Character Animation and Expression with Maya
About Me
A course by Sagar Arun , Animator
About the video: About Me
Overview
“First of all, I'd like to share with you a bit about me, my professional background, and how I started animating. I'm very excited to be here and my ultimate goal for this course is to inspire you the way I was when I first started learning animation. ”
In this video lesson Sagar Arun addresses the topic: About Me, which is part of the Domestika online course: Character Animation and Expression with Maya. Discover the fascinating world of animation by learning its key principles and creating an animated character filled with emotion .
Partial transcription of the video
“About Me Hi, I'm Sagar Arun and I am a character animator for games and feature film. I live in the Bay Area, animating for AAA Game Studios. I went to Ringling College of Art and Design for computer animation. I graduated there in 2018. Before I graduated, I made a thesis film called “Rebooted.” At Ringling, I did a 2D ball bounce and that's when I got hooked on animation. I initially went there for character design, but with this ball bounce and drawing out all my frames and getting inspired, I was really hooked on animation and I continue to do animation to this day. By doing that ball b...”
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Course summary for: Character Animation and Expression with Maya
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3D, 3D Animation, 3D Character Design, 3D Modeling

Sagar Arun
A course by Sagar Arun
Sagar Arun is an animator based in Northern California. He received a degree in computer animation from Ringling College of Art and Design in 2018. After working with a group of friends on a fan project for Avatar: the Last Airbender, Sagar’s animation abilities received wide recognition. He has created animations for Walt Disney Animation Studios and Sony Pictures Imageworks.
Although Sagar’s career began just a few years ago, he has already created animations for a number of high profile films such as Frozen 2 (2019), Over The Moon (2020), Overwatch (2020), The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021), and Spirit: Untamed (2021) He is also currently animating for the video game industry.
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