low poly rig makes heavy use of normal maps.
This car prop was made for my classmates Wren and Michelle's film You've got this, Allie.
This church was made for my classmate Zach's film I'm Tyr'd. It is meant to emulate retro 3D graphics.
This city scape is a layout meant to be used as reference also for Wren and Michelle's film You've got this, Allie.
Project Description

My project focused on delivering 3D work with the aim of developing and demonstrating a diverse 3D skill set. The processes explored in this project include: design, sculpting, character modeling, retopologising, rigging, animating, prop modeling, layout modeling, materials/textures, lighting, and post processing. The self directed portion of my project focused on building character rigs as this is the area of 3D animation that I am most interested in. This is what most of my project time was dedicated to, as there were relatively few opportunities for me to collaborate with directors due to the nature of my specialist role. The opportunities I did have had me building layouts and props, which helped me diversify my deliverables.

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