Welcome to the Animation Direct web site

My name is Hugh Walker and I have been working as a freelance computer animator since 1995, creating broadcast quality animated graphics for video, television, and the multimedia industry.

Located in Lancashire, England I offer a service to companies world wide, who require high quality 3D computer animations at reasonable prices.

Before moving into animation I worked as an architectural technician using AutoCAD and other software. Due to this experience my animations tend to be technically accurate as well as visually appealing.

I have worked mainly on industrial type animations, construction, safety, engineering and design visualization, these are often used at trade shows or to support a sales presentations. The software that I use for animation is 3D Studio MAX along with Combustion for compositing animation and video and creating special effects.

More recently I have branched out into character animation using Discreet's Character Studio. This has enabled me to populate theme parks and accident reconstructions as well as live theater sequences with detailed animated characters.

Have a look at the Gallery and Animations pages on this site to see what I have been up to.

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"Hugh always gives us more than we asked for, because he always brings added-value with his vision of what we're trying to achieve. Many times we've stretched him to the leading edge of technology and each time he's turned up trumps for us." Kevin Rossiter of Rossiter and Co

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