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Ricky Wood is an accomplished Principal Animator with extensive experience in the gaming industry, currently working at People Can Fly Studio since June 2019, where responsibilities include player combat and traversal, creature animation, cinematics, mentoring, and tools development. A guest speaker at GDC24, Ricky delivered a talk on animation layers to enhance playfulness in animation. Previous roles include Principal Animator at Defiant Studios, where Ricky focused on boss encounter prototyping and NPC systems, and roles at Avalanche Studios, where contributions ranged from character animation sets to dynamic gameplay systems. Ricky's career began at Ninja Theory Ltd, contributing to high-quality character animations and pioneering realistic facial animations. With an educational background from Solent University, Ricky continues to push the boundaries of animation through collaboration and innovative workflows.
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iAnimate.net is an online training course like no other. We offer a complete set of workshops designed to target all your animation needs, and put you in direct contact with veteran animators from the biggest & best studios in our industry. They are passionate about teaching animation and are dedicated to giving you the knowledge and motivation to become the best animator you can be. Our training is specifically designed to target the troublesome areas that even we as professional animators go through on a daily basis. All of your sessions with your instructor are live, as well as recorded for viewing later. We have an amazing line up of exclusive & unique character rigs that are available to all our students. We have all the top studios lined up to view the student graduation reels and select the animators they need for their productions.