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Mike Fortner and Michael Comet of DNA
February 19, 2005 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Mike Fortner & Michael Comet
Character Rigging and Setup for Animation
Our guest speakers this month were Mike Fortner and Michael Comet. They discussed their work in the industry and talk about character rigging and setup for animation. Michael showed off some of his amazing rigging scripts – be sure to check out his site. There were nearly 120 people at this meeting – almost time for a larger room.
About Mike
Mike Fortner, has recently worked for Reel FX as Lead Technical Director. At Reel FX, he overlooked rigging, skinning and modeling on various productions including “Halloweentown III”, “Valor vs. Venom”, “Red Star”, “My Little Pony”, “GI Joe Spytroops” and a soon to be released animation for Hasbro UK. Mike has recently accepted a job at DNA to work on their current feature film.
http://www.mikefortner.com/
http://www.mikefortner.com/
About Michael
Michael Comet started his career with gaming company, Volition Inc., as Lead Animator. Later, he was an Animator and Lead Rigger at Big Idea Productions where he worked on “3-2-1 Penguins” and “Veggie Tales”. In 2003 Michael moved to Blue Sky Studios and worked on the upcoming feature film “Robots”. He is now Character Rigging Supervisor at DNA Productions (http://www.dnahelix.com/). http://www.comet-cartoons.com/