Chris Burns | Llama Academy – Character Competition Winner

Competition-winning animated llama character created for the Llama Academy YouTube channel. Includes custom modeling, rigging, and animation work for educational Unity branding.

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Date

October 31, 2023

Llama Academy – Character Competition Winner

Client: Llama Academy (YouTube Channel)
Role: Character Modelling / Rigging / Animation
Tools: Zbrush, Maya, Unity

I was selected as the winner of a character competition hosted by the Llama Academy YouTube channel, a popular destination for Unity tutorials and development tips. The challenge was to model, rig, and animate a llama character that would become part of the channel’s visual branding.

The goal was to create a friendly and charming llama mascot that could be used across tutorials, introductions, and learning content. I developed the character from the ground up—designing and modelling the 3D asset, creating an animation-ready rig, and producing a variety of expressive animations suitable for different content use cases.

The character is now a recognisable part of Llama Academy’s brand identity, used in video bumpers and promotional material. It was a fun opportunity to contribute to the Unity education community and flex my skills in character development and animation.