Nate Thomas
10+ Years Industry Exp
Senior Animator

Nate Thomas

Coaching Rates: £80/hr

Nate is a senior animator with a decade of experience in AAA/AA game development and feature animation. Utilising both motion capture and keyframe animation, he has worked on player sandbox, combatant/enemy AI, cinematics, and viewmodel content. Beyond content contribution, he works extensively in the external/co development space, both as an internal and external lead. He is passionate about mentorship and game development education from both a technical and soft skill perspective, resulting in his Youtube channel Animated Animators where you can find a wide variety of animation tips, walkthroughs, and conversations with other developers.

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Bungie Aspyr Steamroller Studios Mr. X Inc.

Core Coaching Topics

Combatant/Enemy AI Animation Hit reactions, deaths, attacks and abilities: understand how to flesh out your enemy characters so their personalities and gameplay stand out to the player. Learn how to work with other disciplines in fast paced production environments. (Shot review, live feedback, Maya tips and tricks).

Hit reactions, deaths, attacks and abilities: understand how to flesh out your enemy characters so their personalities and gameplay stand out to the player. Learn how to work with other disciplines in fast paced production environments. (Shot review, live feedback, Maya tips and tricks).

Viewmodel Animation Reloads, firing, inspections and more: understand how to direct player focus while maintaining snappy gunplay. Learn how to work with other disciplines in fast paced production environments. (Shot review, live feedback, Maya tips and tricks).

Reloads, firing, inspections and more: understand how to direct player focus while maintaining snappy gunplay. Learn how to work with other disciplines in fast paced production environments. (Shot review, live feedback, Maya tips and tricks).

Motion Capture Animation Reviewing tools, tips and workflows for turning raw motion capture into a polished final product. (Shot review, live feedback, Maya and Mobu tips and tricks).

Reviewing tools, tips and workflows for turning raw motion capture into a polished final product. (Shot review, live feedback, Maya and Mobu tips and tricks).

External Team/Co-Development Animation Learn about creating a pipeline for your external team that will make your life easier. Learn how to be an outsourcer that studios will call again and again for support.

Learn about creating a pipeline for your external team that will make your life easier. Learn how to be an outsourcer that studios will call again and again for support.

Reel and Resume Review Shot curation, feedback/direction, and career development discussions.

Shot curation, feedback/direction, and career development discussions.

Meet Nate Thomas

Previously a senior gameplay animator at Bungie working on both Marathon and Destiny 2, Nate has extensive experience in a wide variety of game development animation categories. From cinematics utilizing motion capture to emotes driven by keyframe animation, from 10 story tall bosses to first person weapons, he's animated it. Nate has also lead multiple teams across different studios, both internal and external, and is especially interested in cultivating game developers, not just animators. While at other game studios he has worked on: the Knights of the Old Republic remake, Fortnite, Mortal Kombat 11, Back 4 Blood, Scavengers and Dauntless. His feature work includes Oscar winner The Shape of Water, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, The Strain, Tau and Godless.
Nate Thomas

Nate Thomas

Senior Animator
Coaching Rate: £80.00 / hr
Availability: Slots Available
Experience: 10+ Years AAA

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Mentorship Packages Available

One Hour Coaching

£80 / session

Once, for 1 hour. Book the day and time that suits you.

  • 1-on-1 individual session
  • Showreel review, tips & tricks
  • Video recording of each session
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One Week-Long Coaching

£144 / total

1h twice over a week (2 hours total). Book the days and times that suit you.

  • 1-on-1 individual sessions
  • Showreel review, tips & tricks
  • Video recording of each session

One Month-Long Coaching

£256 / total

1 hour once a week over a month (4 hours total). Book the days and times that suit you.

  • 1-on-1 individual sessions
  • Showreel review, tips & tricks
  • Video recording of each session

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