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Eric De Carolis

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Senior Animator at Sony Pictures ImageWorks | The Sea Beast | Hotel Transylvania 4 | Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse | KPop Demon Hunters |

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Thank you!

23.07.2025 22:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you so much! Iโ€™m glad you enjoyed it!

22.07.2025 22:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thats alright! Im pretty sure my own family doesnt really understand what I do lol

In general animators are only responsible for the characters performance and any props that need to move

Things like the lighting, design of the character, hair, clothing, set etc. are all done by other departments

22.07.2025 22:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you! Iโ€™m really big on using reference. Locomotion can be so complicated and everyone moves so differently itโ€™s hard to keep all of that information in my head, so studying reference for my shots is key. I also try to approach movements one step at a time.

22.07.2025 20:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hereโ€™s everything I animated on #kpopdemonhunters

Iโ€™m so grateful I got to add a little something to this amazing film ๐Ÿ™‚

22.07.2025 19:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 176    ๐Ÿ” 37    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Thank you and Iโ€™m glad you enjoyed it!

17.07.2025 01:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Honestly the reference/planning part of animation is my favourite part! I feel like itโ€™s where I get to make the most creative choices.

17.07.2025 01:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thatโ€™s awesome!! So glad you enjoyed it!

I was only a very small part of making this film, but thank you ๐Ÿ˜Š

15.07.2025 15:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The story board artists do a great job letting us know generally whatโ€™s going on in the scene. The emotional state of the characters with a few poses. With that info the animators will bring their take on what the acting/action will be while staying true to what was laid out in the story boards

15.07.2025 15:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This is just a reference collection of smaller shots.

One thing to notice with video reference is that itโ€™s just a road map. A lot of things can change as you dive deeper into the shot when it comes to performance.

14.07.2025 23:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 102    ๐Ÿ” 31    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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This shot is a great example of collaborating with other animators to stitch together the best pieces of each animatorโ€™s performance.

Thank you to the amazingly talented Joy Liu, Annike Pienaar and Sophia Lee for helping me out with this one! ๐Ÿ™‚

14.07.2025 15:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 127    ๐Ÿ” 30    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Thank you!

I made sure to move the couch cushions on the floor behind me so I could fully commit to that fall so Iโ€™m glad you enjoyed it lol

13.07.2025 16:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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13.07.2025 15:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hereโ€™s my reference for some of the shots I animated on KPop Demon Hunters.

This sequence of shots was particularly fun because it was a rare opportunity to explore Jinuโ€™s goofy side ๐Ÿ™‚

13.07.2025 14:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 117    ๐Ÿ” 34    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Cool?

Yaaaaa people definitely donโ€™t know me here yet lol

But thank you!

13.07.2025 01:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So glad to hear! Yea the whole crew did an amazing job ๐Ÿ™‚

13.07.2025 01:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Aw shucks Charlie ๐Ÿ™‚

Far from a rockstar, but thank you lol

Youโ€™re an amazing lead Charlie!!

13.07.2025 01:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Another run of shots I animated here. Making sure each girl had their own personality in the way they move was really fun to explore.

13.07.2025 00:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 93    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you! Super fun to animate ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

13.07.2025 00:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it. The whole crew is amazing and I consider myself lucky to be a part of it ๐Ÿ™‚

12.07.2025 19:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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These were the very first shots I animated with the girls on screen at once. It was a fun way to discover each of their personalities, design language and how they play off of one another.

12.07.2025 18:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 46    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you!

Also big shout out to Ryusuke Furuya for helping plan a lot of the action shots on the film!

12.07.2025 18:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Charlie!! So good! Still one of my favourite shots of the movie lol

12.07.2025 16:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I never know what to say for my first posts on a new social media account ๐Ÿ˜

I guess Iโ€™ll just say Hi! Iโ€™m a senior animator at Sony Pictures Imageworks and the latest project I worked on was KPop Demon Hunters

Heres one of my shots. Iโ€™ll post some other shots I animated with some ref later ๐Ÿ™‚

12.07.2025 12:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 527    ๐Ÿ” 101    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 23    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

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