Over the past year, artist Paul Komoda has been dropping hints of his involvement in a new movie. Turns out that movie is The Thing, a prequel to the famous Carpenter film that gave me nightmares for the majority of my childhood. Since its recent release, Paul has finally been able to show to the world the creature creation drawings he did for it as well as some of the sculptures he and the crew worked on.
Paul is most definitely one of my favorite artists today. His imagination for monsters is hard to describe – they are beautiful creatures, either benign or horrific, that move on the pages on which they were drawn. It goes without saying that I was excited to find out what The Thing looked like before it hit the big screen where much of Paul’s designs had been animated into CG. This is really a perfect platform for Paul’s imagination. I excitedly contacted the artist to find out what goodies he had to offer to the blogosphere.
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