Hugo & Oscar

Here are more sketches for Hugo, following George Méliès through the streets of Paris. During my research I came across the films of French director René Clair and must have been so impressed that all my illustration ended up in black and white only. Strangely, everyone seemed to be okay with it.



Funny enough, it is a b/w silent movie that takes a well deserved win at the Oscars®. Hugo gets credit for the Best Achievement in Art Direction and is awarded for Excellence in Production Design by the Art Directors Guild.

little Hugo

update

More samples from Hugo in my online portfolio here.

storyboard

a few frames from the HUGO opening sequence...

Three Musketeers

A few illustrations for the Film 'Three Musketeers'. More sample images are on my website.



Although I doubt that Leonardo would have designed an airship the way it is shown below, the idea behind it isn't as far-fetched as one would assume...



In 1783 the Montgolfier brothers had made a public demonstration of a hot air balloon in order to establish their claim to its invention. King Louis XVI proposed to launch two criminals, but it is most likely that the inventors decided to send 3 living beings, not the Musketeers :) but a sheep, a duck, and a rooster. The flight lasted 8 minutes, covered two miles, and obtained an altitude of about 1,500 feet.

Wickie II

Wickie is a life-action version of the japanese cartoon from the seventies. I came in when the film was already shot to add some designs for digital sets. For comparison I posted the final shots as they appear in the film.

Wicked

business lunch

on and on...

"Weiter, weiter ins Verderben.
Wir müssen leben bis wir sterben."

— Till Lindemann

Your Highness again

A very busy weekend in Belfast, back in 2009. Within 2 days I had to illustrate costumes of all the main characters. It is funny how time pressure makes you think of more efficient ways to render detail. Some of the default brushes in photoshop create interesting patterns when you mess around with the spacing in the brushes window.
I posted the detail above that explains the technique very well.
It really starts working once you zoom out.