Georges intro to the world!

Here is Georges introduction to the world, his stuff will be on youtube via:
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSLwVJVGKFZcSQYXu5_amhQ


Georges intro to the world from Kyle Bennett on Vimeo.

Welcome to my life reboot

Welcome to my life is now back in full production after a long long time, please check out the making of blog for it here: http://welcometomylifeanimation.blogspot.co.uk/
Thank you
More updates soon

Model making (robot sculpture)

Here's a quick post showing the making of a small sculpture i made recently of a robot.

I first took the image of the robot drawn by the wonderful concept artist Megan Potter (please see link below for more of her work)

Megan potter - Concept art and VFX

 

First i outlined the design of the robot on a piece of cut blue foam

 

I then used thick wire and super sculpy to make the legs and feet

 

 

I added more detail to the body using super sculpy and wire, i then hardened it all and painted it black

 

 

After this stage i built the arms again using sculpy and wire, i then glued the four arms (two large, two smaller) into place using a glue gun (superglue burns through the foam and makes it unusable)

 

 

I then painted the model using a green, silver, white and yellow to make the finished piece

 

 



Finished model



11 second club update

As i mentioned in my last post, i am doing the 11 second club this month, it's been a really fun little project to work on and has been really enjoyable.
The animation is now finished and so i thought I'd post it up here for all to see, i hope you enjoy it.

The mouths i used for this puppet

Here i am hard at work animating him

(Update)
The film is now up on the 11 second club website: http://www.11secondclub.com/
Make sure you visit and vote, i'm keeping my fingers crossed and am now getting ready to start this months animation, more updates soon, thanks for watching guys

Also I have now finished work on the music video i was working on, (more on that soon) and I now have big things planned for the future, i will give more details when things are finalised but these are very exciting times, keep on watching.

11 second club

Okay, so i've been working on animating the animated music video for the past few weeks with a busy looking week coming up soon.

But still i thought for a little light and fun animation i'd do the 11 second club this month.
I have never actually done an animation for the 11 second club but i thought i'd give it a go.

I have made up a puppet and i'll make up a simple set over the next few days and create a dope sheet for the animation and then after next weeks busy animating i'll take a break by animating.... some more....

Anyway, here is the puppet i have made for the animation:

11 second club website: http://www.11secondclub.com/

(Update below)

Here is an updated photo of my character on set, it needs a few bits adding to make it look more like an office, but this is the shot i am going to use for the animation.

Rock climbing tests for music video

I am very exited at the moment, as not only am i now working on recreating an old animation series that i have been longing to start for a long time, but I have also been asked to animate on a stop motion animated music video for a well known band.

I am not sure how much information i can disclose at present but to prepare for this animation i have been doing some very basic tests with an old armature.

I was told to practise rock climbing animation and here is what i have so far:



Rock climbing animation from Kyle Bennett on Vimeo.


Rock climbing animation 2 from Kyle Bennett on Vimeo.

 

 

 

I have also started doing animation tests on the real puppets and sets, but i will have to ask permission before putting up anything from the acual video.

I start animating on this project properly Monday morning, i am very much looking forward to it.

As for my other project, i will post more soon.

Keep following 





Voice acting

I do a bit of voice acting every now and again for various things and will be voicing some characters on my next big upcoming project (stay tuned)



 

As you can see I've also had many different hair colours and styles.

 

The most recent voice acting i have done is for student Faye Wombwell's final film 'The garden gang'

See her stuff here: http://phazeanimations.blogspot.co.uk/

 

I am currently working on a couple of big projects and am voice acting for one of them, so keep checking regularly and i should have more up soon