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2026 Demo Reel: Iwájú (Disney+) - David Shepstone
This is my character animation work from the Disney + show Iwájú.
David Shepstone
Animator & Technical Artist
Character animator, animation instructor, technical artist, and Maya tools developer with feature film, television, VFX, and games experience.
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2026 This is my character animation work from the Disney + show Iwájú.
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2024 Combined reel of feature, television, and training work.
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A production-focused Maya toolkit that removes repetitive setup from blocking, polish, and shot handoff — so animators can spend their time animating.
A web-based lesson planning tool built around the BOPPPS instructional design model — Bridge-in, Objectives, Pre-assessment, Participatory Learning, Post-assessment, Summary.
A digital exposure sheet for traditional and hybrid animators — plan timing, layers, sound sync, and frame-by-frame breakdowns the way animators have always worked.
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KeyOverlay is a lightweight Windows utility that displays keyboard presses, mouse clicks, scrolling activity, and cursor highlights in real time. Version 0.2.0 introduces a customizable interface, improved positioning controls, optional keystroke sounds, and several performance and reliability improvements.
Log My Time is a streamlined, offline-first web app for tracking work hours, organizing clients, creating reports, and preparing invoices.
A free interactive web tool for quickly converting between fractional inches, decimal inches, and millimetres using a visual ruler graduated to 1/64 inch.
Open to animation commissions, freelance technical art, and collaborations on tools and pipeline work.
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