Daniel Laney - Available for Work
@daniellaney.com
Professional compositor, motion designer, video editor.
Work:
PHA - Castlevania, Masters of the Universe, etc.
SEGA - Sonic Symphony
Titmouse - LoVM, Pantheon
Lex & Otis - ARK: The Animated Series
Compositing director on animated short film "TINKERHELL"
Work:
PHA - Castlevania, Masters of the Universe, etc.
SEGA - Sonic Symphony
Titmouse - LoVM, Pantheon
Lex & Otis - ARK: The Animated Series
Compositing director on animated short film "TINKERHELL"
Ur a major reason why dude haha hope to collab with you again!!
November 22, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Ur a major reason why dude haha hope to collab with you again!!
What the fuck do you think made people join this site in the first place lol
We know who's paying you. It's your venture capitalists. Whatcha think will happen after a massive exodus, projecting the site to be a failure?
You're betting that wont happen. Hope you're prepared to be dead wrong.
We know who's paying you. It's your venture capitalists. Whatcha think will happen after a massive exodus, projecting the site to be a failure?
You're betting that wont happen. Hope you're prepared to be dead wrong.
October 4, 2025 at 9:22 AM
What the fuck do you think made people join this site in the first place lol
We know who's paying you. It's your venture capitalists. Whatcha think will happen after a massive exodus, projecting the site to be a failure?
You're betting that wont happen. Hope you're prepared to be dead wrong.
We know who's paying you. It's your venture capitalists. Whatcha think will happen after a massive exodus, projecting the site to be a failure?
You're betting that wont happen. Hope you're prepared to be dead wrong.
yeah uh no.
October 3, 2025 at 7:17 AM
yeah uh no.
The video Owen linked is an incredible showcase of Adam and Swirsky doing this, though I wanted to show how sometimes its even worth breaking apart the form manually for an extra bit of layering and visual hierarchy. Requires a lot more work, but it can pay off esp. when the art is largely flat.
October 3, 2025 at 7:14 AM
The video Owen linked is an incredible showcase of Adam and Swirsky doing this, though I wanted to show how sometimes its even worth breaking apart the form manually for an extra bit of layering and visual hierarchy. Requires a lot more work, but it can pay off esp. when the art is largely flat.
🤝 well said
On castle we used lotsa "microgradiation" & for cuts that were absolutely essential to get right, especially scenes with a low amount of movement, we'd dress out the character art with polish dramatically. It's a value add that IS noticeable.
One such example:
bsky.app/profile/dani...
On castle we used lotsa "microgradiation" & for cuts that were absolutely essential to get right, especially scenes with a low amount of movement, we'd dress out the character art with polish dramatically. It's a value add that IS noticeable.
One such example:
bsky.app/profile/dani...
Sometimes, #animation cuts are just a still image of very detailed #art. When that happens, it only makes sense for me to go a little extra!
For one sequence in Castlevania Season 3, I was in charge of plussing a very... intimate moment, so here's some steps that went into that 😳🙈💖
#compositing
For one sequence in Castlevania Season 3, I was in charge of plussing a very... intimate moment, so here's some steps that went into that 😳🙈💖
#compositing
October 3, 2025 at 7:07 AM
🤝 well said
On castle we used lotsa "microgradiation" & for cuts that were absolutely essential to get right, especially scenes with a low amount of movement, we'd dress out the character art with polish dramatically. It's a value add that IS noticeable.
One such example:
bsky.app/profile/dani...
On castle we used lotsa "microgradiation" & for cuts that were absolutely essential to get right, especially scenes with a low amount of movement, we'd dress out the character art with polish dramatically. It's a value add that IS noticeable.
One such example:
bsky.app/profile/dani...
If @oweeeeendennis.bsky.social just wants a preset that takes in a color & a midtone i can whip something up but it'd be reallly basic LOL, if you dont mind an example tomorrow!
October 3, 2025 at 6:26 AM
If @oweeeeendennis.bsky.social just wants a preset that takes in a color & a midtone i can whip something up but it'd be reallly basic LOL, if you dont mind an example tomorrow!
...on an above layer, doing something like the original colors set to "luminance" blend mode and adjusting it to half or w/e feels right. This will get you most of the way there. It wont account for some things we often want to do like darker midtones for silk etc getting washed out, but its a start
October 3, 2025 at 6:25 AM
...on an above layer, doing something like the original colors set to "luminance" blend mode and adjusting it to half or w/e feels right. This will get you most of the way there. It wont account for some things we often want to do like darker midtones for silk etc getting washed out, but its a start
my own *personal* preferences though include slapping down some color cards set to multiply and/or overlay of the background color mixed in with the sun color (mayyyybe setting the sun one to add, since thats how it works IRL), and doing the same but darker for the shadow tones, then...
October 3, 2025 at 6:24 AM
my own *personal* preferences though include slapping down some color cards set to multiply and/or overlay of the background color mixed in with the sun color (mayyyybe setting the sun one to add, since thats how it works IRL), and doing the same but darker for the shadow tones, then...
🤔the question is confusing, are yall asking a quick way to get characters to match the background color generally?
Yeah there really isn't a one and done way to do that, certainly no plugin that does it. What we usually do is separate the midtones and shadows & just kinda... wing it 😂
Yeah there really isn't a one and done way to do that, certainly no plugin that does it. What we usually do is separate the midtones and shadows & just kinda... wing it 😂
October 3, 2025 at 6:22 AM
🤔the question is confusing, are yall asking a quick way to get characters to match the background color generally?
Yeah there really isn't a one and done way to do that, certainly no plugin that does it. What we usually do is separate the midtones and shadows & just kinda... wing it 😂
Yeah there really isn't a one and done way to do that, certainly no plugin that does it. What we usually do is separate the midtones and shadows & just kinda... wing it 😂
Felt.
You'll get there dude.
You'll get there dude.
September 22, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Felt.
You'll get there dude.
You'll get there dude.
Yeah UTDR is pretty stacked here lol
Hope to run into ya !
Hope to run into ya !
August 31, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Yeah UTDR is pretty stacked here lol
Hope to run into ya !
Hope to run into ya !
Post crew solidarity 🫡😭🙏
August 22, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Post crew solidarity 🫡😭🙏
Tysm david!! 💖
No doubt the editing team is intimately aware of just how *transformed* some cuts can be from start to finish when we wanna try something crazy haha, appreciate the kind words <3
No doubt the editing team is intimately aware of just how *transformed* some cuts can be from start to finish when we wanna try something crazy haha, appreciate the kind words <3
August 22, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Tysm david!! 💖
No doubt the editing team is intimately aware of just how *transformed* some cuts can be from start to finish when we wanna try something crazy haha, appreciate the kind words <3
No doubt the editing team is intimately aware of just how *transformed* some cuts can be from start to finish when we wanna try something crazy haha, appreciate the kind words <3
Thank youuuu ❤️
That cut ended up getting used for the trailer--because of course, it's a great shot and Adam's comp work was sublime--and knowing that might happen I knew we had to nail the look haha. Glad you think so!!
That cut ended up getting used for the trailer--because of course, it's a great shot and Adam's comp work was sublime--and knowing that might happen I knew we had to nail the look haha. Glad you think so!!
August 21, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Thank youuuu ❤️
That cut ended up getting used for the trailer--because of course, it's a great shot and Adam's comp work was sublime--and knowing that might happen I knew we had to nail the look haha. Glad you think so!!
That cut ended up getting used for the trailer--because of course, it's a great shot and Adam's comp work was sublime--and knowing that might happen I knew we had to nail the look haha. Glad you think so!!