Kathryn Durfee

class 4 progress reel

Kathryn Durfee — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 20:16:00 EST

Here is my work from Class 4, Introduction to Acting, with Ray Chase!. .

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wrapping up class 4

Kathryn Durfee — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 20:14:00 EST

I'm becoming nocturnal. A animampire.

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acting... poorly

Kathryn Durfee — Thu, 27 May 2010 23:30:00 EST

Acting. With dialogue.

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tip-toeing through pantomime

Kathryn Durfee — Thu, 13 May 2010 01:20:00 EST

So, I'm smack in the middle of Class 4, Introduction to Acting, with my amazing mentor (I've been really lucky when it comes to mentors) Ray Chase! The only downside to this class is that my Q&A is at midnight here on the east coast. Oh well, I'm probably my most attentive and productive around midnight, given that I never recovered from the sleep schedule I was on while bartending! This class started with a 5-week-long assignment on pantomime.

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the end of class 3...

Kathryn Durfee — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 15:54:00 EST

Where does the time go? Class 3 has come and gone, and without a break week, I'm already immersed in week 2 of Class 4! As I mentioned in previous posts, I learned a ton from animation master Wayne Gilbert during the Advanced Body Mechanics class. I now pay much closer attention to what I'm watching while reviewing video reference, and I am much more confident when moving from blocking to spline.

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catching up with Stewie

Kathryn Durfee — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:14:00 EST

Thanks to the newest fuzzy addition to my family (pictured left), I've been a tad behind on updating you all with my latest work. I'm not sure how many people drop by, but I appreciate it if you do! The past three weeks have been dedicated to the planning, blocking, and splining of the second shot in my Stewie at the Gym series: Stewie's Weight Lifting.

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stretching out stewie

Kathryn Durfee — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:25:00 EST

I know there haven't been updates in a few weeks, but just to catch you all up on the progress of my first shot in the Stewie at the Gym series: The Stretches. Or, the "stretchies," as one of my fellow AMers calls them.

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a lesson in force

Kathryn Durfee — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:28:00 EST

Greetings from week 3 of class 3. I received some great notes from my mentor Wayne on my blocking of Stewie's first gym activity, the warm-up stretches.

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re-planning stewie's warm-ups

Kathryn Durfee — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:35:00 EST

I'm moving forward with my "Stewie at the Gym" series this week, but I've revisited the reference and sketches to address some very good notes that my mentor, Wayne Gilbert, gave me. I also gave Stewie some clothes so he doesn't get kicked out of the gym.

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picking up a pencil again

Kathryn Durfee — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:07:00 EST

I tried a figure drawing class at the Fringe Collective Studio here in Athens, GA. It was definitely worthwhile since I haven't really done any non-AM-planning drawing since I left Blue Sky.

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dance, stewie, dance!

Kathryn Durfee — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:53:00 EST

As promised, I've returned to the Stewie as Sugar Plum Fairy piece that I hastily "finished" at the end of Class 2. And by returned, I mean I've opened up the frame limit a bit to accommodate a better start to the piece and have gone back to the blocking plus stage in order to get everything sorted out before going to spline.

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back to making a fool of myself...

Kathryn Durfee — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 13:38:00 EST

Class 3, Advanced Body Mechanics, has officially begun. This term, there are two choices of approaches: the Anim Jam, in which you pick a theme for all three projects, or Anim Exercise, in which you do three separate, unrelated pieces.

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sketchbook for week 1... baby sea creatures

Kathryn Durfee — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 13:18:00 EST

As it is a brand new year, I've decided that there are some things that I would like to make sure that I do on a weekly, if not daily, basis. One of them is sketching.

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wrapping up class 2

Kathryn Durfee — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 20:36:00 EST

Class 2 has come and gone. I definitely learned a lot from Dimos and my fellow classmates.

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assignment 2.3: shall we dance?

Kathryn Durfee — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 20:24:00 EST

After successfully getting Stewie to struggle through a windstorm, I decided to try and make him a little more graceful for my final assignment for the second term. After all, he has arms now! For my last assignment, I decided to go with the "simple dance move" option from the pick list.

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