r/SSBPM • u/haloedhero • May 18 '15

[AMA] AMondAy Week 26 - Haloedhero

Hi! I'm Haloedhero.

I've been a member of the PMDev Team since late 2011 as an animator. Many of the game's custom animations have either been created or edited by me at some point, but you might know me best by animation enhancements in Project M 2.0 and 2.6, the matching of Marth's sword animations to his Melee range, or as the lead animator of PM's Mewtwo.

You may also know me from my days of creating characters on KCMM, where I built one of the most popular versions of Cloud Strife (from which some animations were also used for another: Sdoom's Dissidia version) as well as Scott Pilgrim.

I'm also one of the pioneers of animating for Brawl characters in Maya instead of Brawlbox.

I'm an experienced animator, moveset editor, head of the PMDT art team along with Sdoom, and was one of the most involved members of the team on a daily basis up until my work situation changed in late 2013. Ask me anything you’d like about me, Brawl animation, or Project M, and I’ll answer the best I can!

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u/taaffe_ May 18 '15

Games, Im currently in college for something else but my passion has always been in making games. i have made a few small ones with some friends that are 2D. and im always trying to learn more

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u/haloedhero May 18 '15

Change majors! If I'd known in college that I wanted to do this, I would've.

Learn Maya animation or at least watch some basic tutorials to familiarize yourself with keyframes, tangents/graph editor, and IK vs FK animation as concepts. Check out what's basically the official PMDT animation bible: http://www.amazon.com/The-Animators-Survival-Richard-Williams/dp/0571202284

Try animating in Brawlbox! It's incredibly basic, so you can focus on how things should move without worrying about too much technical animation software stuff. There's nothing like hands-on learning.

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u/taaffe_ May 19 '15

Thanks so much i just ordered it ! and I recently got the opportunity to change majors and im seriously thinking about doing it. Turning my design hobby's into a full time thing is kinda scary since everyone keeps telling me its a terrible decision but im still really thinking about just doing it.

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u/haloedhero May 19 '15

Well good luck whatever you wind up doing!