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Michael Connolly Animation
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I’m a 3D animator who graduated from MTSU and loves sci-fi, fantasy, and playing D&D.

He/Him

http://michaelconnollyanimation.com
Welp. She's gonna be done before Lightbox! Thank God cause I've been SO stressed trying to get this done. I'm really happy with where it's at. Still got a few things to work out, but once that's done, we're off to render it.

#Animation #3DAnimator #Maya #WIP
October 17, 2025 at 9:28 PM
New stuff? Kinda! Here's a sneak peek at the project I've been working on. Meant to post this last week but I'm in con crunch modd and I'm DYING. HOPEFULLY I'll have it done in time for Lightbox. Hopefully. 😭

#Animation #3DAnimator #Maya #WIP
October 6, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Seraphina's on a war path. 👀

Out of the 4 cycles I made with her, this one was the most in character, ESPECIALLY when she's mad. This is also the project where working with the cloth simulation finally clicked and I am SO happy with how it turned out.

#Animation #3DAnimator #DnD
September 24, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Here's a shot I worked on for my short film in 2022. Even though it was a simple shot it was it was one of my favorite ones to work on since it features the character I worked on. I was responsible for the previz, animation, and rendering.

#Animation #ShortFilm #3DAnimator #CGI
September 1, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I did this lip sync project a few years back in my performance class. I had a lot of fun working on this (even if I had to sleep in the animation lab for bit a cause my laptop decided to die RIGHT before it was due). Definitely should do another one some time soon.

#Animation #3DAnimator #CGI
August 14, 2025 at 3:21 PM
OK, I meant to post this weeks ago, but I kept forgetting. I'm trying to post more regularly, and I decided to start with this run cycle I worked on last year featuring my hexblade paladin/ Swashbuckler Echo Knight, Serahina.

#Animation #3DAnimator #Dnd
August 4, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Good morning #PortfolioDay !!!

My name is Michael and I'm a 3D Animator looking to break into the animation/game industry.

🌐 MichaelConnollyAnimation.com

✉️ MichaelConnollyAnimation@gmail.com

#3DAnimation #Animation
July 8, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Bsky won't let me do multiple videos in a post so a thread it is #Animation #3DAnimation
June 12, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I'm excited cause I just found some of the earliest stuff I ever animated I thought I lost these last year when my hard drive was stolen but I found them on Google this weekend. They're not the best but its the first things I did and I'm so glad I found them again #Animation #3DAnimation
June 12, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Good morning Bluesky, and Happy Star Wars Celebration! I might not be in Japan, but that isn't gonna stop me from celebrating.

I LOVE Star Wars and especially the High Republic. I've wanted to do a HR project for a while now so I decided to do a project with my favorite

#Animation #3DAnimation
April 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Hey look! It's #PortfolioDay !
My name is Michael, and I'm a 3D Animator looking to break into the animation/game industry.

🌐: MichaelConnollyAnimation.com
📷: MichaelConnollyAnimation@gmail.com

#Animation #3DAnimation
April 8, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Absolutely loved how good it felt last week. Almost perfect weather for me and it made me think of my flower toy model I made back in my texturing class a few years ago.

#3DGeneralist #3DArtist #3DModel #Texturing #Maya #SubstancePainter
February 12, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Hey, #PortfolioDay ! How's it going?

My name is Michael, and I'm a 3D generalist looking to break into the animation/game industry.

🌐: MichaelConnollyAnimation.com
📷: MichaelConnollyAnimation@gmail.com

#3DGeneralist #3DArtist #3DModeling #Texturing #Rigging #Animation
January 14, 2025 at 1:25 PM
WE ARE BACK IN BUISNESS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

I'm kicking the year off with my finished armored run cycle that I've been working on! I finished it a few weeks ago, but then I got sick, then Christmas came, so I figured I'd wait till now to post.

#Animation #3DAnimation #3DArtist #3DGeneralist
January 2, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Finally got around to getting an update for this run cycle. Almost done with it. Just need to offset a few things, fix some things and do the cloth sim and then I'll finally be finished. Hoping to have it done by next weekend. ^_^

#Animation #Wip #3DGeneralist #3DArtist #Maya
December 4, 2024 at 6:14 PM
Here's another shot I really liked working on for my short film. Its super short but I'm still really happy with how it turned out. Most of the film is about the student so I always got excited to work with the wizard since I modeled and rigged him.
#Animation #3DAnimation #3DArtist #3DGeneralist
November 27, 2024 at 8:20 PM
I'm trying to get in the habit of posting more often, especially over here so lets kick things off with my favorite shot I worked on on my short film.

I was responsible for doing the previz, animating, rendering, and compositing for this shot

#Animation #3DAnimation #3DArtist #3DGeneralist
November 19, 2024 at 1:33 PM