January 09, 2013

Monster Robot Crocodile Head from Peter Pan



Hydraulic crocodile head built for P.J. Hogan's Peter Pan movie.
It incorporates Greg's principle of delayed precision in order to achieve smooth organic body movement.

It was made for John Cox's creature workshop.
Hydraulic engineering by Trevor Tighe. Facial mechs by Sonny Tilders and Greg McKee.
The skin is foam latex.

Sculpture by David Renn in small maquette size, then digitally laser scanned and carved out of blocks of polystyrene foam by a robot milling system in John Cox's creature workshop.

Paint Job by Dave Renn
Facial expressions mixed with a Gilderfluke system.

The creators' experience with this approach gave Sonny and Trevor the confidence to undertake the "Walking with Dinosaurs" stage show.

Merry Christmas from Fester Fish

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Hors-d'usage

United Airlines: A Life



A beautiful commercial for United Airlines, designed and directed by Michael Dudok de Wit. Animation By Michael Dudok de Wit and Arjan Wilschut. AW animated the boy on the bike, the graduation, walk in the park, and the handshakes. The ad was produced by Ron Diamond of ACME Filmworks, LA.

January 08, 2013

The Original 'Star Wars' and 'Indiana Jones' Films as MAPS!

Philadelphia artist Andrew DeGraff has illustrated a series of maps that represents each film from the original ‘Star Wars’ trilogy. 

Each character is represented as a color line on the map that follows their progress throughout the entire film. 

Besides ‘Star Wars’, DeGraff also created another series of maps for the ‘Indiana Jones’ trilogy. 

Check out his illustrated movie maps below.

Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope 



Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back 



Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi 



Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark 



Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 



Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 
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"Postbox" by Chris O'Hara