A few weeks ago I saw a really nifty character design he'd sketched for Verne the turtle in "Over the Hedge". Since then, I've done a few searches on google - and really can't find more pictures of drawings he's done. Does anyone know if he's got a blog or if any website hosts pictures of anything else he's drawn/painted? I'm not looking for stills from movies in which he's animated - unless, I suppose, they're rough pencil drawings. I'm just curious about his technique, and his design sensibilities, now that I've seen that picture -- but I'm having no luck finding more.
Thanks!
Oh, or, if he's in any "The Art Of..."-type books, or any issues of Draw!, or anything I like that, I'd be interested in something like that too.
This is a little off the topic of Nicholas Marlet sketches ... but since I can't find a blog or website for the talented Mr. Marlet , I thought I'd point out that his equally talented associate , Jakob Jensen, has a blog where he has posted a number of images of his designs for "Over The Hedge".
Jakob's work is quite amazing and inspirational , too.
http://jakobhjensen.blogspot.com/search?q=over+hedge
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Wow, thanks!
Seeing the beautiful designs from those two talents really makes me wish that the film had been hand-drawn.
3D character design has to look complex because they need to base the 3D animation on high detail.
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If that film had been hand-drawn at the level of detail in those sketches, they'd still be working on it... ;)
Yeah, but it would look pretty damn cool when they finished it 5 years from now. :D
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...we must all face a choice, between what is right... and what is easy."
Well, on the other hand, if the film had been hand-drawn at a level of detail merely approximating those sketches - scarcely approaching it -, it would've done wonders to revitalize drawn animation and delighted people in a wholly unique way. But where there isn't a will, well, you know...
EDIT: Thanks for your input, Brio. But I've got to say that I don't believe the finished characters in the movie looked much like the design in any aspect other than broad silhouette. There's a quality of charm and intensity of character - not to mention a level of aesthetic sophistication - that is, despite commendable effort on the part of the professionals involved with the 3D end, lacking in the finished, 3D-modelled picture.
Perhaps that's just my taste, though. I'm hopelessly biased towards hand-drawn.