Peter Whiting

Current

• Mocap Animator at Ninja Theory

Past

• Animator at Blitz Games Studios Ltd.
• Jr. Animator at Blitz Games Ltd.

Education

• University of Teesside
• Littlehampton 6th Form College

Connections

59 connections

Industry

Computer Games

Websites

• My Website

Peter Whiting’s Summary

I’m a friendly, ambitious and confident young animator. I started drawing as soon as I could handle a pencil and am one of those lucky few whose hobby is his profession. I currently have over 2 years of industry experience, 4 published game titles to my name and a great job in a fantastic company.

In the short-term I will prove myself worthy of promotion and more responsibility at work. My technical and organisational skills are already proving useful.

My long-term goal is to further develop into an accomplished character animator; one worthy of working on more high-profile projects.

On a personal note, I'd like to release my own series of animated shorts. I know It'll take a while, but I’m not afraid of hard work.

Peter Whiting’s Specialties:

Character animation (keyframe and mocap), lip-sync, low-poly modeling, concept art, character rigging, setting up and managing an animation pipeline, XHTML, basic computer hardware setup, touch-typing & presentation.

I'm very experienced and knowledgable of the following software:

Maya, 3DS Max, MotionBuilder, FaceFX Studio, Photoshop, Flash.

Peter Whiting’s Experience

• Mocap Animator

  Ninja Theory

  (Privately Held; Computer Games industry)

  June 2009 — Present (2 months)

• Animator

  Blitz Games Studios Ltd.

  (Privately Held; Computer Games industry)

  June 2007 — June 2009 (2 years 1 month)

  I am currently working on an unannounced, next-gen, AAA project. Previous projects & their responsibilities include:
  
  Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (X360 Live):
  • Creating, maintaining & documenting an animation pipeline
  • Managing an animation team
  • (Biped) Character rigging
  • (Mocap) Character animation
  • (Low-poly) Modeling & Texturing
  
  Kareoke Revolution: American Idol Encore (PS2, Wii, PS3 & X360):
  • (Mocap) Character animation
  • (Keyframe) Lip-sync animation

• Jr. Animator

  Blitz Games Ltd.

  (Privately Held; Computer Games industry)

  August 2005 — September 2006 (1 year 2 months)

  I worked as part of 2 game teams on 2 published game titles:
  
  BK: PocketBike Racer (XBox and X360):
  • (Biped) Character rigging
  • (Keyframe) Character animation
  
  Reservoir Dogs (PC, PS2 and XBox):
  • In-game cutscene design & production
  • In-game cutscene storyboard art
  • (Mocap) Character animation
  • (Keyframe) Vehicle animation
  • (Low-poly) Modeling & Texturing

Peter Whiting’s Education

• University of Teesside

  First Class With Honours , BA Computer Animation , 2003 — 2007

  I learned to produce high-quality, rendered animations from concept to completion. My primary modules included:
  
  Communications
  Exploiting the Internet
  Animation History
  Scriptwriting
  Creative Drawing
  Digital Imaging
  Animation Principles
  2D Computer Animation Production
  3D Modelling for Games
  Design for Animation
  Sound for Animation
  Computer Animation Technology
  Character Animation
  Creative Animation
  Portfolio
  Studio Practice and Business
  Practical Project

• Littlehampton 6th Form College

  A-Level , Art, ICT, English Language and Media Studies , 2001 — 2003

Additional Information

Peter Whiting’s Websites:

• My Website

Peter Whiting’s Interests:

I enjoy: Digital art, design, animation and photography Clay sculpturing Computer games Technology Career opportunities Paintballing and airsofting Movies Military history Pubbing and Clubbing Listening to music Reading

Peter Whiting’s Groups:

•    UK Games Developers
•    Games Jobs - The original Iinkedin jobs group for the Games Industry
•    Recruit 3D
•    Gamesrecruit

Peter Whiting’s Honors:

University of Teesside Visualisation Awards (2007). I received the audience award for my "In The Field" character tests, as voted for by the students

Peter Whiting’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• consulting offers
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch