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Publisher: Focal Press
Author: Richard Rickitt
Behind the scenes on landmark movies such as King Kong, the Star Wars trilogy, Pirates of the Caribbean, X-Men, Predator, the Alien series, Hellboy, and The Chronicles of Narnia are a host of visionary and often obsessive artists, designers, painters, illustrators, sculptors, and animatronic engineers who transform a sketch or a few words from a script into convincing characters with a life and personality of their own.
Designing Movie Creatures and Characters reveals the inside story of how creatures of the imagination are brought to life onscreen–told by the makers themselves, and illustrated with exclusive, behind-the-scenes shots from hundreds of movies. Learn what inspires and motivates these skilled artists; how the Weta Workshop began; how Walt Conti builds swimming robot sharks and whales; how Patrick Tatopoulos creates his stunning designs; how molds, creature suits, eye mechanisms, and masks are constructed; and how dedicated artists bring characters to life in front of the camera, using suits, make-up, animatronics, puppets, masks, and CGI. Whether you are a designer, animator or an aspiring make-up artist, this book will entertain, challenge, inspire and inform.
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