alex maniotis
alexmaniotis.bsky.social
alex maniotis
@alexmaniotis.bsky.social
Senior Gameplay & Cinematic Animator - Unreal / Unity | Maya / 3dsMax

🎮 Passionate about Games and Animation 🎨
Animating combat moves and characters is my heartbeat.

https://vimeo.com/user210380223
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Inspired by Expedition 33, we made an RPG sample in UE.
I made hero animations + cameras in UE, samurai in Maya.
Env/lighting: Soïzic Gremont
VFX: Shomair Hanuk
SFX: Bernardo Vidal
Music: Claudio Bianchi
Cams/renders/comms: Nicolo' Bacialli
Statue: Gael Ajas | Rig: Kiel Figgins
youtu.be/URZvlWwnAs8
𝗧𝘂𝗿𝗻-𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗙𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘀𝘆 𝗥𝗣𝗚
YouTube video by alex maniotis
youtu.be
𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗹𝘀 𝗕𝗼𝘀𝘀. ⚔️
Animation by me
VFX:Martin Romero
DarkKnight Rig:Ahmed Sagov
Ruined Crypt:ScanFactory
Beast Rig & Iron Coffin:Naked Singularity Studio
Music:Elden Ring/Tsukasa Saitoh

#UnrealEngine #UE5 #GameplayAnimation #GameAnimation #Animation #Souls #BossFight #CharacterAnimation #PersonalProject
October 7, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Reposted by alex maniotis
Studios are about to start asking, can you animate in engine? Most animators can't yet. Learn the principles properly in Maya, there's no better tool for it, then start playing with Unreal and control rigs now. Get used to it early and you're ahead of the curve. I think it's coming, right?
June 22, 2026 at 12:04 PM
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Unreal 5.8 is almost here and the curve editor finally feels like Maya. One button gives you a simple view, layers isolate the keys you are working on, frame jumps are clean. If Unreal's animation tools put you off before, this is the update to test. #UnrealEngine #Animation
June 23, 2026 at 12:04 PM
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Weekly Video is now out, @alexmaniotis.bsky.social and I take you through the new features for animators in UE 5.8. I wonder if this will get people to finally make the jump from Maya to Unreal? Let me know how you feel about it once you give it a watch:

youtu.be/DqgJVoV88p4
Unreal Engine 5 8 is Finally Taking Animators Seriously
YouTube video by Harvey Newman
youtu.be
June 5, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Inspired by Expedition 33, we made an RPG sample in UE.
I made hero animations + cameras in UE, samurai in Maya.
Env/lighting: Soïzic Gremont
VFX: Shomair Hanuk
SFX: Bernardo Vidal
Music: Claudio Bianchi
Cams/renders/comms: Nicolo' Bacialli
Statue: Gael Ajas | Rig: Kiel Figgins
youtu.be/URZvlWwnAs8
𝗧𝘂𝗿𝗻-𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗙𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘀𝘆 𝗥𝗣𝗚
YouTube video by alex maniotis
youtu.be
February 26, 2026 at 8:52 AM
Reposted by alex maniotis
February 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
To me, my X-Men!
I’m so happy to share with you my tribute to one of my favorite X-Men.

👉 Video:
youtu.be/-E7yH37U70A
👉 Combat prototype gameplay build: 🎮
alexmaniotis.itch.io/x-men-cyclops
👉 Free Cyclops Maya rig:
apmaniotis.gumroad.com/l/ageqse
X-Men: Cyclops Gameplay
YouTube video by alex maniotis
youtu.be
November 27, 2024 at 7:38 PM
Reposted by alex maniotis
Shao Nian Walk

This was an animation I made as part of a larger #UE project I created in order to learn about implementation and state machines.

Rig by @kielfiggins.bsky.social

#maya #cg #animation #3d
November 19, 2024 at 7:05 PM
I’m Alex, a senior gameplay/cutscene animator and game dev at heart. Passionate about breathing life into characters through game engines.

Hardcore gamer since gamepads had no joysticks!
Drawn to epic fantasy, sci-fi & superhero worlds.🎮

Reach out, I’m your friendly neighborhood game-Animator!😁
November 17, 2024 at 2:09 PM