Peter Whiting

Current

• Cutscene 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

76 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

• Cutscene Animator

  Ninja Theory

  (Privately Held; Computer Games industry)

  June 2009 — Present (7 months)

• Animator

  Blitz Games Studios Ltd.

  (Privately Held; Computer Games industry)

  June 2007 — June 2009 (2 years 1 month)

  I worked as part of 2 game teams on 4 titles. My responsibilities included:
  
  Dead To Rights: Retribution (PS3 and X360):
  • (Keyframe) Realistic biped & quadruped character animation
  • (Mocap) Character animation & cutscene construction
  • (Keyframe & Mocap) Lip-sync animation
  • Implementing a cutscene animation pipeline
  • Talking to University students about animation, Blitz & the industry
  • Providing technical support for outsourcers
  
  Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (X360 Live):
  • Creating, maintaining & documenting an animation pipeline
  • Managing a small animation team
  • (Biped) Character rigging
  • (Mocap) Realistic character animation
  • (Low-poly) Modeling & Texturing
  
  Kareoke Revolution: American Idol Encore (PS2, Wii, PS3 & X360):
  • (Mocap) Realistic character animation
  • (Keyframe) Lip-sync animation
  
  ?Unannounced? (X360):
  • (Keyframe) Stylised character animation
  • (Simple) Character rigging

• 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) Stylised character animation
  
  Reservoir Dogs (PC, PS2 and XBox):
  • In-game cutscene design & production
  • In-game cutscene storyboard art
  • (Mocap) Realistic 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 (most relevant) modules included:
  
  Scriptwriting
  Digital Imaging
  Animation Principles
  2D Computer Animation Production
  Computer Animation Technology
  Character Animation
  Creative Animation
  Portfolio
  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