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John Butkus
John Butkus
Senior Animator II at Blizzard Entertainment
Irvine, United States

Summary

Senior Animator at Blizzard on the World of Warcraft team since 2008 (Wrath of the Lich King). Before that, I was at Bungie as a Senior Animator on Halo 2 and 3. I'm a Classically trained animator and enjoy drawing in pencil whenever I can.

Skills

2D AnimationCharacter AnimationDrawingTraditional Art3D animation

Software proficiency

3ds Max
3ds Max
Maya
Maya
Photoshop
Photoshop
Premiere
Premiere

Experience

  • Animator at Kodiak Interactive
    Salt Lake City, United States of America
    November 1999 - January 2002

    Animator on:

    - WCW Backstage Assault (PSX/N64)

    - MLB Inside Pitch 2003 (Xbox)

  • Animator at Treyarch
    Santa Monica, United States of America
    January 2002 - January 2003

    Animator on:

    - Minority Report (Playstation 2 / Xbox / Gamecube)

  • Senior Animator at Bungie
    Kirkland/Bellevue, United States of America
    January 2003 - April 2008

    Senior Animator on :

    - Halo 2 E3 2003 demo/trailer

    - Halo 2

    - Halo 2 Map pack

    - Halo 3 E3 2006 Announcement trailer

    - Halo 3

    - Halo 3: ODST (preproduction)

  • Senior Animator at Blizzard Entertainment
    Irvine, United States of America
    April 2008 - Present

    Senior Animator on:

    - World of Warcraft: Shadowlands

    - World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth

    - World of Warcraft: Legion

    - World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor

    - World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria

    - World of Warcraft: Cataclysm

    - World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King