Action Talks with Eric Jacobus
Action Talks with Eric Jacobus
Eric Jacobus
Lee Davis: Designing The Last of Us II's UFC-inspired combat (Action Talks #7)
44 minutes Posted May 19, 2023 at 5:29 pm.
Early inspiration
Start of Lee's professional career
Standing out to employers as an animator
Going from live action to animation
What he looks for in a motion capture performer
How he gets the perfect motion capture take
Animating synced combat attacks
Getting inspired by the UFC
His changing views on fighting
More advice for motion capture performers
How posing works in 3D animation
Timing animated combat
US vs Japanese animation
US vs. Japanese 3D animation
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Lee Davis is a game character animator known for heading the melee
combat animation team in The Last of Us II, as well animator on
Uncharted 4. We talk about how animation works in combat games and what
he looks for in a motion capture performer. You can see his Moby Games
profile here: https://www.mobygames.com/person/49780/lee-davis/
Edited by Julia Bresnan
Timestamps:
#tlou2 #mocap #motioncapture #animation