Mike Higgins

OK, got my codecs sorted. Here's an early exploration of the Spellslinger's unsheath animation. This is actually version 2 of our human male model- we shipped with v3. (I spent a lot of time obnoxiously practicing this with toy pistols around the office.) #WildStar #animationpic.twitter.com/qJjToE1n6W

My first pass at the #Aurin Male's combat ready. This was very WIP, pre-hair #animation. I'm *pretty* sure this never went to game. The Aurin males gave me this "anime protagonist who's got something to prove" vibe, so I wanted them to come across scrappy & aggressive. #WildStarpic.twitter.com/EYnUTuiJlC

An early #Aurin Male unarmed attack, based off of that early unarmed ready. Gameplay dictated we couldn't use a double-slash for a default attack, so it was scrapped. Also some early exploration into using non-uniform scale in XSI for stretch-frames. #WildStar #animationpic.twitter.com/JJaAxNQ9XA

Many people asked over the course of #WildStar to get rid of the underwear on the Chua and Mechari races- but most races were actually originally modeled without them, clothes were added over top. Here's an "au-naturel" #Granok male in an early run #animation I was trying.pic.twitter.com/dUHKzyCqXt

This animation was in the game, but like the granok male, I'm posting it for the sake of the novelty: a clip I found of the #Draken female's 'nude' model playing her death animation. #WildStar #animation #GameDevpic.twitter.com/eFCpZZafNC

This character was originally named "Granny Adnia," an elderly female #Ekose who was a central NPC in a zone. Granny Adnia ended up being cut, and while she did end up in the game under another name, I'm pretty sure you never see this old lady walk #animation . #WildStarpic.twitter.com/NbjJKss5oe

Only ever named "Vultureman," this guy was an extra character modeled, but never scheduled for #animation time. I thought he was cool so I animated him in my spare time, hoping I could get him into the game, but couldn't find enough time to finish him. #Wildstar #GameDev #Birbpic.twitter.com/ZcbxkBzj1M