HAPPY 2014!!!

Work From "Pacific Rim"

In the second half of 2011 I had the incredible opportunity to work on Guillermo Del Toro's "Pacific Rim".    I spent several months doing nothing but sculpting giant monsters all day, and was able to design/sculpt one of the guys that reached the screen, the one called Leatherback.   I also co-designed the baby Kaiju along with Francisco Ruiz Velasco and Guy Davis.    And I sculpted maquettes for two Guy Davis-designed creatures, Slattern and Otachi.   Later on I got to paint the models, along with my friend Simon Lee.   Here they are, hope you will enjoy seeing these.


Molding and casting of the Kaiju maquettes were done by Steve Newburn, Sean Sansom and Jason Detheridge, who were part of the team that built the incredible looking, on-set Kaiju organs for the movie.   In addition to this, since I left the production before Otachi could be molded, Sean and Steve also sculpted in the wing membranes between the arms of Otachi, and detailed the scales under the arms and tails, which I couldn't get to before the sculpture was cut apart for molding.   Anthony Veilleux also helped with molding- and a few others were involved with molding/casting, which I cannot think of at this point two years after the fact...so if you were one of them, please leave a note in the comments, thanks!

New Gnomon Workshop Dvd

I did another Gnomon Workshop dvd last year (2012), this time sculpting a full figured male orangutan.   I think primate anatomy is a good starting point for anyone who wants to design monsters, so I hope people will find this useful.

The dvd was released just this week.  If you're interested in a dvd where an ape sculpture gets fleshed out in clay, from wire armature to finished sculpt, please check out this link to the Gnomon website:

http://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/store/product/1052/Sculpting-a-Stylized-Character#.UfHuA-CUCiw

Woodwose

Here is the woodwose, half man, half hipster.    It has its roots in European lore, and is often seen on coats of arms.   Some say the figure of the woodwose symbolizes man's interconnectedness with nature, like the Green Man.   I say it symbolizes that  it's about time you got a haircut and had a shower.    And put some shoes on, for God's sake!

MAD LORD THORNTORN

Mad Lord Thorntorn, twenty-eighth earl of the fallen Glamcaster Castle...

Paint up of a drawing I did for my friend Paul Tobin.   Check out Paul's site at

http://paultobin.blogspot.com/

New Piece..."CLAW"

Here's my newest piece...a lobster that masquerades as a man...

Sigh.  When will lobsters ever learn to just be proud of what they are?

Alternative Paint Job for Sashimi

Here is an alternative paint job for my Sashimi piece, with an improvement on the painting of the fish and crabs in the base.