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Eoin Loughrey

@eoinloughrey.bsky.social

Director/Lead Animator @SuperSpline 18 years animating in games Survivor Super-fan!

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Super Spline is looking for an experienced freelance gameplay animator to support us on current projects.Duration:3-6 months negotiable, starting in September. | Super Spline Studios Super Spline is looking for an experienced freelance gameplay animator to support us on current projects.Duration:3-6 months negotiable, starting in September. Role: freelance/day rate position, not ...

We're looking for a freelance games animator!

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11.08.2025 14:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Super Spline are in town @developconference.com
Had a great day at the Expo - now walking our way to the afterparties!!

09.07.2025 17:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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We're sending @eoinloughrey.bsky.social & more to @developconference.com next week!

Reach out and book a meeting to talk about your games animations needs!

Thu 12.30: Unofficial Animation Meetup @ The Walrus superspline.com/develop

Thu 15:00-15:45: Room 1 - Animating Complex Emotions Talk!

30.06.2025 13:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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๐ŸŽค Delighted to say that Iโ€™ll be speaking at Develop:Brighton this year! | Eoin Loughrey ๐Ÿ”œ Develop Brighton ๐ŸŽค Delighted to say that Iโ€™ll be speaking at Develop:Brighton this year! Come find me and my fellow Super Spliner Sole Gonzรกlez Romero in Room 1 on the Thursday at 3pm where we'll be speaking abo...

Eoin - @eoinloughrey.bsky.social & Sole @soletegoro.bsky.social will be at @developconference.com as speakers for: Animating Complex Emotions: Bringing Authenticity to Character Performance - don't miss it!

tinyurl.com/sssd25

And reach out to Eoin for a chat about animation for your next project!

24.06.2025 21:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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We are hosting another animation meet up this year at @developconference.com . It was great to see so many attend last year so we've got a bigger room this time to accommodate!

Get your tickets here superspline.com/develop

23.06.2025 11:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

Scratching the Cartoony itch with this month's challenge. @animturnbull.bsky.social it was a fun one!

Harry rig by Animation Box, Animated in Maya.

01.05.2025 02:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Said Iโ€™d do it so here it is:
My entry for Aprilโ€™s pose cycle challenge.
Canโ€™t wait to see what everyone came up with ๐Ÿ‘€

01.05.2025 17:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 30    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Our talk is available to watch on the GDC Vault!
If youโ€™ve got access, give it a watch and let us know what you think.
Congrats to @soletegoro.bsky.social and @eoinloughrey.bsky.social on delivering an awesome presentation - a great start to an unforgettable week in SF!
gdcvault.com/play/1034976...

16.04.2025 14:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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We got a great crowdsourced list from day 2 of the #GDC2025 anim roundtables of resources for anyone to learn more about animation / tech anim in games! Share far and wide please ๐Ÿ™

21.03.2025 01:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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GDC week flew by! It was amazing meeting so many talented and beautiful people. I canโ€™t wait to bring home and put to work all the inspiration from these days but first I have some exploring left to do around the Bay Area ๐Ÿ˜Ž

22.03.2025 20:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
22.03.2025 00:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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We developed quite the system to find each other during #GDC2025

21.03.2025 23:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

It was awesome guys!

20.03.2025 08:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Day 3 letโ€™s goooo!
#GDC2025 @supersplinestudios.com

19.03.2025 19:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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That was a first for us.

Our first GDC Animation Summit talk!

A massive congratulations to @eoinloughrey.bsky.social and @soletegoro.bsky.social for working tirelessly over the last few months to craft the final product.

If you witnessed the magic, please let us know your thoughts below!

#GDC

18.03.2025 16:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Yeah that was fun :D

18.03.2025 02:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

On it

17.03.2025 04:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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1 more sleep...

17.03.2025 04:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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We have arrived SF!

15.03.2025 20:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I decided to do Figuary again this year with Croquis Cafรฉ - a short life drawing session every day of the month of Feb.
Here's one page from each session below:

#lifedrawing

13.03.2025 21:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Look out for the Super Spline crew at GDC next week!
Find us and talk to us about all your animation needs!
@eoinloughrey.bsky.social can be found on Meet to Match here:
app.meettomatch.com/sf2025/profi...
Sole Gonzรกlez and Ana Fabiani can also be found on the GDC official app

Safe travels all๐Ÿš† โœˆ๏ธ ๐Ÿš•

13.03.2025 18:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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When animator @mjednachowski.bsky.social and tech animator Dan O'Reilly were tasked with creating a ferocious creature piece, they could not have been more up for the challenge!
When given nothing but a bunch of cubes to work with, they said - "Bring it on!"
The results speak for themselves...

11.03.2025 17:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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With the industry in a slump and money even harder to come by we wondered if we could help, in our small but unique way, by offering our services to those in need for FREE!

A thread...

06.03.2025 14:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 164    ๐Ÿ” 96    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 11
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A combo I've been working on during my training time at @supersplinestudios.com after being inspired by and studying @arthurmunoz.bsky.social's work on No Rest For The Wicked.
Rig and VFX tools by @kielfiggins.bsky.social .

27.02.2025 12:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 66    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Animation Summit: Animating Complex Emotions: Bringing Authenticity to Character Performance 17th March, 2025 05:30pm - 06:00pm - How would you animate a character in love, in a non-clichรฉ way? This talk equips animators w...

Not only will we be attending GDC this year - but we'll also be speaking at the Animation Summit!
Sole Gonzalez Romero and @eoinloughrey.bsky.social will be giving their insights on how to tackle animating complex emotions whilst avoiding clichรฉs - full details:

schedule.gdconf.com/session/anim...

27.02.2025 17:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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We're excited to be heading off to GDC again this year!

Eoin Loughrey, Sole Gonzalez Romero and Ana Fabiani will be there to talk to folks about their games and animation needs!
Book Eoin on Meet to Match here:
app.meettomatch.com/sf2025/publi...
Looking forward to seeing you all out there!

26.02.2025 12:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So much of Raquels energy went into this one - and it shows! Awesome work ๐Ÿ‘

12.02.2025 18:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hello! Spread the word!

We have available a team of 2-6 games animators which comes with at least one veteran lead animator.

We can do hand-key, mocap, rigging, pipeline, Maya tooling, pre-dev, leadership and creative direction, engine implementation, the works!

supersplinestudios.com

27.01.2025 15:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Did you know it's National Pizza Day on the 9th? ๐Ÿ•

We challenged Marcin Jednachowski to show off his skills and he did not disappoint.

Share to all those pizza lovers out there!

05.02.2025 17:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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2024 Sizzle Reel A snippet of our animation work throughout 2024

2024 has been a real struggle for the industry as a whole, here's hoping for a better 2025. We've managed to have some fun along the way though. Super grateful for all the team and our clients this year! See you in 2025!

vimeo.com/1040744109

19.12.2024 15:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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