Monster's Easter Update!

Visit to John Cabot went really well today, and was able to really talk in length about the Animatic and the monster design.

At the moment we're saving a space for the new monster design, due to the fact that my friend Mr. Dan Keeble has a virus on his computer and cant send it too me. However I will be making some modifications to it personally so I can use it in the final Animatic.

The main topics discussed were colour, the design of the monster and the use of sound and the kids were really happy with what I had come up with and gave me some new ideas!

I thought it was a great success and hope to put up more work over Easter. The final Animatic is to be up and running here on the blog on the 7th of April so I've got to get cracking.

Hope everyone has a great Easter weekend!

Monster Project Animatic

Hey, there's lost of stuff to show you but here is something that I thought would be easier to put up here so you can see too. With this includes the new monster design and the timing for the animation that'll be drawn in flash.

I hope you like it, I'll be ready for feedback tomorrow!

Joe the Monster Coloured!

Here is our monster coloured by yours truly and a development of his colouring. I wasn't sure what else to do with him at the moment. (Designing monsters are fun, but VERY hard.) So let me know what you guys like and don't like about him.

Coloured 1

Coloured 2

Coloured 3

Coloured 4

Coloured 5


I've also made a new project link which'll go on my websites so people can view it's progress as you can see below, as well as the blog logo!

More Monsters!

More Monster sketches! I prefer these monsters, they look alot more like the monsters than just...hairy people, and it alludes back to the style that we wanted, thick outlines and simplier character design.

Initial Designs for Joe and the Monster!

Ok guys, here's some work I've been doing on the monster and our main character we named Joe in our last workshop. It's just rough at the moment and the rough line art, but I hope you like it.

I am of course prepared to take critique as it's not just my project after all. I had a real hard time with the monster, but I plan to use colour to really make him look nasty on top of the initial design:

The Tropics Draw Their Monster...

Hi everybody, and welcome to John Cabot's Monster Project, in association with Sharp Shots, UWE and Aardman, Sorry for delay in posting, but personal life has been getting ahead of my work, but from now it all speeds up!

Here is just a sample of some of the terrifying monsters that the Tropics have thought about and designed for their monster, which has inspired me to start designing the other characters.

If you click on the thumbnails, you will get a much larger version.