Some Coraline Work

Costume and hair design for Other Spink

Other Mother in her final phase - this is a digital paint I did over a sculpt by Damon Bard. One idea for her costume (which I miss) was that she would periodically eat part of herself in her famished state. Hence the holes in the collar of her carapace.

Forcible's garden party outfit.

Coraline's wardrobe. I worked with Costume Designer Margaret Meyer on most of these. Digital illustration over Tadahiro's character design. We needed a Japanese school boy hat for reference so I spent about 3 hours scouring the web for one we could order. Eventually I found one we could get from a private school in Japan.

Costume design for Other Father's pumpkin phase.

CES Convention

I was invited to help work the MTV HP Engine room booth in Las Vegas this last week by the amazing folks at Goodby, Silverstein & Partners. We took head shots of volunteers then I digitally gave them a make over. Here's a few. It was a lot of fun! Initially I didn't think that I'd like working in public at a fast pace - many people assumed I was running an automated program that altered the faces - some were actually disappointed to learn it was only Photoshop.
I over heard one guy say, "He's cheating though - look at his Wacom tablet."

Ah well. There's always a few odd folks.

But there were a lot of generally interested folks who'd ask questions about my process and would stand behind me or sit on the floor for 10 sometimes 30 minutes. Those curious folks definitely made it worth while and were so fun to talk to.

Sharing the same table with the talented duo Misha Kline and Liz Allen (animator and illustrator) softened the alien experience considerably. I'm blown away by how fast they were able to set up and get underway - a slight taste of their work (sorry - not even slight - unfortunately it's a single photo) can be seen at this link.

Had a blast!

Coraline

The trailer for Coraline came out today! I spent the last 2 1/2 years drawing costumes, and character design for this film. It's been pretty neat to see the fruit of so many amazing, talented, and generous folks come together.

(edit - I did MINIMAL character work on this film. Most of the cast was designed by the GENIUS talents of Shane Prigmore, Shannon Tindle, Chris Appelhans, Andy Schuhler, and Dan Krall. I feel DAMN LUCKY to have seen these talented and generous guys at work.)