2011 reel - before MA studies. Check my YouTube channel and see how much I improved.
Hi! I'm Raff (formally Rafal) and I'm currently a 24 year old animator living in Middlesbrough, UK.
I was born in January 1988 in Warsaw. For my higher education I chose BA (Hons) Computer Games Modelling and Animation at University of Derby (Great Britain). I've learned there many great things and aqquired essential skills to be an Graphic Artist. Also, I felt - well, hard to say - that 'something' to animation (if you're interested in 'How Raff started his journey with animation', please read this).
After I graduated, I started thinking of internship to boost my qualifications. Since October 2010, I was working in 'Simple Frame' post-production studio in Warsaw. There is no better way to learn new skills in such a fast tempo than working in a group, especially doing commercial work. For 9 months I was doing 3D art and animation for many customers. Also, I learned how to use Avid DS, which made me a good online artist.
In summer 2011 I decided to continue my education, especially in 3D animation field in which I was most interested. So, since October 2011 I've been studying MA Digital Character Animation at University of Teesside, Great Britain, and I think I'm doing great.
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I'm available for freelance work, so don't hesitate to say 'Hi, I like what you're doing!'.
If you like what you have seen, have any question about my work, want to say how cool I am, or just want to write to somebody, feel free to get in touch. I will try to reply as soon as humanly possible.
rafal.schubert[at]gmail.com
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Bionicle
April 25, 2011
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At my previous work, when we had spare moments, we started thinking of creating short animation to show off our skills. My friend (postproduction artist) and I started planning and creating concepts. On archive storage drive we have found Lego Bionicle unfinished model, so we said 'hey, why shouldn't we make another robot animation, but this time it will be giantic and creepy Lego character'. 
So, basically, I fixed some things in rigging, created UV's and textures in one month. A lot of work to do.
Next, we have designed 'District 9 + Transformers' themed weapon. Took me two weeks to get this baby going.
Click here to see it in action.
I did the similar thing with hologram.
The enironment was mostly generated in 3rd party software. However, I had to model close-up buildings and props.
Every week we had less time to work on this project. We revised our story, just to show key elements.
When everything was ready, according to you storyboard I've animated robot (three weeks time) and started rendering in V-ray. To see the animation, please click here.
Unfortunately, at this stage we had to cancel our production, because we didn't have much more time.
Maybe one day we will reanimate it.