Meg Mjaatvedt | Animation Demo Reel

Reel Breakdown

1.  Soma

Responsible for Character Animation. Programs used: Maya.

Character & Assets: Georgia Saroj, Lighting, Rendering & Compositing: Jared Fischler, FX: Brandon Zhao, Rigging: Matthew Rom​

2.  Bat Sniper & Lil Bot

Responsible for Character Animation & all other aspects excluding the rigs and their textures. Programs used: Maya, Unreal Engine, Substance Painter, World Machine.

Rigs: Kiel Figgins

​3.  Paper Animals

Responsible for Character Animation, Tracking, Rendering & Integration. Programs used: Maya, PFTrack, Redshift, After Effects.

Live Action Footage: Heng Cai, Alex Susanto, Michelle Sharp & Meg Mjaatvedt, Textures: Alex Susanto, Rigs: Truong

4.  Dragon Run to Flight

Responsible for Animation. Programs used: Maya.

Rig: Truong

5.  Horse Rearing

Responsible for Animation. Programs used: Maya.

Rig: Carlos Contreras

​6.  Zelda Attack Animations

Responsible for Animation. Programs used: Maya.

Rig: Christoph Schoch

7.  Fred Astaire Dance

Responsible for Animation. Programs used: Maya.

Stewart rig: Rig or Material used with permission (© Animation Mentor 2014).

8.  Dialogue: "because you called me rude"

Responsible for Animation. Programs used: Maya.

Rig: Gabriel Salas, Voice: Emily Hampshire (Schitt's Creek)

​9.  Mr. Buttons & Cricket

Responsible for Animation. Programs used: Maya.

Mr. Buttons rig: Keith Osborne, Cricket rig: Truong

Music: "Mistral" by Dominique Charpentier

Bat Sniper & Lil Bot

An intrepid sniper encounters a formidable droid.

I made this piece in Anton Napierala's Game Creation 1 class at Gnomon. I animated the characters in Maya and brought everything into Unreal Engine to cut the cinematic. It earned a Best of Term in Character Animation  for Summer 2020.

Soma

This was a group project I animated for at Gnomon. Georgia Saroj made the character and assets and Jared Fischler was responsible for the lighting, rendering and compositing. It earned a Best of Term Grand Prize for Summer 2020.