ANIMATION SOLUTIONS FOR joyful game-dev

Hi there! I’m Esther and I’d like to help you make your game!

I’ve been a game developer since 2012, and I deeply understand how complicated it is to actually finish building a game.

So let’s chat! I’m here to support your successful launch with thoughtful preparation, experienced problem-solving, and the animations you need.

WHAT I DO

  • ANIMATE AND IMPLEMENT

  • GAMEPLAY CO-DEV

  • HIGH-LEVEL SCOPE + PLANNING

  • CHARACTER + ANIMATION PIPELINES

WHAT I’VE WORKED ON

  • DRAGON AGE: tHE vEILGUARD

    BIOWARE
    Creature Anim Supervisor

  • anthem

    BIOWARE
    Senior Animator

  • Paladins

    HI-REZ STUDIOS
    Lead Animator

  • Smite

    HI-REZ STUDIOS
    Gameplay Animator

  • nba live 16

    ELECTRONIC ARTS TIBURON
    Gameplay Animator

  • NBA Live 15

    ELECTRONIC ARTS TIBURON
    Gameplay Animator

  • Dungeon Defenders II

    TRENDY ENTERTAINMENT
    Associate Animator

  • ???

    POSSIBILITY SPACE
    Animation Director

is this you?! because i’d love to talk :)

YOU JUST NEED an ANIMATOR FOR A LITTLE WHILE.

Maybe you’re prototyping a game idea and want some quick animations to test it out. Or you might have a big demo coming up and you need extra hands.

Either way, you need an experienced animator who can hop in, right now, juuuust for a little while.

You’RE TRYING TO MAKE A REALISTIC PLAN.

You need someone to figure out things like how many animations you’ll need to make, how long it will take to make them, and scrappy ways to make them within your timeline and budget.

(And you’d like it if that someone wasn’t you, dang it!)

YOU WANT TO FUTURE-PROOF CHARACTER WORK.

You’ve got beautiful character concepts, wonderful gameplay ready to implement, and you want to make sure all of that time invested isn’t reversed by rigs that are inefficient to animate, blown-up animation sets, and characters that can’t move according to your plan.

you’re a busy animATION lead.

You could use a “mini-me” (of you) for a moment. Maybe you need space for more focus time, or you want to take time off but there isn’t another experienced animation lead in your team.

Maybe there’s some leadership tasks you’d REALLLY prefer someone else do this month. (I get it, I’ve been there!)