Thursday, May 21, 2009

Coloured Ivan






various Ivans in costumes. Easter Bunny costume, Cupid costume, Ivan with new eyes, Ivan at home, Ivan original

Saturday, May 2, 2009

Concepto in F (Gershwin)


Just some more concept work. Mostly faces, some body and costume designs as well.

I hope everyone's having a great weekend.


-Michael

Friday, May 1, 2009

Elves 2.0


So I thought about redesigning the elves to fit in with the whole astronaut thing were going with in regards to Santa's sleigh etc. But now finding out how much M. loved my originals I'm a little uncertain. I do like the numbers though, makes sense if they all look the same.
- PG
PS. This month has been the shittest ever, could be tiredness, could be stress, but since last night I've felt better, so looking into working on weekends and probably try to not go to uni as much. Bad of me I know, but what must be done must be done.

"Charred Actors" or "Characters"


Because he's a fire breathing Dragon, you see. Therein lies the humour. Comedy 101. Anyway...

Some conceptualizations of incidental characters based on Peter Gawrych's sketches, accompanied by my musings.

Elves: I loved Peter's drawing. There's basically nothing I'd change about it - this is just my take on it. I also like the idea of having only one elf model - it really sells the idea of slave labour sweat shops. Plus it makes our job easier in having to design fewer characters.
Cupid: I drew some inspiration from Baby Herman. Cupid is one of those perpetually youthful characters, but he's been around for a while so has built up a lot of life experience. He's seen his share of the world and developed a bitter cynasism as a result, as anyone would who spent a lot of time around happy couples. So the idea was an older man trapped in a baby's body. I tried allow the years to show on him.
Easter Bunny: I thought of him as a vacant junkie. Josh Huf's background of his home with the garage attached made me think he could possibly have set up a speed lab in there. And what better way to smuggle and distribute drugs than inside easter eggs - I mean, who would suspect? I tried to make him a spaced out, burnt out rabbit. Pfft, silly rabbit - tricks are for kids!
Tooth Fairy: Peter's drawing was great. I loved her attitude. But in the words of Eugene Struthers, I wanted to take it to a, "WHOLE... NUVA... LEVEL!" And who has more 'tude than Queen Latifah. So I based her face on a combination of QL, Diana Ross, Whitney Houston and Ella Fitzgerald. Get the diva status really up there.
Wang (tee hee): Was perfect. Didn't need or want to change a thing. Tweaked with the eyes a little to make them expressive. Happy with the simplicity of him.


So hopefully knock over some model sheets tomorrow. I'll keep you posted. Geddit? Because it's a blog, you see. Anyway...

SEACREST OUT!

- Michael