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.

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 #16

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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Fall 09 Showreel

Acting Reference #15

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