William Vera

William Vera has a diverse work experience in the animation industry. William started off as a Contract Character Animator at Panic Button in 2012, where they animated biped and quadruped characters for a shipped title. William also worked with directors, supervisors, programmers, and designers to ensure the desired performance and ease of movement for the Xbox Kinect.

In 2012, Vera also worked as a Contract Animator at MoontowerVFX, where they animated characters for a cut scene in a Zynga Bingo game. William closely collaborated with their supervisor to achieve the desired style, personality, and storytelling performance. William also created blend shapes and basic rigs for biped characters.

From 2013 to 2014, Vera worked as a Contract Cinematic Animator at Edge of Reality, creating cinemas and gameplay animations for "Transformers: Rise of the Darkspark". William also posed, prepared, lit, and rendered characters for the character select screen and marketing purposes. In addition, they handled scene imports and exports in Unreal Engine and set up matinee, scenes, and events in Unreal Editor and Kismet.

In 2014, Vera joined Rooster Teeth as a Contract Animator and Storyboard Artist. William worked on RWBY Season 02, responsible for keyframe animation, directing, acting, creating and recording motion capture. William also performed motion capture clean-up in Motion Builder and implemented it onto characters in Poser. Additionally, they created storyboards and layouts for animation sequences.

Vera then joined MoontowerVFX as a Character Animator and VFX Artist in 2015, working on various projects. Finally, in 2015, they worked as a Contract Animator at Toys For Bob before joining Sledgehammer Games in 2016. At Sledgehammer Games, they started as an Animator and gradually advanced to Senior Animator and Lead Animator. The specific responsibilities and accomplishments during their tenure at Sledgehammer Games are not provided in the information given.

William Vera completed their education at Animation Mentor from 2011 to 2013, where they pursued Advanced Studies in Character Animation with a focus on CG Animation. In 2017, they engaged in Private Lessons to further their understanding of Character Acting Performance. Lastly, in 2019, they attended the iAnimate Games Workshop to enhance their knowledge in Body Mechanics.