Design Outside the Box

Really great talk from my boss Jesse Schell at this years DICE conference

Wii Games - E3 2010 - Guitar Hero 5

Acting Reference #21

Here's a cool clip from the movie Bronson. I love how you can feel all the anger & emotion that Bronson is holding in after he hears his girlfriend is marrying someone else. The little mouth movement he makes and eye darts all help sell this. The multiple little blinks he has when he says "congratulations" help convey all he's trying to hold back, really cool stuff. This is a really great independent movie that came out in 2008 which features an amazing performance by Tom Hardy who plays the main character I definitely recommend checking it out.

Acting Reference #21 from Kyle Kenworthy on Vimeo.

Frog Clean Up

Cool video about the unsung heroes of 2D, clean up artists

How To Train Your Dragon Anims

Really cool and funny animations

Winter Olympics

Man I love the Olympics! definitely recommend watching. Tons of great reference for body mechanics & poses

Acting Reference #20

Another great clip from Leo (wow this is like my 3rd Leo clip, guess I'm a fan haha) this one from The Departed. Really like all the gestures & facial expressions going on here. Especially the little hand twirl he does when he says "if only f*@king here" It's a really original & expressive gesture, which makes it much more interesting.
!Warning Profanity!

Dino Walk Cycle

Found this free rig on the internet, always wanted to do a Dinosaur animation, so I made this quick walk cycle.

Sculpting Tutorial

My friend Irene Matar just started a really cool sculpting tutorial blog where you can follow along and learn her process as she creates a sculpture. Click the image to head over there!

Cars 2 Concept Art

First released concept art for Cars 2

Movie Stills #5

Crying

Bandito

Really cool short from Brad Kinley, click image to watch

Acting Reference #19

I uploaded this clip from About Schmidt (great movie) because I love the gestures the woman is making. They are very quick & erratic and really help sell her anger. She also has some really nice hand poses too. Her big/quick gestures played against Jack Nicholson's more subtle/slow movements creates nice contrast, which makes the scene much more interesting.

Funny Short

Funny little short, I love how simple, yet expressive the characters are. Really great timing too

Acting Reference #18

I really love this little clip from Solaris. There is so much emotion being conveyed from the eyes. There's also some awesome subtle mouth movements going on at the end. They say the eyes are the window to the soul, so don't forget to make their movements have meaning. Also a big fan of Natascha McElhone, she's a great underrated actress.


Acting Reference #18 from Kyle Kenworthy on Vimeo.

Toy Story 3 Color Script Art

Believe the Hype

If you haven't seen Avatar, go see it! Visually stunning! James Cameron never disappoints, I recommend seeing it in 3D if you can.

Directors Roundtable

Cool video of Kathryn Bigelow (THE HURT LOCKER), James Cameron (AVATAR), Lee Daniels (PRECIOUS), Peter Jackson (THE LOVELY BONES), Jason Reitman (UP IN THE AIR), and Quentin Tarantino (INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS) just sitting around talking about their craft. There are three parts, make sure to check em all out!!

Acting Reference #17

I uploaded this video because it has a lot of nice subtlety. Rose McGowan pretty much stays in the same basic pose during the entire shot, but she does a great job of working within it. A lot of nice details going on in her shoulders, eyes, her hand (playing with the curtain) Trying to add some of these small subtle details can really take your shot to the next level.