Justin Rosenthal-Kambic | Animator

​Animator – Dance Central 3 – Xbox 360 Kinect, Harmonix/MTV Games 2012

[ Game Critics Award: Best of E3 2012 ​– Best Social / Casual / Puzzle Game ]

​[ Game Critics Award: Best of E3 2012 ​– ​Best Motion Simulation Game ]

• Crash-course training with MotionBuilder and Harmonix proprietary software to get up to speed with production schedule

• Worked with motion-capture dance choreography maintaining the original timing across multiple takes while making key frame adjustments/improvements as needed in order to blend seamlessly throughout the song. Used Harmonix proprietary software for facial animations on various songs.

• Worked with an outsourcing company providing feedback and guidelines including the set up of animation files to be worked on, making adjustments as needed to implement back into game.

• Responsible for the layout of 22 songs in Dance Central 3.


Animator – Zombie Apocalypse: Never Die Alone – PSN/XBLA, Konami 2011

• Came onto the project after pre-production and took on the task of a massive re-organization of all animation assets to be used in game in order to help get the animation production schedule back on track.

• Worked with an outsourcing company providing animation reference, feedback and guidelines including setting up and documenting animations involving multiple actions across handfuls of files.

• Responsible for the majority of the four playable characters move sets.


Animator – “Road Rash Remixed HD” – (unreleased, 2010)

• Came onto the project after pre-production. Worked with producer/tech artist to solidify and unify the character animation pipeline.

• Worked with an outsourcing company providing animation reference, feedback and guidelines including setting up and documenting animations involving multiple actions across handfuls of files.


Animator – Rock Band 3 – DS, MTV Games/EA 2010

• Responsible for finding a solution to maintain original current gen production motion-capture animations through a transfer process over to DS specific super low-res models/rigs. Manipulated motion-capture animations to loop as needed. Additionally created/set up/animated all vignettes staying true to the overall themes/presentations determined by current gen versions.


Animator – LEGO Rock Band – DS, Warner Brothers/MTV Games 2009

• Responsible for all in-game animations ranging from LEGO characters, background animals, unique challenge sequences, and vehicle building.


Artist/Animator – Rock Band: Unplugged – PSP, MTV Games/EA 2009

• Worked with Project Lead towards a solution to maintain original current gen production motion-capture animations through a transfer process over to PSP built models/rigs. Manipulated motion-capture animations to loop as needed. Responsible for lip-sync animation for all songs. Assisted in setting up DLC band/song info.


Animator – Death, Jr.: Root of Evil – Wii, Eidos 2008

• Responsible for adjusting/polishing playable character move set in accordance to up-res project specs.


Artist/Animator – “Psynapse” – (unreleased, 2008)

• Worked with Lead Artist to translate 2D-styled character illustrations to 3D assets. Fully modeled/textured/rigged/animated characters for mini-games.


Artist/Animator – 1942: Joint Strike – PSN/XBLA, Capcom 2008

• Modeled/textured/rigged/animated basic enemy plane in addition to setting up a background dogfight scene.


Artist/Animator – Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando 3 – PSN/XBLA, Capcom 2008

• Responsible for animating full move sets for three playable characters. Fully modeled/textured/rigged/animated the main enemy types. Animated the final boss. Assisted in modeling/texturing of destructible props. Was flexible with changes/cuts in production after the fact.


Animator – Brooktown High: Senior Year – PSP, Konami 2007

• Responsible for animating unique PC/NPC actions for various aspects of the game in addition to various background character and mini-game animations.


Artist/Animator – Death, Jr. 2: Root of Evil – PSP, Konami 2006

• Responsible for developing/animating a full move set for a playable character and multiple enemies. Additionally, I fully modeled/textured/rigged/animated a small handful of enemies.

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Animator – Death, Jr. – PSP, Konami 2005

• Cut my teeth developing an original IP in an engine built from scratch for completely new hardware.

• Worked with the Art Director to develop character/enemy animations. Responsible for animating multiple enemies move sets, handfuls of playable character moves and all final boss animations. Additionally, I worked with the Art Director and Concept Artist to plan out cut scenes and was responsible for the majority of cut scene animation.

• Responsible for animating a short promotional piece that aired on MTV2.