Hello everyone and welcome to John P. Neumann’s portfolio site (that’s me). Within these pages you’ll find a bevvy of information relating to myself, as well as information regarding my demo reel, various animations and projects and my rigging and scripting resources. If you’d like to look at my demo reel, there is a quick link to the left that you can click on, as well as a link to my resume and my print portfolio.
I love animation and I love scripting. Because of these two loves I found myself in an odd position: Animation is very emotional, while scripting is very technical. To help bridge this gap, I’ve gone and become more fluent in rigging. How does that make sense? Well, the technicalities of making a rig allow me to be very technical, but by creating a rig, I’ve had to integrate the artistic and aesthetic feelings of animation. A rig is nothing without animation, just as a script is nothing without a use.
As you view my site, you’ll find that I stick to a very rigid pipeline when I’m creating my assets for animating. Every script has a purpose, which is generally to assist the animator, and every rigs control is necessary. Nothing is ever done “just because”. All of my rigs and scripts are compatible across all platforms and some of my scripts are updated for Maya 2011, while maintaining backwards compatibility in other versions of Maya.
I hope you enjoy your stay here and look forward to any and all comments and critiques regarding my work. Thanks!