OMD! Gauntlet Crazy Smear Frames

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I broke out some of my smear/multiple drawings and squash and stretch drawings from my Orcs Must Die! Gauntlet animation. Smear and multiple drawings are typically used when your character needs to cover a really large distance over a really short amount of time. Much like what motion blur does in live action video footage. [...]

Orcs Must Die! Gauntlet Progression

Here is a video showcasing the multiple stages I went through to get Gauntlet completed. Starting with the animatic and rough animation moving all the way to final animation, color, and effects. Enjoy!

Orcs Must Die! Released

As of yesterday Orcs Must Die! is officially out for both XBLA and Steam Buy and be happy; don’t buy and be sad.

Orcs Must Die! Gauntlet Animatic

It’s story time on how Orcs Must Die! Gauntlet came to be. One of the art directors at Robot Entertainment asked me to storyboard some Orcs Must Die! (OMD) logo ideas. The requirements and direction was essentially keep it short; keep it simple; comedy via orc violence; get the OMD logo on the screen. Some [...]

Gauntlet Gets GIFs

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I made this nifty little gif animation of the looping portion of the Orcs Must Die! Gauntlet video. Right click the image to save. If you want a higher resolution version, download it here. Enjoy!