Early designs and sketches of Wallace and Gromit by their creator, Nick Park.
On my blog I occasionally feature first/early versions of famous characters, as that somehow fascinates me. The first seed, the first spark. A few lucky lines on a piece of paper.
Alien (1979). Art by Chris Foss, Ron Cobb, and H.R. Giger.
The monster design actually preceded production and was based on the “horrible but beautiful” art of H.R. Giger, which had caught the eye of screenwriter Dan O’Bannon. Chris Foss (image 1, temple interior) had done work for Alejandro Jodorowsky’s failed adaptation of Dune, with which O’ Bannon had been involved; Ron Cobb lastly did several designs of the “birth temple” and derelict spaceship.
French stop-motion/live action film, Alice in Wonderland (1949). With puppets by Lou Bunin.
The world of BLADE RUNNER (1982).
Hm, suddenly I feel like drinking Coca-Cola. Strange.
The mall from DAWN OF THE DEAD (1978).
The Fat Trout Trailer Park in Deer Meadow, Washington. What exactly DID go on there?
Photography series, MARS: ADRIFT ON THE HOURGLASS SEA, by Nicholas Kahn and Richard Selesnick.
Illustrations by Maria Bubleva for a 1989 Russian—Soviet—edition of ALICE IN WONDERLAND. I love the dreamlike colors.
Bart Nixon, designer of Pennywise the Dancing Clown from Stephen King’s IT (1990).
Shedim (benevolent demon) by Aaron B. Heimlich.
Concept drawings by David Hall for (what became) Disney’s ALICE IN WONDERLAND (1951).