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MemberOvomorph01/19/2012Looking at our dear friend beardyman:
[img]http://www.empireonline.com/images/uploaded/prometheus28.jpg[/img]
[img]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yR557fUQG3U/TvJo0n4YYfI/AAAAAAAAAVc/ATIJT8UO8OA/s1600/prometheus_teaser_3_10.jpg[/img]
I can't help but notice, he's not really much of a mutant is he? He's just sort of charred. Now I know the crew turning into mutants has never been confirmed as a plot point, but for the purpose of this discussion let's just pretend it has been.
I hope Ridley has gone with an R-rated base for the film (regardless of what rating gets cut later), because we might end up with some really scary stuff.
[img]http://lh6.ggpht.com/-4CNUZEIc4hQ/SNNWIjlYu6I/AAAAAAAAAIk/9SGskWcB6Jw/Giger-Necronom_II.jpg[/img]
(Sans the excessive penises).
If he's gone with a PG-13 base for the film I've got a bad feeling the mutants will just be a bit half-arsed:
[img]http://images.t-nation.com/forum_images/f/3/f329b_ORIG-the_descent_gal_scary.jpg[/img]
I'm counting on beardy man being in the first stages of mutation.
What do you guys think? If mutation occurs; how far will they push the envelope? (Design wise)
Carlos Huante (who was employed to carry out some of Prometheus' creature design actually creates some pretty amazing/grotesque stuff, so we can only hope!
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EGR101
MemberOvomorph01/19/2012This Carlos Hunate guy is pretty talented, look at some of his art:
[img]http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg62/witchyhoy3/AAA/carlos-huante-digital-1.jpg[/img]
Assembly line of bio-synthetics?
[img]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZjegWyumtIU/SpkJ_vjqh4I/AAAAAAAANWo/aYegKiDZO0s/s400/Picture+2.png[/img]
Design for the Mutated Holloway?
[img]http://oi39.tinypic.com/14t3881.jpg[/img]
This is OTT, may be suitable for John Carpenter's THE THING. But for Ridley?
Apollo
MemberOvomorph01/19/2012Just looked at his stuff, looks very good. Glad they have got someoe with the right mind and not some comic book artist/designer.
Apollo
MemberOvomorph01/19/2012Just looked at his stuff, looks very good. Glad they have got someoe with the right mind and not some comic book artist/designer.
EGR101
MemberOvomorph01/19/2012More of Carlos work:
[img]http://www.iebyte.com/uploads/allimg/c100104/126260594132410-45104.jpg[/img]
Mutated guy?
alteredstate.
MemberOvomorph01/19/2012ive seen way way better check out a guy called pudding head hes the best ive seen working in creature design ..... Puddnhead / gnomon dvds
EGR101
MemberOvomorph01/19/2012Not by Carlos, but this is pretty awesome:
[img]http://oi41.tinypic.com/kc048n.jpg[/img]
Vickers after mutation?
Gavin
MemberTrilobite01/19/2012Well the highlights of this guys work (according to IMDB) are...
The Real Ghostbusters (Top cartoon and comic, showing my age)
Men in Black I and II
War of the Worlds
The Mummy
Dreamcatcher
Signs
Blade Trinity
Hellraiser IV Bloodline
Hellboy
X-Men: Last Stand
The art that I can find by this guy seems to be about the over-emphasis and twisted forms to the human body, very reminiscent of Gustave Dore IMO
Frantz
MemberOvomorph01/19/2012he s good ..but a bit on a videogame level ... nothing realy conceptually new .
he have just a good hand ( imo )
EGR101
MemberOvomorph01/19/2012@Snorkelbottom
I don't think you would compare Gustave Dore classical drawings to this Carlos guy.
It's like classical vs hip hop.
Gavin
MemberTrilobite01/19/2012scratch that, it seems this guy has worked on a hey of a lot of films as a concept artist.
@ Frantz, that said he did some concepts for the characters from the capcom fighting game Darkstalkers
Gavin
MemberTrilobite01/19/2012@ Engr101 - Check out some of Gustave Dores work in Paradise lost, their are some similarities
Gavin
MemberTrilobite01/19/2012For the fans of the idea of a proto-alien appearing in Prometheus, heres one of Carlos' concept (not for Prometheus)...
[img]http://img.blog.yahoo.co.kr/ybi/1/9b/70/meekyongkang/folder/7/img_7_11870_18?1193541006.jpg[/img]
EGR101
MemberOvomorph01/19/2012@Snorklebottom,
You are right. Dore did an illustration of a spider-human hybrid condemned in Hell for all eternity.
My favorite is of course a winged Satan trapped waist down in an icey lake. Looks like he is waiting a long time for the ice to melt
[img]http://www.secretsinplainsight.com/wp-content/uploads/Lucifer.jpg[/img]
Gavin
MemberTrilobite01/19/2012Classical art is anatomical art, this guy has some real talent, but their are few examples of anything giger-esque that I can find
Xenophobe
MemberOvomorph01/19/2012I still think that the true Xenomorph will be a combination of human, original SJ and some other species DNA. . .
EGR101
MemberOvomorph01/19/2012I am sure if the studio or Ridley want PROMETHEUS to be in the same league as the original ALIEN in terms of cinematic horror, they would have to come up with some nasty, no-holds-barred creature design.
Yet we don't quite know what PROMETHEUS will end up as. A minimalist scifi horror like ALIEN? Or a more oblique, contemplative drama like SOLARIS, or EVENT HORIZON? An alien-themed space adventures like the horrible MISSION TO MARS? With the writer of LOST brought in, can we expect some time travel/wormhole concepts thrown in to complicate things? The trailer to 1979 ALIEN at least has one or two frames of the chestburster. You see no alien life form whatsoever in PROMETHEUS trailer. Is this a creature feature like ALIEN at all? Suspense is killing me, people.
EGR101
MemberOvomorph01/19/2012I am sure if the studio or Ridley want PROMETHEUS to be in the same league as the original ALIEN in terms of cinematic horror, they would have to come up with some nasty, no-holds-barred creature design.
Yet we don't quite know what PROMETHEUS will end up as. A minimalist scifi horror like ALIEN? Or a more oblique, contemplative drama like SOLARIS, or EVENT HORIZON? An alien-themed space adventures like the horrible MISSION TO MARS? With the writer of LOST brought in, can we expect some time travel/wormhole concepts thrown in to complicate things? The trailer to 1979 ALIEN at least has one or two frames of the chestburster. You see no alien life form whatsoever in PROMETHEUS trailer. Is this a creature feature like ALIEN at all? Suspense is killing me, people.
visualizer
MemberOvomorph01/19/2012All of this looks like artwork for the next Resident Evil game, it´s all grotesque and twisted but not really original. Most importantly, it lacks the sexual connotations that IMO made the Xenomorph design creep under your skin and triggers your innermost fears.
Tyrannosaurus
MemberOvomorph01/19/2012that first sketch by Carlos H is of a undead pirate concept type thing, not related to Prometheus at all
ZetaReticuli
MemberOvomorph01/19/2012I'm looking forward to what atrocities Carlos Huante brings to the table.
I trust he'll create a walking nightmare for us with a nod to Giger.
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MemberOvomorph01/19/2012Dore was great but did you know a decent percentage of his work was all done by other people? He had apprentices do a lot of his works under his direction and just signed off on them.
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