Alex Yao : anim clips

(and game prototype clips)

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OUTER WILDS (2018-2019)

Outer wilds is a quiet and somber game, and the characters are meant to be rather gentle. I focused on smooth motion and subtle actions.

Animations / Maya.

ListenToPlayer02.mov

Gabbro_Hammock01.mov

CreateCairns.mov

LeanWhittle_Idle03.mov

ChertDrummingB06.mov

Gabbro_DropIntoHammock_Baked.mov

brandishAxe.mov

playblast.mov

PlayBanjo02.mov

NPCTraveler_Talking.mov

The Wastes is one of my earliest projects. A Half-Life 1 mod originally from 2001. Some people rediscovered the game around 2017 and contacted the original team to gather the original assets and use the content to release a standalone game. I couldn't resist and added some new content to the game in the way of new animations and models and textures in the old style. These are some new anims that were fun and quick to do on low res rigs.

Animation / Maya. 2017-2019

SawedOffIdle.avi

ramboKnife_Idle01.mov

walkDrunk.avi

Death_Crawling.avi

TW_TommySwitch.mov

M16.mov

Leaderboard Productions 2019 : Interactive Instruction

These animations were made for educating people on how to operate certain types of machinery in dangerous environments. I did a lot of these, and while they're fairly dry, I found satisfaction interacting with props.

Animation : 3Ds Max

SafetBleedValve_HIGH.mp4

SafetHOASwitch.mp4

Anim_Kneel_Start.avi

Anim_TakeOut_Flashlight.avi

DEPTH 2015-2017 -

Anim/Maya

In DEPTH I worked directly with the programmers to design all of the animations and how they function in game. Divers had 8 directions of swimming animations that blended together, and sharks were a mix of dynamic bones and blended animations. I animated maybe 50% of the content and led a small team on the rest. I also animated most of the non-DLC weapon animations.

SafetRisingStemValveLow.mp4

Anim_LockboxOpen_Lock.avi

Anim_Kneel_End.avi

Anim_Duke_HeroPose.avi

Lunge_002.mov

Death_Tail_001.mov

Alligator_Swim_08_top.mov

REDEMPTION OF CHICKEN - 2017 made for a gamejam in about a day

anim/modeling : Maya

ChickIdle.mov

SeeFood.mov

Run.mov

Sprint.mov

PeckIdle.mov

BIRDHEAD CONCEPTS - 2017 prototype anims and concepts

anim/modeling : Maya

spearblast.mov

Goblin_RunL.mov

Goblin_Runx.mov

Goblin_Attack_001b.mov

LS_Fire.mov

Laser Lasso Batallion : prototype concepts

animation : Maya

Lasso_Dash_and_ArcTopDown.mov

LassoDashNShoot.mov

Lasso_Dash_Yank_Throw.mov

bigGobbl.mov

biggoblinbutt.mov

SUPERFIGHT : (2016) was a pretty fun and quick project animating simple cards, murdering one another. I created these with various VFX in mind (flame\lightning\psychic powers\general savagery)

Animation: maya

CardReveal_Dash.avi

Charge_Up_Left.avi

CardReveal_Leap_001.avi

win_Fire_left_002.avi

Stagger_A_001.avi

Stagger_C_001.avi

win_Electricity_left_002mergedDown.avi

win__Laser_left_002mergedDown.avi

left_Win_Claw_007.avi

Animatic_007.avi

FORGE (2012-2013)

Anm_FireElemental_Move_Run_020.mov

ANM_Panther_Walk_F_018.mov

ANM_Panther_Pinned_006.mov

ANM_FireElemental_KnockDown_044CAM.mov

ANM_Panther_KnockDown_026.mov

ANM_Tinker_Move_Run_039.mov

ANM_Tinker_Death_052.mov

ANM_Tinker_BattleIdle_024.mov