• Spine Animator Needed [Harmony to Spine]

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Hi EmJay!

My name is Richmond and I run a Game Dev and outsourcing studio called Bit Egg. We specialize in the exact kind of work you're describing. Like, right down to converting traditional animations from Toon Boom to Spine! And yes, with stepped frames and everything! This is something we have a lot of experience in.

We decided to specialize in Spine years ago and now we've grown to a team of 12+ artists capable of making game ready spine rigs and animations. Our clients are typically established game companies with well loved original IPs. We work hard to uphold their exacting in-house style allowing our clients to scale up production without sacrificing quality. We've done a ton of interesting work for awesome studios like Lab Zero (Skull Girls, Indivisible) who had this to say about our work:

"Richmond and the team at BitEgg have been instrumental in helping our team create high-quality assets and animations that we can rely on. The quality of their work and the speed at which they deliver has been exceptional and we are looking forward to continuing to work with them on the development of our project."
-Francesca Esquenazi,
CEO
Lab Zero Games

Our work is some of the best in the industry, our rates are competitive and we pride ourselves on clear and timely communication.

Here is our portfolio along with a more detailed description of our services:
https://goo.gl/BXet54

Here's my Skype:
richmond.lee

For business inquiries please email us at:
Services (@) bitegginc.com

Please feel free to pass all this information on to anyone that could benefit from our services. Thanks for your time. Really appreciate you looking out for other artists like this! Have a good one!

Subject: Spine Animator Needed [Harmony to Spine]

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Hello, fellow Spine-imators!

I've recently secured full time work, so I'm helping one of my part time clients find a suitable replacement animator to take over.

The client is Relish Interactive.

I've worked with them for the past two years, so I know they could offer a consistent stream of good work, and they're a pleasant bunch to work with.

For my recommendation, I'm looking for someone who is a clear communicator with an eye for detail. Much of the current work involves carefully converting Toon Boom Harmony rigs to Spine, then replicating the reference cartoon's animation style in Spine. Here is one example of a property like that, which you would be working on.

I'll be creating documentation to walk the new animator through my process for moving from Harmony to Spine, so the most important factor is that you be able to analyze the source material and recreate its animation style well with Spine.

In particular, this involves limiting the frame rate and using stepped keys to avoid interpolation, so the end result plays back more like frame-by-frame animation.

Relish will have plenty of other work which don't require this pseudo-frame-based animation style, but the main projects you would be working with to start both rely heavily upon it, so it's important that I find someone who would feel comfortable working that way.

If you're interested, please share your reel here or via PM and I'll pass the most well-suited candidates along to Relish with my recommendation. Thanks, everyone!

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  • Emjay

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    Hi Richmond,

    Stephen Liu and I actually corresponded briefly back in September, when I asked about openings on Bit Egg's subcontractor roster, haha. So you can be assured I've already thoroughly researched Bit Egg's quality and reputation in the past! Although I do enjoy the clean, succinct presentation of this google doc pitch that you've made.

    As far as I'm aware, Relish ordinarily works with individuals rather than studios, but I don't personally see why they shouldn't consider collaborating with you. Based on my exposure to both you and Stephen, you both have very well-spoken native English fluency (which is more than I can say for many local native speakers), and that alone is a big selling point compared to typical outsourcing studios located abroad. It's not cheap to have miscommunications that require a lot of re-work, so clear communication is key!

    I don't have final say in who Relish chooses to work with in the end, but they are looking to my recommendations, so I'll be sure to emphasize the pros of collaborating with you when I include you in my list. 8)

    I'm also sure to keep getting regular freelance inquiries over time, so you're a good resource for me to be able to point them toward with confidence!

    Cheers,
    Matt

    Hi Matt,
    Thanks so much for your help! We're open to doing smaller scale projects and if they like our work, they can scale things up from there. Also thanks, we pride ourselves on good communication. Stephen is born and raised in the US. I moved over there when I was 5, but English is definitely my best language now. Stephen was actually an English major so I hope his English is particularly good haha.

    I'm totally based out of Thailand now though. Let me know if you ever plan to visit Thailand. I'd be happy to give you tips for your trip, and if you come to Chiang Mai we can grab a good meal together. We'll feast like kings! :9

    Have a good one!