Robbie Reid the Rigger

@chowgood.bsky.social

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Freelance Senior Rigging TD in Melbourne Australia. Open to work/commissions. (He/him). Has a Simpson's quote for everything robbiereidrigs.com

A cute blue 3D cartoon owl idles looking around. It transitions to a fiery form, a ghostly form, and an armored form, falling asleep and waking up, and preening its wings
A poster of a character (Rockford) in an orange jacket and jeans in a room with a classic CRT monitor
The image of Tina from Bob's Burgers on an orange background holding a wired telephone on a Telstra phone box. The text "Free for all" is above her
A twitter post from Bruce Straley showing 3D prints of Gertie and the Creature from Coven of the Chicken Foot. A squat grandma in a blue dress with chicken feet, and a tall black monster with white fur
A tile grid of various animated images, with a image of a man with an orange ginger mustache in the middle against a yellow backdrop (Me). The animated images show skateboarding teens from the game Mixtape, an octopus like creature Cthun from Hearthstone, an American police officer from Mixtape, a blue cartoon octopus with a headset and glasses and a furry chicken from a commercial, a small grey dragon like creature called Deathling from Hearthstone, a realistic blue chameleon from a commercial, and a blue owl called Q'onzu from Hearthstone
A CG chameleon with a bunch of colourful control shapes moves and animates around various scenes
A cute blue owl flies off the Hearthstone card game board, swooping at a mouse doll toy dangling over the board, and comes in for a landing
A screencap from the movie "Hackers". A young man with blonde hair is sticking his head out of a police vehicle yelling "hack the planet!"
Photo of album CD cases on a white table. They are In Case We Die by Architecture In Helsinki, Moment Bends by Architecture in Helsinki, De La Soul Is Dead by De La Soul, Be Not Nobody by Vanessa Carlton, The Man Who by Travis, 18 by Moby, Whigfield by Whigfield, Echolalia by Something For Kate, Bat Out Of Hell by Meatloaf, and The Key, The Secret single by Urban Cookie Collective
A cute and squishy pink tentacles monster with a big eyeball above it idles and dances within the frame. It transitions to a patch-work zombie variation, a purple one with two eyeball stalks, and a mechnical version with screen faces
A photograph of 6 CD cases on a white table. The are In Ghost Colours by Cut Copy, Absolute Garbage by Garbage, Light Years by Kylie Minogue, Fever by Kylie Minogue, Unwritten by Natasha Bedingfield, and No Jacket Require by Phil Collins
Four versions of the C'thun tentacle monster sit side by side. A pink version, a patchwork blue version, a purple version with two eye stalks, and a metal mechanical version
A pink, six tentacles monster with a cute face sits on a game board. They look glum, but when a treat is presented in front of them, they light and up extend their tentacles to eat it and munch it down
A photograph of four CDs on a white table. The CDs are Jagwar Ma's Howlin, Surfer Blood's Astro Coast, Live's Throwing Copper and Rick Astley's Whenever You Need Somebody
A screenshot of credits for the game "Mixtape" by Beethoven & Dinosaur. Text is blue on a black background, with this screenshot showing credits for Harry Truman (Level design, lighting, environment art), Dean "Woody" Woodward (Production, manual labor), Robbie Reid (Rigging TD), and Wayne Cogan and Trevor Grigg (Technical Support)
A top down photo of 4 CD cases on a white table. The CDs are Alex Lloyd's Watching Angels Mend, Moby's mobysongs, Corona's The Rhythm of the Night and Jamiroquai's A Funk Odyssey
A tweet from Jorge R. Guitierrez, a tiled grid of stylized movies with the photo-real Lion King in the middle. It says "Stylisation is the key to NOT YOU creating memorable expressive characters". He apologizes to artists who worked on the film if they were offended
A screenshot of the credit sequence of the movie We Bury The Dead. The credits denote "visual effects by Siamese". My name "Robbie Reid" is listed as the "Rigging Artist"
A screenshot of album purchases from Bandcamp. TNGHT by TNGHT, King Night by SALEM, Clinging to a Scheme by The Radio Dept, Peach Keli Pop III by Peach Kelli Pop, Loyal by ODESZA, William EP by LoveLikeFire, Music By Ken by Ken, Hiero Oldies Vol 1 b Hieroglyphics, The Best Of Creed (Remastered 2025) by Creed and Weighing Souls With Sand by The Angelic Process
Milhouse from the Simpsons leaning forward with gritted teeth and frowning, with the caption "We're through the looking glass here, people"
A small dragon like creature sits on all fours in a hot, lave environment. He looks around, changing between different variations while performing small movements. There is a dark grey and red version, a purple and yellow version, a shiny mechanical version, and a larger more draconic version
A 9 tiled grid of various animated work. It features a blue octopus, a purple rabbit, a furry chicken, a green dragon, my face in the middle, a blue dog, a blue chameleon, a bipedal hyena with an axe, and a possum in a tree trunk
Four dragon like creatures sit next to each other in a volcanic environment. They show the differences in variations between the character, one grey, one purple, on mechanical, and one demonic
A LinkedIn notification showing a job alert that includes Twine, the topic of the previous conversation
A small, grey dragon like creature flies on the spot on a game board. It eats a bug, and swallows a piece of dynamite, which explodes in it's stomach and makes it's stomach bulge
A screenshot of a Maya viewport. A blue octopus tentacle is in view, with a variety of geometric shapes denoting controls moved into a rough position
A blue octopus works away at many laptops, while a hairy chicken pecks frantically at their own. The octopus assists the chicken, pointing them towards Equip Super instead of flailing around on their own
A blue chameleon in a blue environment walks in from the left, freezes and notices the camera, walks up to the camera and starts swaying
A realistic blue chameleon standing in a blue environment. It looks around, turns to the camera, and hits it with its tongue
A chameleon turns blue and escapes his habitat, exploring a house environment and various encounters to get to his owner. The chameleon helps him choose 2Degrees for cheaper mobile phone data
The album cover for Anna Von Hausswolff's album Iconoclasts. A white background with a black and white image of a woman in the middle, her pupils and teeth smudged. The word "Iconoclasts" is handwritten in scratchy text at the top, her name is printed in font at the bottom
A giant yellow pineapple on a wet wooden deck. A small wooden staircase to the left with palm trees in the background. The sky is grey and rain is falling
A hand holding up a boxed copy of Adobe Creative Suite 6 Master Collection. The cover is a tiled grid of various unique and artistic portraits
A screencap of Sarah Snook and other actors standing in the atrium of the Melbourne Convention Centre
A code breakdown of time spent on rigging job. It reads: PROJECT CODENAME: S1T2_MVIDE CLIENT: S1T2 PROJECT: Tyama TYPE: Exhibit -2 month timespan - 2022_05 to 2022_02 During 3 month(s) - ['2022_02', '2022_03', '2022_05'] During 1 year(s) - ['2022'] -------------------------------------------------- TASKS: - General - 3.0 days ---------- (-1 month timespan - 2022_05 to 2022_03) - spiderCrabA - 2.3 days ---------- (1 month timespan - 2022_03 to 2022_03) - batA - 2.3 days ---------- (1 month timespan - 2022_03 to 2022_03) - weedySeaDragonA - 2.0 days ---------- (1 month timespan - 2022_03 to 2022_03) - australasianGannetA - 2.0 days ---------- (1 month timespan - 2022_03 to 2022_03) - thresherSharkA - 1.5 days ---------- (0 month timespan - 2022_03 to 2022_02) - commonStargazerA - 1.5 days ---------- (1 month timespan - 2022_03 to 2022_03) - mothA - 1.3 days ---------- (1 month timespan - 2022_03 to 2022_03) - shortHeadWormEelA - 1.3 days ---------- (1 month timespan - 2022_03 to 2022_03) - scallopA - 0.7 days ---------- (1 month timespan - 2022_03 to 2022_03) Number of tasks: 10 Days worked: 17.9 Average days worked per task: 1.8
Infographic with simple data on it. It reads: In 2025, 42 individuals reached out to me about my availability for work. 28 did not result in work (66.7%) and 14 did result in work (33.33%). Conversely I reached out to 19 individuals/studios about my availability for work. 19 did not result in work (100%). So, for all 61 instances of outreach, the final tally comes to 47 did not result in work (77.05%) and 14 did result in work (22.95%)
A photo of a living room with two TVs next to each other, one showing the ABCs New Year's Eve show presenters, the other Steven Seagal half way through an aikido strike. There are cans of beers on a table, and also my knees are in view
A white hand holding a box with soft cushioning that holds a large fossilized dinosaur tooth of a Spinosaurid. The tooth is the size of the width of the hand
An image macro of a graph. States: 2025 was my 4th year freelancing full time as a rigging TD. I worked on 66 rigs. That's at least one rig per week (1.27 per week to be more precise). A bar graph shows the value 26 for 2022, 21 for 2023, 39 for 2024, 66 for 2025
Screenshot of a messenger chat. First message states "Wow a supervisor asked how long it would take to add 1K legs to a rig". Second message states "Turns out she meant IK legs not 1000 legs lol"
A 1280 x 1024 ratio screen capture of a Window 7 desktop, with a Halo 3 background with Master Chief from Halo 3 on the right. There are numerous icons on the top left, and a blue taskbar down the bottom
A screenshot of a job posting on LinkedIn for senior animators. Text reads: "We have a couple of projects that need extra support, and we’re looking for some contract animation help. The duration of these contracts would be six months. Senior Cinematics Animator — Experience with game cinematics and/or feature films. The focus is on keyframe animation, though some mocap work is involved. Senior/Principal Gameplay Animators — Experience with various gameplay systems and both keyframe and mocap pipelines. If you’re interested, feel free to reach out at contact@superseedstudios.com. Thank you!"
A 3D, cartoonish blue dog sits and idles, panting and looking around. The video morphs between other variations, a brown dog, a zombie dog, and a version with armor and a helm. They stand in front of a snowy backdrop with snowflakes falling slowly
A beer tap graphic of a sexy Jar Jar Binks "Rocky Ridge Yousa Bad Boii Chili Chocolate Stout"
A white bun burger in wrapping containing fried chicken and mashed potatoes. A little cheese is noticeable. Sitting on a plate of shoestring fries on a red tray covered with greasy paper
In a classroom, a man (Me) in a brown shirt stands in front of a projected image with the words 'How to Freelance' on it. People are facing him listening, there are computer screens in the foreground
A screenshot of the Rabbit'ath behind the scenes video, focusing on the Maya shelf above the rig demonstration. My initials 'rr' can just barely be seen on the Maya shelf, as that is the shelf that contains my personal scripts
A black framed poster on a white wall, containing the poster for Dana Carvey's film Master Of Disguise
An image template with my face next to checkboxes indicating what events I'll be at during Melbourne International Games Week. Events are The Launch, GCAP, The AGDAs, Parallels, PAX and Megadev
A white hand holding a large sweet potato, in the background is a wooden desk and carpet
A picture of me in a black top and orange shorts, smiling and holding onto a pyramid shaped bouldering volume. Text says Up Climbing Winter Double Pass Two Climbing Day Passes A Hot Drink each Shoe Hire included Use Code PAPA2025 $50
A technical demo video of various lid modules rigged in Maya going through poses and blinking tests
A screenshot stating I recently viewed a film "Pizza My Heart" 5 days ago, and that only I can see it
Banner for networking event. Australian Animation Network. 2025 Melbourne VFX, Gaming and Annimation Industry Social. All industry professionals from any studio welcome! Friday July 25th, 6:30-10:30pm. The Emeral Peacock, Peacock Lounge, 233 Lonsdale St. Free nibbles, raffle prizes