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Acting Reference #93

Here's a great example of using composition and character positioning to further tell a story. From Back To the Future.


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The Keys: Jurassic Park

One of my favorite shots in Jurassic Park

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Acting Reference #92

Another 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.

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Anim: Mountain Man

Latest personal animation. The rig is from Joe Daniel's Body Mechanics pack, which I modified. Took me about 4 days on/off to complete

 
Mountain Man from Kyle Kenworthy on Vimeo.

"Even Strain" Process

Even Strain Animation Process from Kyle Kenworthy on Vimeo.

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Pooja Krishnan

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Water Bears VR Trailer

Latest VR experience from Schell Games - I did animation on these little guys

 

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Acting Reference #91

I'm posting this clip from The Piano because it shows off some really nice body mechanics. Most my clips involve acting, but I want to get into posting some more involving mechanics as well. The shot of the girl dancing is just gorgeous. It has a great carefree and childlike quality to it. Definitely check out this movie as it has some great performances in it as well, especially from Anna Paquin & Holly Hunter.

Acting Reference #90

Short little clip from Ex Machina (great acting in this, check it out!)
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.

 

Anim: Even Strain

Quick little dialogue test I did over the Holidays

Anim: Surfing

Quick little "animation sketch" I did. Took about 5 hrs to complete

 

The Keys: Zootopia

Very excited for this!!

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Buster Keaton - The Art of the Gag

Anyone interested in animation, or any type of storytelling should watch

Acting Reference #89

Time to start getting excited for Star Wars! Love the hesitation Alec Guinness has before answering Luke. This is a very tough question to answer and that definitely shows before his line delivery. When animating, make sure your characters are thinking...even when they are not speaking

 

Animate the Whole Face

Quick little tip I wanted to post. One of the biggest issues I see with people first starting animation (and especially when animating dialogue) is they don't think of the whole face as a unit. And I was a victim of this as well when I first started. I needed the characters' mouth to open, so I grab the jaw controller, open it up and move along. Not once thinking about how the face works and how its connected. Open your mouth as wide as you can right now....what happens? You probably widened your eyes, raised your eyebrows, your mouth corners pulled in...the whole face is involved. Think about the face as a whole unit, not just one jaw controller you open & close - it will breath so much more life into your animation.

Quick and dirty example I made - see how much more life there is once you start involving the whole face

Making of Aliens

I love watching making ofs to get inspired - here's an awesome 3 hr making of Aliens