Craig Eickhoff

A few people have asked me about the dino skeleton building I did for an AR project I did recently. Sorry to say but I'm not a smart man and did it all manually with way too many locators and a lot of constraints with switching 1 at a time. There were 215 bones. #animation #Isuck

@ikhandle Congratulations buddy, she's gorgeous! Let me know if you need anything xx

Update on my latest check in - change list:02122026 😂 Meet Isabel! Loving every moment as a new father to a beautiful baby girl

What I animated in my own time last year since it was a complete bat®§€¥ year for me and my family.

@ikhandle And we're very happy to have you here with us bud, much love

>I walked away from competitive boxing and my Olympic plans, and put that same energy into animation. >I was originally supposed to go into nursing like my parents, but I took a different path. >never had the full support from parents so I paved my own way and paid for my own school. Took almost 8 years to pay off my school debt. >I almost failed my last semester (animation is hard) but pulled it together and somehow walked out with Best of Show. >Started working at 18 and basically haven’t stopped since. >15 years later, still here, still learning, still trying to get better.

@SlappaDeBass That's fantastic, I love it!

A head start on Halloween - My Zoey & Derpy KPop Demon Hunters costume! Corn eyes & Sussie 3D prints, & Derpy iron-on face by Terry Chui of Panda Props -instagram.com/pandapropsncos… Everything else assembled, crafted or painted by me! #kpdh #kpopdemonhunters

@ikhandle Love to hear it man 🥰

We’re having a baby guuuuuuuurl 👧🏻😍❤️

Apex Legends is looking to add two Associate Animators to the team! This is a hybrid role allocated to our Vancouver office. However, if you're LA-based, please try anyway! jobs.ea.com/en_US/careers/…

@OtyMark Thank you, I'll give it a go and let you know if I have any feedback, always willing to help out.

Cursed Arm Maya rig is now FREE (personal use)!🗡️ A Gumroad review made me rethink my $60 price, it wasn’t fair. My goal is to get feedback so I can grow as a 3D artist. I’m still figuring out pricing, but for now I just want people to try it, have fun, and help me improve 🧡

@_rickyrobinson That's amazing man, congratulations! And yeah, it's pretty insane, my dudes 2 and a half and just doing so well. I'm really happy for you buddy!

Makes me so happy yet so sad seeing just how fast my daughter is growing up. Already 3 and talking so much, doing things on her own , understanding just about everything, and just being so smart and the happiest & sweetest little girl. My heart can’t take it 🥹

@StevenRJ1993 Thanks, appreciate that!

Man, I know my outreach here is limited but I just got laid off at 2K after working on BioShock 4 for a year and a half. To say I'm gutted is a complete understatement. If anyone is in need of a friendly, fast and heavily driven animator with a lot of games experience, hit me up

Dinos be walkin, freelance gig to rig, skin and animate this guy for VR.

@exfatloss I didn't but I loved them also, it's what made me want to work on them when I had the chance. It's a shame I won't see it till the end though. Thanks!

@craigmation Did you work on BioShock 1 or Infinite? If so, thanks, loved 'em!

@AaronInfinitea @Jonathan_Blow Thank you Aaron

@craigmation @Jonathan_Blow Pinging, so Jon sees @Jonathan_Blow

@Jonathan_Blow Hey Jonathan, thanks man, I appreciate it. I'm not verified so I cannot dm you unfortunately. If you are able to, that'd be great. Thanks

@craigmation We do not have enough work for a full-time animator but could do some shorter-term/contract stuff. DMs open…

@mattworkman Thanks Matt, appreciate it. Always enjoy your videos too!

@craigmation I can’t imagine the feeling of losing that work

While I wasn't able to get work before I was laid off, he's my Call of Duty reel for people to see: vimeo.com/888535278 (It's very long) Will cut it down.

@igdmag thank you~!

@craigmation Hopefully you'll find something soon. Good luck.

@Aemon_Oni Hah thanks! Not at the moment as I'm scrambling for a job as that's how I'll need to support my family more so right now.

@craigmation ...have ya thought about releasing a "tell all" (behind the scenes) of Bioshock 4? lol, jk! Actually, if there was any animation tech that you learned there that could help aspiring animators (or other artists).. you could do some tutorials and/or launch a Patreon/Subscribestar

@therealcliffyb As someone who's still making games, I understand the need for a different outlet in life. You've made your mark where it counts Cliff and you can either embrace it & celebrate it or move beyond it now, there shouldn't ever be a need for one to be chained to any one thing.

This is how I feel about Gears, heh.

@smshepherd23 Nice work Sophie, they looked fun to do 😄

iAnimate Games Workshop 2 First 2 week assignment was a 30fr dodge, I had two ideas, one to push creativity and one that's more suited to gameplay, I ended up doing both in the end 😆 Combo attack next! ⚔️