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Derek Pritchard
@derekpritchard.bsky.social
Lead Animator at PlaySide Studios
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Still the most satisfying creature animation I've done for a while, look at all those little legs go 🏃‍♀️‍➡️🏃‍♀️‍➡️🏃‍♀️‍➡️

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Giant Centipede Creature Animation
Started out as a personal challange into a more unique locomotion style but couldn't help adding an attack, too much fun animating it!
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Made a Top Gun inspired cinematic trying out some of the new features in Unreal 5.5, in particular the new sequencer and movie render queue updates as well as Lumen and Nanite, had a lot of fun and learnt a lot making it!

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April 28, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Here is some of the work myself and the talented team of animators are doing at PlaySide! Check out Age of Darkness on Steam
store.steampowered.com/app/1426450/...

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Age of Darkness: Final Stand - Animation Reel
A selection of the hundreds of animations made for Age of Darkness: Final Stand. As the Lead Animator I was involved in all areas of animation for the game, including…
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October 20, 2024 at 2:13 AM
'Tis the season! Happy almost Halloween everyone 🎃

#gamedev #animation #halloween
Happy Halloween!
I animated this for the Art Quest Halloween theme challange, have a happy halloween!
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October 20, 2024 at 2:09 AM
Still the most satisfying creature animation I've done for a while, look at all those little legs go 🏃‍♀️‍➡️🏃‍♀️‍➡️🏃‍♀️‍➡️

#gamedev #animation
Giant Centipede Creature Animation
Started out as a personal challange into a more unique locomotion style but couldn't help adding an attack, too much fun animating it!
vimeo.com
October 20, 2024 at 2:07 AM
Uploading some older animations to kick things off ✌️Hope you enjoy!

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Viking Axe Animation
Chop! Chop! Short body mechanics animation exercise. Model by Dmitry Vladimirovich, rig by friend Jeremy Taylor, mesh emitter by KielFiggins.
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October 20, 2024 at 2:03 AM