Daniel Laney - Available for Work

@daniellaney.com

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Professional compositor, motion designer, video editor. Work: PHA - Castlevania, Masters of the Universe, etc. SEGA - Sonic Symphony Titmouse - LoVM, Pantheon Lex & Otis - ARK: The Animated Series Compositing director on animated short film "TINKERHELL"

My dog Speedwagon, a texas heeler pitbull mix, looking up wearing his birthday bandana looking very tiny
A scene from Castlevania Nocturne season 1 episode 3, featuring a turnaround cut of the character Edouard with a complicated coat pattern. Using a 3D model reference and some trickery with generated normal maps and other techniques, a pretty complex pattern was successfully tracked onto a hand-drawn character rotating around in 3D with arm movements.
Call time for Mastercard: 12 minutes 37 seconds
Text reads: 📺 Music video distribution 🎵 The official music video for the vocal track that accompanies the boss battle in " #ソニックフロンティア is now available on Apple Music, iTunes, Spotify, LINE MUSIC, and more! ✨ The game brings back memories of fierce battles with formidable opponents and last year's Sonic Symphony Tokyo concert...! 🔥
An image showing a step of the compositing process for Castlevania Season 3. This one shows a "layer" custom-made by the compositing artist, separating out the first layer of hair directly under her face & frontmost locks.
A compositing breakdown of a scene in Netflix's Castlevania Season 3 It shows the character Lenore in a very intimate position, camera incredibly close up with a portrait style depth of field, only showing one side of her face while the rest of the frame is just her flowing hair. The compositing breakdown displays the steps involved making this cut have "depth," with the gradiation on each material (such as hair & skin), while also separating a few layers of hair with drop shadows to give an extra level of polish.
A compositing breakdown of a scene from animated short film "TINKERHELL" seen in its trailer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ME3aj2RMu2U) The subject is a fairy shown on top of a pool of blood, with a wipe transition revealing the original artwork. The video then cuts to different stages of the compositing process progressively transforming it into the final product.
A "sizzle reel" of multimedia artwork from various sources, including (but not limited to) several Netflix animated series, concert visualizations, and game cutscenes. It begins with select footage of "exciting" moments from various work made by the artist, followed by compositing breakdowns of effects-heavy scenes in a handful of animated series. The video ends with a link to the artist's personal website -- http://www.daniellaney.com -- as well as their business contact email -- business@daniellaney.com The video is paced to the song "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" by British alternative rock band "Arctic Monkeys," a high-energy punk track complementing the flashy visuals and rapid cutting.
A compositing breakdown of a scene from an episode of Netflix's "Castlevania." The scene shows a spike made of ice magically forming from the ground, followed by a scene where a blue-robed character (Sypha) surrounds herself with several of these spikes, preparing an attack. The rest of the video shows how the original assets of this scene--that is, the 2D animation and background--were layered together to make a finished scene. In order, there are 2 layers of drawings (the ice asset + magic VFX), a proprietary method for making the ice look glassier, edge-blur, bright highlights, room + area lighting, added dust VFX, a lense flare, color correction, and slight adjustments after the fact. After the breakdown, a comparison between the "raw" footage (without compositing) and "finished" footage (with compositing) is shown, wiping between the former to show the latter.