The Stage 32 Videos: Animator

Highlighting the process from animatic to final animation while also testing different visual approaches. For this scene, we experimented with using picture-based backgrounds versus fully hand-drawn environments to explore workflow, style, and overall impact. Always pushing the process to see what best brings the vision to life.

I’ve been exploring how music and animation work together to shape emotion in storytelling. Sometimes a scene doesn’t change visually, but the entire feeling shifts depending on the sound design and musical choices behind it. It’s made me think more about how sound and motion should be built together, not treated as separate layers. Curious how others approach this balance in their own creative process.

A look behind the scenes at the progression from animatic to final animation. This stage is where timing, pacing, and storytelling are refined before everything is fully brought to life. You’ll see how rough sequences evolve into polished motion, with adjustments made along the way to improve clarity and impact.

As a Senior Creature Animator at Scanline VFX, I contributed to the complex creature performances and high-fidelity motion sequences showcased in this episode. My role involved refining cinematic action and ensuring the seamless integration of massive-scale monsters within the series' VFX pipeline. Role: Senior Creature Animator Studio: Scanline VFX Platform: Apple TV+ Key Focus: Creature Performance, Keyframe Animation, Large-scale Action.

Thanks to David Aguilar at https://aguilaranimation.com/ for bringing Moto to life for the first time ever! The goal of the Mimi and Moto brand is to get more kids excited about motorcycles and a two-wheel lifestyle via more books, merchandise, events, animation, and international expansion.

The official music video of Eye Of The Storm by JUST. Animation by Fred Coince. From the album Deep Cycles by JUST

Here is an animated commercial I made for a monster world private eye comic created. Voice and music written and performed, and produced by T.Roy Nagle.

Joddy eric Matthews' Cinematic Director, Editor and VFX Artist Reel for mid 2018. For Commercial and Unscripted Reels, please contact MadWerkz Studios. Producer@madwerkz.com