Wednesday, March 29, 2006

Rejected Designs



Here are a few designs I did for a movie I was working on. I used the shape tool because the "directors" wanted a "Cartoon Network" type look for this 3d movie. I had fun learning the shape tool at least.

20 comments:

Anonymous said...

No no no! Too appealing! Try again!

Maddie said...

Maybe you could make it a little more like Steve Silver's stuff...

Martin Wittig said...

Nice!! Really appealing designs!

Jeremy Bernstein said...

These are cool...looking good!

Knife and Onions said...

A Cartoon Network style? jeez! And what is that exactly?... sigh!

Anyway! I hope you can use these funny designs for something else!

In fact, I may steal the monkey! Hyuk, hyuk, hyuk!

(not really!)

("steal the monkey" sounds like a euphemism!... he he... "I caught him stealing the monkey!... disgusting!")

Jastolfo said...

You can never go wrong with monkeys. NEVER! lol
Great stuff.

Jenny Lerew said...

Super-neat! You worked wonders with that shape tool!

Jeff said...

Maybe you can do a Chippy and Loopus in this style??? T'would be nice!

John S. said...

Should I do a drawing, or a whole strip?

Osgood McSonogram said...

Pff, if I was a producer on Curious George, I woulda set these on fire and thrown them back in your face too! And stay out Mr. Original-Boy!

Jeff said...

Nah just do a drawing. It would take too long to color a whole strip.

J said...

Cool stuff John

warren said...

Robo,

These are cool, but it sucks they're trying to get you change your natural style for a 3D show.

Give it a go with a new style for the strip!

the doodlers said...

Huh. That lil' monkey is waaaay too cute.

SteveLambe said...

Those look awesome. I'd love to have seen them explore this direction for the movie. Pity!

OV! said...

AWESOME JOHN! man these are so freakin appealing. shape tool? whats that?

>oVi

chris chua said...

great monkey design! Keep 'em coming

John S. said...

tnyOvi!
The shape tool is that little pen icon in the tool box in Photoshop. It's fun! I think you'd like it!
Thanks Steve! They may go in a direction like this, but they rejected my take on the characters, saying they were too youthful.
Doodlers! Thanks! I think that maybe the directors thought he was too cute.
Chris! Thanks! I'm a big admirer of your stuff so that means a lot!
Thanks everyone!

Chris Battle said...

Dead-on CNS style! I guess we're pretty easy to caricature...

Jason Lethcoe said...

Great stuff!