Mermaid

Here's my entry for this weeks Art Jumble - the topic was mermaids

3 Years

Today is my 3 year anniversary at Schell Games!! Wow the time has really gone by fast. I'm so honored to be working at a great company with so many talented people!

Acting Reference #13

I uploaded this video from 12 Monkeys cause I really love the little spin that Brad Pitt does a the beginning of the clip. It has so much character and the timing on it is really cool. Adding character & personality to something as simple as turning around can really make your animation much more interesting. And Brad Pitt did a super awesome job in this movie, if you haven't seen it I definitely recommend it.

Movie Stills #4

Here's a still shot that shows a lot of anger & emotion (from Die Hard with a Vengeance). Doing things as simple as tilting your characters head down and having them look up at who they are talking too is an easy way to make them more menacing & evil.

Sum of All Thrills Opens

The Sum of All Thrills, a new ride we've been working on, opened today in EPCOT. I was on this half time and did some animation & other things for it. Was a lot of fun!


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The opening is featured on CNNs front page
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New Showreel

Haven't made a new showreel since I graduated, figured it was time to update it

Acting Reference #12

This is a great clip from Alpha Dog. There is some awesome contrast going on between these two characters. I also love the head & shoulder movement from Ben Foster (great underrated actor) at the end of the clip. Sweet stuff. !Warning! Profanity

New Anim

Every 3 weeks at work we have a lab day where you can work on whatever you want and I started this short lip sync on the last one.

1st Pass Spline


Blocking

Movie Stills #3

Sadness

Cowboy

Evolution of a Shot

Awesome video from Jeff Gabor showing his progression through a shot in Ice Age 3

Acting Reference #11

This is a great clip from Javier Bardem in No Country For Old Men. I love the brow raise at the end which he uses to emphasize the point he is trying to make. Sweet stuff

Acting Reference #10

I really like this clip from Superman Returns. There's some nice brow stuff and I like how you feel he's in a rush and has multiple things going on at once. The "thinking" is very believable.

Thinking: Superman Returns from Kyle on Vimeo.

Star Trek Wars

Made this for one of our company art challenges

Kyle Reese

In honor of the new Terminator movie, the second coolest "Kyle" of all time.

=kyle