tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-945544488393054172024-03-18T03:04:14.683-04:00Kyle Kenworthy's Animation BlogKyle Kenworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05670008030303076798noreply@blogger.comBlogger419125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-94554448839305417.post-12036913331756975392018-10-03T08:03:00.001-04:002018-10-03T08:03:09.059-04:00Blog Shutting DownFYI as you may have noticed I haven't updated this blog in well over a year. If you want to follow what I'm up to I recommend you follow me on twitter (where I post often).<br />
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<br />Kyle Kenworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05670008030303076798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-94554448839305417.post-18572579173313764362017-03-17T08:52:00.001-04:002017-03-17T08:52:24.757-04:00Body Mechanics Student ShowcaseStudent showcase from my Body Mechanics class.<br />
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<br />Kyle Kenworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05670008030303076798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-94554448839305417.post-11813859615796677932017-01-18T07:53:00.001-05:002017-01-18T07:53:59.553-05:00Acting Reference #98Great reaction shot of Sam Neill in Hunt For The Wilderpeople. Lots of nice eye darts & expression changes. This was one of my favorite movies of the year, definitely recommend checking it out.<br />
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NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED. ALL CONTENT BELONGS TO ITS RIGHTFUL OWNERS. FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLYKyle Kenworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05670008030303076798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-94554448839305417.post-75557886768677423272016-09-27T07:48:00.001-04:002016-09-27T07:48:40.552-04:00Acting Reference #96If you haven't done it already, check out Stranger Things on Netflix. It has some of the best kid performances I've seen in years. I especially love the work of Millie Bobby Brown who plays Eleven. She does such an amazing job of emoting so much in a very subtle believable way. The moment she opens the music box is a perfect example of this. The shoulder movement, breathing in, her brow expressions. It's all so expressive and readable, yet subtle and not over the top.<div>
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<a href="https://vimeo.com/184334923">Acting Reference #96</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/kylekenworthy">Kyle Kenworthy</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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Kyle Kenworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05670008030303076798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-94554448839305417.post-77785126323986034242016-08-09T09:36:00.001-04:002016-08-09T09:36:46.336-04:00Acting Reference #95Great performance and emotion from Ruby Dee in American Gangster. I especially love the intensity in her last line of dialogue "I will leave you". Take note of the finger point she uses during this line - instead of it being in sync/in line with the dialogue, it comes at the end of her delivery, almost as if its an exclamation point....great stuff.
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NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED. ALL CONTENT BELONGS TO ITS RIGHTFUL OWNERS. FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLYKyle Kenworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05670008030303076798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-94554448839305417.post-15577144865028948272016-08-02T08:29:00.003-04:002016-08-02T08:29:49.815-04:00Acting Reference #94Some great exaggerated facial expressions from Marisa Tomei in My Cousin Vinny.<br />
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<a href="https://vimeo.com/171567060">Acting Reference #94</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/kylekenworthy">Kyle Kenworthy</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED. ALL CONTENT BELONGS TO ITS RIGHTFUL OWNERS. FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLYKyle Kenworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05670008030303076798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-94554448839305417.post-67255324049583394852016-07-15T09:24:00.000-04:002016-07-15T09:24:29.467-04:00Anim: Mr. Button's Bow TieLatest personal animation. 2D elements were done using Maya's grease pencil and the outline was added in After Effects.<br />
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<a href="https://vimeo.com/174656064">Mr. Button's Bow Tie</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/kylekenworthy">Kyle Kenworthy</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.Kyle Kenworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05670008030303076798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-94554448839305417.post-68272908698817368882016-07-14T08:03:00.000-04:002016-07-14T08:03:21.873-04:00Body Mechanics ClassI'm running my Body Mechanics class again - an 8 week class starting July 25th. Hope to see ya there! and check out a couple student shots from the previous class.<br />
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Maxence Charles<br />
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<a href="https://vimeo.com/165277208">Pirate attacks - Body Mechanics Sequence - Maxence CHARLES -</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/user22841265">Maxence Charles</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.
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Craig Johnston<br />
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<a href="https://vimeo.com/173224366">The Dentist - Anim Test</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/craigjohnston">Craig Johnston</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.Kyle Kenworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05670008030303076798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-94554448839305417.post-31461028483752022982016-05-25T07:25:00.003-04:002016-05-25T07:25:21.789-04:00Anim: Adventurer FlipQuick test animation for fun - rig by <a href="http://www.3dfiggins.com/Store/" target="_blank">Kiel Figgins</a><br />
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<a href="https://vimeo.com/167934635">Adventurer: Touchdown Raiz</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/kylekenworthy">Kyle Kenworthy</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.Kyle Kenworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05670008030303076798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-94554448839305417.post-64615409565617880812016-05-03T08:02:00.002-04:002016-05-03T08:02:37.621-04:00Tuesday Tip: Scaling KeysIf you’re scaling, keys end up on weird in-between frames. Make sure to “snap” them to whole numbers before moving on.<br />
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I'm running my video game animation class again - 4 weeks, tons of fun! Hope to see you there. Click the image to check it out.</div>
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NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED. ALL CONTENT BELONGS TO ITS RIGHTFUL OWNERS. FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLYKyle Kenworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05670008030303076798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-94554448839305417.post-14226182528618980452016-02-09T10:09:00.000-05:002016-02-09T10:09:02.896-05:00The Keys: Jurassic Park<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="281" mozallowfullscreen="" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/154716473?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="500"></iframe> <br />
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One of my favorite shots in Jurassic Park<br /><br /> I did not create this:<br /> © Universal<br /> For Educational Purposes OnlyKyle Kenworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05670008030303076798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-94554448839305417.post-36606882191345422842016-02-08T09:23:00.000-05:002016-02-08T09:23:26.959-05:00Acting Reference #92Another great example of working within a pose from Fargo. When the guy talking mentions "Mrs Mora" he gestures behind him with his thumb out. Watch how long he stays within this pose. If one was animating this line, it would have been very tempting to have him make more gestures after this. When creating your keys, try a pass with as few as possible and see if you can make it work.<br />
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<a href="https://vimeo.com/154591222">Acting Reference #92</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/kylekenworthy">Kyle Kenworthy</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.Kyle Kenworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05670008030303076798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-94554448839305417.post-26880587275844657372016-02-05T11:30:00.002-05:002016-02-05T11:30:29.600-05:00Anim: Mountain ManLatest personal animation. The rig is from Joe Daniel's Body Mechanics pack, which I modified. Took me about 4 days on/off to complete<br />
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<a href="https://vimeo.com/154217703">Mountain Man</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/kylekenworthy">Kyle Kenworthy</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.Kyle Kenworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05670008030303076798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-94554448839305417.post-47435076965084439692016-02-04T08:02:00.001-05:002016-02-04T08:02:41.966-05:00"Even Strain" Process<iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/153245746?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="500" height="281" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe>
<p><a href="https://vimeo.com/153245746">Even Strain Animation Process</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/kylekenworthy">Kyle Kenworthy</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>Kyle Kenworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05670008030303076798noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-94554448839305417.post-3537843839425188672016-01-28T13:24:00.000-05:002016-01-28T13:24:07.141-05:00Body Mechanics ClassAnother session of my Body Mechanics class is set to run this March.<br />
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You can sign up <a href="http://www.cgsociety.org/training/course/body-mechanics" target="_blank">HERE</a><br />
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<b>Pranav Panicker</b><br />
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<b>Pooja Krishnan</b><br />
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<a href="https://vimeo.com/147289834">Figure skating animation</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/user4001441">pooja</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.Kyle Kenworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05670008030303076798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-94554448839305417.post-88464068170128190312016-01-26T11:22:00.000-05:002016-01-26T11:22:08.484-05:00Water Bears VR TrailerLatest VR experience from Schell Games - I did animation on these little guys<br />
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I really like the small facial expression Oscar Isaac makes when he exhales. And the hand gesture he makes towards Domhnall Gleeson is very nice. Often when we think of gesturing towards a second character, the finger point is the first thing that comes to mind, but there are many different ways to gesture towards someone.<br />
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