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• After Working on Injustice 2 with Netherrealm and House of Moves, Our Experience with Mortal Kombat 11 Offered Us More Di • After working on Injustice 2 with Mortal Kombat 11 a side-scrolling fighting game and NetherRealm and House of Moves, our sequel to the well-known franchise by NetherRealm experience with Mortal Kombat 11 Studios. It has been given reviews averaging 75% offered us more difficult shot approval from at least 10 well-known game critics, as assignments. Many of my techniques well as the “Best Fighting Game” award at The Game carried over and were improved upon. Awards 2020. Over 130 shots of my animation made • During House of Moves’ Fatality Idea it into the game, such as jump attacks, duck attacks, meetings, I offered a concept of single hit attacks, combos, special moves, amplified Dvorrah’s fatality, her kiss from Mortal attacks, victim animation, prop animation, character Kombat X to inject bugs into the victim, intros, a brutality, and background characters. I even and they squirmed around and ate the participated in Fatality ideas to submit. victim from the inside. They adapted that into Fatality “New Species.” • After the base game was animated, our lead animator, Ryan Torrey, left House of Moves and his leadership was Keyframe Animation Maya passed down to Eric Wu, Richard Technical Animation Motion Builder Escondrias, and myself. Together along with Animation Supervisor Eric LaShell, we hired new animators to complete the Aftermath expansion content and used our expertise to guide the new recruits. • I did well in the past training new hires. Phone: 573-450-1247 So I wrote a step-by-step guide of my Email: [email protected] NetherRealm project workflow and Website: http://www.JustinInMotion.com shared it with our new hires after as part of my training routine. Baraka Erron Black Jade Blade Swipe* Quickshot* Ready Fight A** > Painful Swipes* Pocket Sand Rising Staff** >> Bloody Mess Grip Slam* > Rising Staff Stand** > At the Dooooor* Pierced Cassie Cage > Dead Man’s Hideout Pole Strike** Brutality Loop* >> Luddy Mussy* > Teaser** Throwin’ Bows Acid Pour* Divine Forces** > No Breaks > Acid Pour JF* > Divine Forces JF** >> Keepin’ It Classy Acid Pour Victim Edenian Spark** > Acid Pour JF Victim Cetrion Scud Shot In/Loop/Out Joker Turning Wave > Scud Shot Trigger/JF* Fritz Slam* > Natural Ending Ta-Da* >> Unlimited Potential Fujin The Joker Poker* Quick Slice* > Power of Laughter* D’vorrah > Fatal Edge* >> Show’s Over* Swatted** >> Howling Winds* Batsy Pew Pew Ovi Posi Poke** Bo Rai Toe > Batsy Pew Pew JF > Killer Bee** > Typhoon Release Batsy Pew Pew Puppet >> Blown Away > Batsy Pew Pew JF Puppet > - 2nd, 3rd, etc Combo String JF - Amplified String JFE – Amplified Extended String * - Single-Joint Prop(s) Animated ** - Multi-Joint Prop(s) Animated Kitana Kotal Kahn Nightwolf Neck Slice** Ready Fight A New Moon* > Fan-Tastic** Heavy Blade Howling Blade* >> Edenian Dance** Bloody Knuckles Hawk Talon >> Noble Assault** > Tlamanalo Moon Rise* Fan Out** >> Soleil Eviction Kick > Follow the Leader** Mehtizquia Cut* > Leave Now** > Mehtizquia Cut JF* Noob Saibot Fan Toss** Mehtizquia Cut Victim Turning Chop > Fan Toss JF** > Mehtizquia Cut JF Victim > Fade To Black Fan Toss (Air)** >> Evil Within Upward Fan Toss** Kollector >>> Wailing Wraith > Upward Fan Toss JF** Mace Drop** Fade to Black Clone Low Fan Toss** Claw Swipe Wailing Wraith Clone* > Low Fan Toss JF** > Blood Money* Shadow Tackle Dancing Fans** >> Price To Pay* > Shadow Tackle JF Piercing Dagger (Air)** Relic Lure** Shadow Tackle Clone* Half-Blood Stance Gutted** > Shadow Tackle JF Clone* Half-Blood Stance Gutted Kung Lao Shadow Tackle Victim Victim Ready Fight A > Shadow Tackle JF Victim Half-Blood Stance Cancel** Liu Kang Raiden Klassic Kicks Brutality Flick Kick > The Calm Mileena >> Might of Mordulus Bloody Nails* Hinge Kick > - 2nd, 3rd, etc Combo String JF - Amplified String JFE – Amplified Extended String * - Single-Joint Prop(s) Animated ** - Multi-Joint Prop(s) Animated Robocop Sheeva Spawn Heavy Heel** Shokan Strike Low Klaw Low Stab** > Dragon Blood Rising Cape > I’ll Call You An Ambulance >> Deadly Kuatan > Rising Cape Stand Active Patrol** Heavy Knee Hell Chain Miss** Active Patrol Delay Hold** > Draco’s Guidance > Hell Chain Hit** Active Patrol Cancel** >> Goddess of Destruction >> Hell Chain JF** Hell Chain Hit Victim Scarlet Sheeva Victim > Hell Chain JF Victim Crack the Whip** Kabal Fatal Blow Kollector Fatal Blow BG Character Scorpion Kotal Kahn Fatal Blow Beast 2 (“Tongues”) Enter Flick Kick Frost Fatal Blow (Beast Pin Arena) > Hack and Slash** Shao Kahn Fatal Blow Beast 7 (“Dragon”) Enter > Falling Ashes* Mileena Kahnum Dash Hit (Beast Pin Arena) Scorpion Sting* > Inner Demon* > Mileena Kahnum Dash JF >> Soulless* >> Mileena Kahnum Dash JFE >> Mileena Kahnum Dash Shang Tsung Brutality Serpent Stab Stance Breaker Sindel Rushing Spike Royal Possession** Cinder Swipe > Queen’s Wrath** Ash Flare >> Evil Queen** Spiritual Eruption >> Malevolent Queen** > Damned Souls* Wheeling Crash >> Death Trap* > Dark Intentions Sorcery Rush > - 2nd, 3rd, etc Combo String Soul Swap Miss JF - Amplified String JFE – Amplified Extended String Soul Swap Hit * - Single-Joint Prop(s) Animated ** - Multi-Joint Prop(s) Animated .
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