• [PAID] Eastshade Studios looking for animator

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Hi,

I'm Misaki Eymard, a member of the Spine team, but also work as a freelance animator. I really like the art style of Songs_of_Glimmerwick and am very interested in working on animating the characters.

My portfolio is here:
https://www.behance.net/misaki_eymard

If you like my portfolio, could you answer my following questions?:

  1. Regarding "Prepare artwork for rigging (psd files)" in responsibilities, do you mean the process of separating the parts of the character? Does it mean painting the character art itself?
    Basically I am taking on animation work from the separating process, so if it is the former, there is no problem, but if it is the latter, I may not be able to take on the task.

  2. You wrote "$17-$23 USD/hour” in the job features, but I prefer a work style where the cost is calculated on a per-character or per-animation basis, because I have multiple jobs that make it difficult for me to keep track of my working hours. Is it possible to accept work in that format?

These are the questions I would like to ask at present. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask me.

Thank you!

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6 jours plus tard

Hi Misaki!

Thanks for getting in touch. And thanks for you kind words about Glimmerwick! We loved your portfolio, and think you could be a great fit for us! Please pardon our delayed response, we've just been giving time to let portfolios come in. Your work was among our favorites!

Answers to your questions:

  1. The artwork is already done. You would just need to break things up as needed to suit your rigging requirements. Most of the elements/limbs will already be in layers to make this a bit easier.
  2. Yes, we are open to paying per character/per animation

To better illustrate the kind of work we need, here is an example of an image ready for animation:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1a8TbblBxXBU7dEUAgmpX6eRu_cVJROEz/view?usp=sharing

and here is her context:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1U5o0S_3Vnlt3B-wcEbqHDr6BdIQgUOQh/view?usp=sharing

We have a lot of (currently static) characters standing around in Glimmerwick like these that need to be rigged and animated for just that one pose:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cCBFR-VwgAzFZuPK5bqkQX4bTljwhikO/view?usp=sharing

So for example the girl sitting I just sent should be chatting: Maybe gesturing with that one raised arm, then move it back down to lean on for a little bit (that's just an idea, but we would leave to you whatever you feel looks the best). She only needs one looping animation, maybe 10-20 seconds, as she will only ever be in this one state (that's why she is drawn already in pose).

Does that sound like work you'd be interested in? And given that you'd like to bill per character, could you give us a quote on what you might charge for rigging and animating the above posed character, for one 10-20 second looping conversing animation?

Let me know if you any other questions about it! Also feel free to respond to me via email, my address is danny (at) eastshade.com

Thank you for your time!
Danny

Hi Danny!

Thank you for your reply! I’m very glad to hear that Eastshade Studios people love my portfolio 😃
I have sent you an email with a rough estimate, so please find the email for more details.

Cheers,
Misaki