Ogi Grujić
Senior Animator & Rigger at Budge Studios- Claim this Profile
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Jason Wilson
Ogi Grujic is an amazing artist and animator. His work was always exceptional and beyond the expectations of the team. As a concept artist, Ogi's concepts were extraordinary, often ending up as desktop wallpapers on team members computers. Ogi had a knack for capturing scenes and characters in the most awesome way. Ogi's art was instrumental in helping to define and shape the style and feel of the game. As an animator, Ogi was eager to please and would often deliver animations ahead of schedule and at the highest quality. He was great to work with when iterating on animations, often having revised animations back to the design team within an incredibly short time frame. Ogi is also a great collaborator, working with designers to develop the vision and feel of the animations, often bringing to the table great ideas the design team hadn't even thought of. Ogi would be an amazing asset to any art or animation team. I cannot recommend him more highly.
Duy Nguyen
Ogi is what I would describe as an animation and art ninja. He creates at the speed of light and the results are amazing. In the concept phases of production, his body of work doubled that of everyone else in the entire studio! His animations are fluid, impactful and nuanced. Drawing, painting and animating all come natural to him and the directness in which he does both shows his confidence, focus, precision and clarity of vision. It’s as if he is merely tracing what his mind’s eye projects and as fast as he is, he’s always developing his style and technique to create art faster and better. Art aside, Ogi is a funny, cheerful guy and great to work with. As skilled as he is, he does not have a big ego about his work or his abilities. He listens to critiques and suggestions from his peers and almost effortlessly applies them to make his work better. Working with him over the years has pushed me to become a better artist and animator.
Jason Wilson
Ogi Grujic is an amazing artist and animator. His work was always exceptional and beyond the expectations of the team. As a concept artist, Ogi's concepts were extraordinary, often ending up as desktop wallpapers on team members computers. Ogi had a knack for capturing scenes and characters in the most awesome way. Ogi's art was instrumental in helping to define and shape the style and feel of the game. As an animator, Ogi was eager to please and would often deliver animations ahead of schedule and at the highest quality. He was great to work with when iterating on animations, often having revised animations back to the design team within an incredibly short time frame. Ogi is also a great collaborator, working with designers to develop the vision and feel of the animations, often bringing to the table great ideas the design team hadn't even thought of. Ogi would be an amazing asset to any art or animation team. I cannot recommend him more highly.
Duy Nguyen
Ogi is what I would describe as an animation and art ninja. He creates at the speed of light and the results are amazing. In the concept phases of production, his body of work doubled that of everyone else in the entire studio! His animations are fluid, impactful and nuanced. Drawing, painting and animating all come natural to him and the directness in which he does both shows his confidence, focus, precision and clarity of vision. It’s as if he is merely tracing what his mind’s eye projects and as fast as he is, he’s always developing his style and technique to create art faster and better. Art aside, Ogi is a funny, cheerful guy and great to work with. As skilled as he is, he does not have a big ego about his work or his abilities. He listens to critiques and suggestions from his peers and almost effortlessly applies them to make his work better. Working with him over the years has pushed me to become a better artist and animator.
Jason Wilson
Ogi Grujic is an amazing artist and animator. His work was always exceptional and beyond the expectations of the team. As a concept artist, Ogi's concepts were extraordinary, often ending up as desktop wallpapers on team members computers. Ogi had a knack for capturing scenes and characters in the most awesome way. Ogi's art was instrumental in helping to define and shape the style and feel of the game. As an animator, Ogi was eager to please and would often deliver animations ahead of schedule and at the highest quality. He was great to work with when iterating on animations, often having revised animations back to the design team within an incredibly short time frame. Ogi is also a great collaborator, working with designers to develop the vision and feel of the animations, often bringing to the table great ideas the design team hadn't even thought of. Ogi would be an amazing asset to any art or animation team. I cannot recommend him more highly.
Duy Nguyen
Ogi is what I would describe as an animation and art ninja. He creates at the speed of light and the results are amazing. In the concept phases of production, his body of work doubled that of everyone else in the entire studio! His animations are fluid, impactful and nuanced. Drawing, painting and animating all come natural to him and the directness in which he does both shows his confidence, focus, precision and clarity of vision. It’s as if he is merely tracing what his mind’s eye projects and as fast as he is, he’s always developing his style and technique to create art faster and better. Art aside, Ogi is a funny, cheerful guy and great to work with. As skilled as he is, he does not have a big ego about his work or his abilities. He listens to critiques and suggestions from his peers and almost effortlessly applies them to make his work better. Working with him over the years has pushed me to become a better artist and animator.
Jason Wilson
Ogi Grujic is an amazing artist and animator. His work was always exceptional and beyond the expectations of the team. As a concept artist, Ogi's concepts were extraordinary, often ending up as desktop wallpapers on team members computers. Ogi had a knack for capturing scenes and characters in the most awesome way. Ogi's art was instrumental in helping to define and shape the style and feel of the game. As an animator, Ogi was eager to please and would often deliver animations ahead of schedule and at the highest quality. He was great to work with when iterating on animations, often having revised animations back to the design team within an incredibly short time frame. Ogi is also a great collaborator, working with designers to develop the vision and feel of the animations, often bringing to the table great ideas the design team hadn't even thought of. Ogi would be an amazing asset to any art or animation team. I cannot recommend him more highly.
Duy Nguyen
Ogi is what I would describe as an animation and art ninja. He creates at the speed of light and the results are amazing. In the concept phases of production, his body of work doubled that of everyone else in the entire studio! His animations are fluid, impactful and nuanced. Drawing, painting and animating all come natural to him and the directness in which he does both shows his confidence, focus, precision and clarity of vision. It’s as if he is merely tracing what his mind’s eye projects and as fast as he is, he’s always developing his style and technique to create art faster and better. Art aside, Ogi is a funny, cheerful guy and great to work with. As skilled as he is, he does not have a big ego about his work or his abilities. He listens to critiques and suggestions from his peers and almost effortlessly applies them to make his work better. Working with him over the years has pushed me to become a better artist and animator.
Experience
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Budge Studios
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Canada
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Entertainment Providers
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100 - 200 Employee
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Senior Animator & Rigger
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Nov 2022 - Present
Thoroughly enjoying making character animations. Thoroughly enjoying making character animations.
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PokerStars
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Ireland
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Entertainment Providers
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700 & Above Employee
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Artist
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Feb 2018 - Nov 2022
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Jam Filled
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Canada
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Entertainment
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300 - 400 Employee
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Animator
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Aug 2017 - Feb 2018
3D Character animator on "Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures! The Movie" 3D Character animator on "Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures! The Movie"
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Animator / 3D Artist
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Mar 2014 - Oct 2016
Lead Animator & Rigger on 2 unnanounced licenced titles • Set up rigging and animation 3DS Max to Unity piplines for entire team • Animated the main playable characters, and enemy bosses • Consulted the art director and game designers on 3D techniques • Modeled and textured biped characters 3D Artist on "Smurfs' Village Magic Meadow" (iOS) • concept art; character and environment • 3D art asset production; model, texture, rig • 3D character and creature animations 2D Artist on "Smurfs' Village" (iOS, Android) • 2D character designs and animations Show less
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Concept Artist / Illustrator / Animator
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Jun 2011 - Mar 2014
Specialize in character development • mobile game development: character designs, character animations (2D and 3D), background art • various graphic novel conceptual designs • cover illustrations • motion comics / cinematics • character animation Specialize in character development • mobile game development: character designs, character animations (2D and 3D), background art • various graphic novel conceptual designs • cover illustrations • motion comics / cinematics • character animation
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PineLake
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United States
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Real Estate
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Animator
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Mar 2013 - Sep 2013
Animator on various BlackBerry projects • production of 2D animated promotional videos using AfterEffects Animator on various BlackBerry projects • production of 2D animated promotional videos using AfterEffects
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Tecmo Koei Canada, Inc.
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Computer Games
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1 - 100 Employee
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Concept Artist & Animator
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Jul 2008 - Mar 2011
Concept Artist on "Warriors: Legends of Troy" (PS3, Xbox360) • created concepts for human characters and monster bosses (rough and final) • developed mood and action paintings to visualize the look of the game • turnaround model sheets for boss characters • storyboarded action sequences for playable character attacks and boss battles • made a promotional painting for the announcement of the game • developed animatics for promotional trailer Animator on "Warriors: Legends of Troy" (PS3, Xbox360) • animated the boss characters, and the boss vs character quicktime events • animated playable characters (keyframe and/or motion capture reference) • worked with designers to develop attacks for playable characters and bosses • vehicle and prop animations according to time period Animator on "Dynasty Warriors 7" (PS3, Xbox360) • animated attack actions for various playable characters (grounded, jumping and on horseback) • posed main characters for promotional material Show less
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Animator
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May 2007 - Jun 2008
Animator on "Nuts 'n' Bots", "Antics" and other short animated clips • Responsible for making short films and video game cut-scenes individually from start to finish to expand company’s demo reel • Duties included all aspects of film-making: story, concepts, storyboards, modeling, texturing, rigging, animating, lighting, rendering, compositing and sound effects • Contributed to the team with all client projects, including pre-vis flythroughs, storyboarding, conceptual drawings, animations, and final renders Show less
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Education
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2004 - 2008
Sheridan College
Bachelors, Applied Arts - Animation
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