http://search.deviantart.com/?q=gallery:filbarlow/30480824&section= deviantART RSS for gallery:filbarlow/30480824 en-us Copyright 2013, deviantART.com Sun, 19 May 2013 20:58:22 PDT deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://st.deviantart.net/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Max-Steel-Ammut-Model-371773004 http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Max-Steel-Ammut-Model-371773004 Wed, 15 May 2013 05:45:59 PDT Max Steel: Ammut Model nonadult cartoons/digital/cartoons/3d filbarlow http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/f/i/filbarlow.jpg?2 Copyright 2013 ~filbarlow
Netter handed much of the later episodic workload over to Foundation Imaging much to my relief. The modelers at Foundation textured my Ammut model beautifully, and Jake Bergman had fun with the animation. Unfortunately you only see it for a few seconds after all of that work! ]]>
Netter handed much of the later episodic workload over to Foundation Imaging much to my relief. The modelers at Foundation textured my Ammut model beautifully, and Jake Bergman had fun with the animation. Unfortunately you only see it for a few seconds after all of that work!

]]> http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Tutenstein-Hall-Of-Truths-BG-371771545 http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Tutenstein-Hall-Of-Truths-BG-371771545 Wed, 15 May 2013 05:19:33 PDT Tutenstein: Hall Of Truths: BG nonadult cartoons/traditional/cartoons/drawings filbarlow http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/f/i/filbarlow.jpg?2 Copyright 2013 ~filbarlow

]]> http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Tutenstein-Ammut-Poses-371771235 http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Tutenstein-Ammut-Poses-371771235 Wed, 15 May 2013 05:11:41 PDT Tutenstein: Ammut Poses nonadult cartoons/traditional/cartoons/drawings filbarlow http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/f/i/filbarlow.jpg?2 Copyright 2013 ~filbarlow

]]> http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Tutenstein-Ammut-371768371 http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Tutenstein-Ammut-371768371 Wed, 15 May 2013 05:06:17 PDT Tutenstein: Ammut nonadult cartoons/traditional/cartoons/drawings filbarlow http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/f/i/filbarlow.jpg?2 Copyright 2013 ~filbarlow
This is not the first time that worked on her, I designed and built a CG Model of Ammut for Max Steel in 1999. One of the more interesting Ancient Egyptian beings. ]]>
This is not the first time that worked on her, I designed and built a CG Model of Ammut for Max Steel in 1999. One of the more interesting Ancient Egyptian beings.

]]> http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/XGB-Early-Concept-Julia-367189053 http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/XGB-Early-Concept-Julia-367189053 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 07:59:27 PDT XGB: Early Concept ~ Julia nonadult cartoons/traditional/cartoons/drawings filbarlow http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/f/i/filbarlow.jpg?2 Copyright 2013 ~filbarlow
I kept pitching different ideas for devices, Julia had a chest piece, this is by no means a well crafted drawing, but a rough that was one of many used to triangulate the characters into what they became. As you can see, this was page 14 of 17 conceptual designs faxed that day to LA from my Australian studio. ]]>
I kept pitching different ideas for devices, Julia had a chest piece, this is by no means a well crafted drawing, but a rough that was one of many used to triangulate the characters into what they became. As you can see, this was page 14 of 17 conceptual designs faxed that day to LA from my Australian studio.

]]> http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/XGB-Early-Concept-Female-Characters-367108793 http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/XGB-Early-Concept-Female-Characters-367108793 Sun, 21 Apr 2013 18:49:40 PDT XGB: Early Concept ~ Female Characters nonadult cartoons/traditional/cartoons/drawings filbarlow http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/f/i/filbarlow.jpg?2 Copyright 2013 ~filbarlow
The middle character, the Goth, he liked and wanted to develop some more. It was his decision to make her diminutive, we struggled for a bit over that. Anyway this is how Kylie began, as a part of a character smorgasbord. ]]>
The middle character, the Goth, he liked and wanted to develop some more. It was his decision to make her diminutive, we struggled for a bit over that. Anyway this is how Kylie began, as a part of a character smorgasbord.

]]> http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Godzilla-Ep102-Giant-Squid-Mouth-Detail-366694884 http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Godzilla-Ep102-Giant-Squid-Mouth-Detail-366694884 Sun, 21 Apr 2013 18:18:15 PDT Godzilla Ep102: Giant Squid (Mouth Detail) nonadult cartoons/traditional/cartoons/drawings filbarlow http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/f/i/filbarlow.jpg?2 Copyright 2013 ~filbarlow
Inking duties on this art were shared with Helen Maier. ]]>
Inking duties on this art were shared with Helen Maier.

]]> http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Godzilla-Ep102-Giant-Squid-366693176 http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Godzilla-Ep102-Giant-Squid-366693176 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 21:53:24 PDT Godzilla Ep102: Giant Squid nonadult cartoons/traditional/cartoons/drawings filbarlow http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/f/i/filbarlow.jpg?2 Copyright 2013 ~filbarlow
This image includes instructions on how to handle the tentacles for the Storyboard Artists, Directors in LA and Animators overseas.

Inking duties on this art were shared with Helen Maier. ]]>
This image includes instructions on how to handle the tentacles for the Storyboard Artists, Directors in LA and Animators overseas.

Inking duties on this art were shared with Helen Maier.

]]> http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/XGB-Main-Model-Pack-Kylie-Expressions-01-365863527 http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/XGB-Main-Model-Pack-Kylie-Expressions-01-365863527 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 09:55:59 PDT XGB: Main Model Pack:- Kylie Expressions 01 nonadult cartoons/traditional/cartoons/drawings filbarlow http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/f/i/filbarlow.jpg?2 Copyright 2013 ~filbarlow
There are many more pages of expressions for Kylie and the rest of the team, but I wanted you to get a look at how I drew her. You'll notice the sample construction head on the lower right, I added these to assist the animators on what angle I was tilting the head. ]]>
There are many more pages of expressions for Kylie and the rest of the team, but I wanted you to get a look at how I drew her. You'll notice the sample construction head on the lower right, I added these to assist the animators on what angle I was tilting the head.

]]> http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Godzilla-102-C-Rex-3Q-Back-Detail-365127689 http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Godzilla-102-C-Rex-3Q-Back-Detail-365127689 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 22:41:48 PDT Godzilla #102: C-Rex 3Q Back Detail nonadult cartoons/traditional/cartoons/drawings filbarlow http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/f/i/filbarlow.jpg?2 Copyright 2013 ~filbarlow
I inked this one, and again you can see some of my blue pencil underdrawing. ]]>
I inked this one, and again you can see some of my blue pencil underdrawing.

]]> http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Godzilla-102-C-Rex-3Q-Back-365126149 http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Godzilla-102-C-Rex-3Q-Back-365126149 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 22:29:45 PDT Godzilla #102: C-Rex 3Q Back nonadult cartoons/traditional/cartoons/drawings filbarlow http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/f/i/filbarlow.jpg?2 Copyright 2013 ~filbarlow
I inked this one myself, but you can still see some of the blue and purple pencil lines that I didn't erase properly. ]]>
I inked this one myself, but you can still see some of the blue and purple pencil lines that I didn't erase properly.

]]> http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/XGB-Early-Concept-Lucy-Part-2-364827780 http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/XGB-Early-Concept-Lucy-Part-2-364827780 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 00:40:04 PDT XGB: Early Concept ~ Lucy ~ Part 2 nonadult cartoons/traditional/cartoons/drawings filbarlow http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/f/i/filbarlow.jpg?2 Copyright 2013 ~filbarlow
Betcha never knew that Garrett was once a female! ]]>
Betcha never knew that Garrett was once a female!

]]> http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/XGB-Early-Concept-Lucy-Part-1-364823229 http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/XGB-Early-Concept-Lucy-Part-1-364823229 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 00:28:20 PDT XGB: Early Concept ~ Lucy ~ Part 1 nonadult cartoons/traditional/cartoons/drawings filbarlow http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/f/i/filbarlow.jpg?2 Copyright 2013 ~filbarlow
Needless to say the calipers were rejected, Richard really wanted a wheelchair so I went back to the drawing board. ]]>
Needless to say the calipers were rejected, Richard really wanted a wheelchair so I went back to the drawing board.

]]> http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/5-Day-Class-Kro-Taruk-356680462 http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/5-Day-Class-Kro-Taruk-356680462 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:39:16 PST 5 Day Class: Kro'Taruk nonadult traditional/drawings/fantasy filbarlow http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/f/i/filbarlow.jpg?2 Copyright 2013 ~filbarlow (see my journal for details).

Kro'Taruk was created and designed by Logan Earnest. We spent a week working on body construction and posing, and this is the result.

To be clear this was a class on body posing not character design.

Here is the original design by Logan [link]

Logan wanted to use the armor designed by and I used this image as reference [link]

Thanks for working with me and good luck with your project Logan!

See Logan Earnest's DA page here.
]]> (see my journal for details).

Kro'Taruk was created and designed by Logan Earnest. We spent a week working on body construction and posing, and this is the result.

To be clear this was a class on body posing not character design.

Here is the original design by Logan [link]

Logan wanted to use the armor designed by and I used this image as reference [link]

Thanks for working with me and good luck with your project Logan!

See Logan Earnest's DA page here.

]]> http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Prophet-37-Cover-353985907 http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Prophet-37-Cover-353985907 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 19:03:23 PST Prophet #37: Cover nonadult cartoons/digital/comics/pages filbarlow http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/f/i/filbarlow.jpg?2 Copyright 2013 ~filbarlow Brandon Graham for issue #37 of Prophet published by Image Comics. This painting is the view from the third blue planet seen in the the previous cover I did for issue 28.

This image is called "Memorial"

The race who plundered their home planet did so with the protection of a powerful war machine which they established off planet. Old malicious males with their generational schemes built the ugly edifice on the left out of their ancient vile intent. From their balcony they oversaw the construction of a soul trap so rigidly impervious in thought, so metallic in vision, so sharp in purpose. There was no room for the souls to express their innate individually and they became trapped in the psychic amber of panic and fear. The only outlet for self expression was destruction and the harvesting of other life.

Centuries later the regime is barely a flickering candle, but the souls remain ensnared, trapped in what has become a memorial. ]]> Brandon Graham for issue #37 of Prophet published by Image Comics. This painting is the view from the third blue planet seen in the the previous cover I did for issue 28.

This image is called "Memorial"

The race who plundered their home planet did so with the protection of a powerful war machine which they established off planet. Old malicious males with their generational schemes built the ugly edifice on the left out of their ancient vile intent. From their balcony they oversaw the construction of a soul trap so rigidly impervious in thought, so metallic in vision, so sharp in purpose. There was no room for the souls to express their innate individually and they became trapped in the psychic amber of panic and fear. The only outlet for self expression was destruction and the harvesting of other life.

Centuries later the regime is barely a flickering candle, but the souls remain ensnared, trapped in what has become a memorial.

]]> http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/5-Day-Class-Apex-Predator-353623693 http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/5-Day-Class-Apex-Predator-353623693 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 18:39:04 PST 5 Day Class: Apex Predator nonadult traditional/drawings/fantasy filbarlow http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/f/i/filbarlow.jpg?2 Copyright 2013 ~filbarlow (see my journal for details).
This design is a collaboration between myself and Keith Willis.

Thanks for working with me and good luck with your project Keith!

See Keith Willis' DA page here.
]]> (see my journal for details).
This design is a collaboration between myself and Keith Willis.

Thanks for working with me and good luck with your project Keith!

See Keith Willis' DA page here.

]]> http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/5-Day-Class-Mutortoise-350157118 http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/5-Day-Class-Mutortoise-350157118 Wed, 23 Jan 2013 14:28:21 PST 5 Day Class: Mutortoise nonadult cartoons/traditional/comics/mixedmedia filbarlow http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/f/i/filbarlow.jpg?2 Copyright 2013 ~filbarlow 5 Day Class that I've been offering here on DA. This design is the result of a collaboration between myself and Dennis Culver. You can see more of Mutortoise in the comic Edison Rex which Dennis is the artist on.

Thanks for working with me and best of luck with your book Dennis!

See Dennis Culver's DA page here.
]]> 5 Day Class that I've been offering here on DA. This design is the result of a collaboration between myself and Dennis Culver. You can see more of Mutortoise in the comic Edison Rex which Dennis is the artist on.

Thanks for working with me and best of luck with your book Dennis!

See Dennis Culver's DA page here.

]]> http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Prophet-33-Cover-346733788 http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Prophet-33-Cover-346733788 Fri, 04 Jan 2013 15:51:01 PST Prophet #33: Cover nonadult cartoons/digital/comics/pages filbarlow http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/f/i/filbarlow.jpg?2 Copyright 2013 ~filbarlow Brandon Graham for issue #33 of Prophet published by Image Comics. This painting is the reverse angle on the previous cover I did for issue 28

This giant green world is where life moved onto after the devastated planet seen in this sky was devoured by greed. The beings now live with and within giant vegetation and fly around in pods that look a bit like thumb tacks. A pun on them living in a 'tax free' society without the need for any money system. Rather than 'give and take', this is a 'give and give' culture, instead of the 'take and take' one that they evolved from. ]]> Brandon Graham for issue #33 of Prophet published by Image Comics. This painting is the reverse angle on the previous cover I did for issue 28

This giant green world is where life moved onto after the devastated planet seen in this sky was devoured by greed. The beings now live with and within giant vegetation and fly around in pods that look a bit like thumb tacks. A pun on them living in a 'tax free' society without the need for any money system. Rather than 'give and take', this is a 'give and give' culture, instead of the 'take and take' one that they evolved from.

]]> http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Spectrobes-Concept-Art-03-332812603 http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Spectrobes-Concept-Art-03-332812603 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 22:15:33 PDT Spectrobes: Concept Art 03 nonadult designs/gameart/3dgame/monsters filbarlow http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/f/i/filbarlow.jpg?2 Copyright 2012-2013 ~filbarlow Helen Maier did the wonderful color work on this image. ]]> Helen Maier did the wonderful color work on this image.

]]> http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Spectrobes-Concept-Art-02-332811053 http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Spectrobes-Concept-Art-02-332811053 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 21:55:47 PDT Spectrobes: Concept Art 02 nonadult designs/gameart/3dgame/monsters filbarlow http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/f/i/filbarlow.jpg?2 Copyright 2012-2013 ~filbarlow
I had fun designing these, Helen Maier helped me with the colors. ]]>
I had fun designing these, Helen Maier helped me with the colors.

]]> http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Spectrobes-Concept-Art-332795283 http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Spectrobes-Concept-Art-332795283 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 19:37:42 PDT Spectrobes: Concept Art nonadult designs/gameart/gameconcepts/characters filbarlow http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/f/i/filbarlow.jpg?2 Copyright 2012-2013 ~filbarlow Helen Maier and I created a game concept that the Disney Execs wanted but it took five years of negotiation with their lawyers before Buena Vista Games (Disney) finally signed the contract and bought the concept from us.

They then handed Spectrobes over to a Japanese Producer, she excluded us from contributing to our own project. Nice.

Originally the game was intended for PS3 and we had it take place on Jeena's homeworld, because she was the main character in our version, we were so horrified that she was stuck in the ship for the entire game!

All that remains of our original concept are the names we invented such as "Spectobes, Rallan, Jeena and the Kroll (changed slightly)". We had a great story with some amazing concept and creature art, none of which was used. Anyway I won't bore you with all the details. In my honest opinion, we all got robbed! ]]> Helen Maier and I created a game concept that the Disney Execs wanted but it took five years of negotiation with their lawyers before Buena Vista Games (Disney) finally signed the contract and bought the concept from us.

They then handed Spectrobes over to a Japanese Producer, she excluded us from contributing to our own project. Nice.

Originally the game was intended for PS3 and we had it take place on Jeena's homeworld, because she was the main character in our version, we were so horrified that she was stuck in the ship for the entire game!

All that remains of our original concept are the names we invented such as "Spectobes, Rallan, Jeena and the Kroll (changed slightly)". We had a great story with some amazing concept and creature art, none of which was used. Anyway I won't bore you with all the details. In my honest opinion, we all got robbed!

]]> http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/just-in-case-you-needed-a-reminder-331527452 http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/just-in-case-you-needed-a-reminder-331527452 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 07:11:43 PDT ... just in case you needed a reminder... nonadult cartoons/traditional/cartoons/drawings filbarlow http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/f/i/filbarlow.jpg?2 Copyright 2012-2013 ~filbarlow
I prepared this art for my 1st mini Zooniverse comic so I thought you might like to see it and reminisce a bit. Enjoy... and ...you're welcome! ]]>
I prepared this art for my 1st mini Zooniverse comic so I thought you might like to see it and reminisce a bit. Enjoy... and ...you're welcome!

]]> http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Tutenstein-Character-model-with-Cleo-331526648 http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Tutenstein-Character-model-with-Cleo-331526648 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 07:02:46 PDT Tutenstein: Character model with Cleo nonadult cartoons/traditional/cartoons/drawings filbarlow http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/f/i/filbarlow.jpg?2 Copyright 2012-2013 ~filbarlow
At this time each character was in a state of flux, one negative comment and an entire character could be sent back to the drawing board. Each character we locked in was a small victory as the battle moved to the next main character. Meanwhile the production start date loomed ever closer. ]]>
At this time each character was in a state of flux, one negative comment and an entire character could be sent back to the drawing board. Each character we locked in was a small victory as the battle moved to the next main character. Meanwhile the production start date loomed ever closer.

]]> http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Godzilla-102-C-Rex-Construction-guide-331525292 http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Godzilla-102-C-Rex-Construction-guide-331525292 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 06:46:47 PDT Godzilla #102: C-Rex [Construction guide] nonadult cartoons/traditional/cartoons/drawings filbarlow http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/f/i/filbarlow.jpg?2 Copyright 2012-2013 ~filbarlow I felt that such complex creatures required a breakdown to make sense of the shapes.

Construction in a design is very important to me, especially when being passed through as many hands as hand drawn animation did. This was also given to the story board artists. I prepared a construction guide for every monster in Godzilla. ]]> I felt that such complex creatures required a breakdown to make sense of the shapes.

Construction in a design is very important to me, especially when being passed through as many hands as hand drawn animation did. This was also given to the story board artists. I prepared a construction guide for every monster in Godzilla.

]]> http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Godzilla-102-C-Rex-331524671 http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Godzilla-102-C-Rex-331524671 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 06:39:14 PDT Godzilla #102 C-Rex nonadult cartoons/traditional/cartoons/drawings filbarlow http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/f/i/filbarlow.jpg?2 Copyright 2012-2013 ~filbarlow
You can still see some of my blue underdrawing that didn't get properly erased. I shared inking duties with Helen Maier , that's her handwriting on the title and mine on "original" on the top left. I wrote that so that the art assistants didn't hand it out as a photocopy. ]]>
You can still see some of my blue underdrawing that didn't get properly erased. I shared inking duties with Helen Maier , that's her handwriting on the title and mine on "original" on the top left. I wrote that so that the art assistants didn't hand it out as a photocopy.

]]> http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Godzilla-101-Baby-330766216 http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Godzilla-101-Baby-330766216 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 01:11:39 PDT Godzilla #101: Baby nonadult cartoons/traditional/cartoons/drawings filbarlow http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/f/i/filbarlow.jpg?2 Copyright 2012-2013 ~filbarlow
It was based off sketches I had made off the baby marquettes. The movie still wasn't out when I did this design so secrecy was required. ]]>
It was based off sketches I had made off the baby marquettes. The movie still wasn't out when I did this design so secrecy was required.

]]> http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Might-Ducks-Wraith-2-330765809 http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Might-Ducks-Wraith-2-330765809 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 01:03:46 PDT Might Ducks: Wraith 2 nonadult cartoons/traditional/cartoons/drawings filbarlow http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/f/i/filbarlow.jpg?2 Copyright 2012-2013 ~filbarlow

]]> http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Might-Ducks-Wraith-1-329808754 http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Might-Ducks-Wraith-1-329808754 Sat, 29 Sep 2012 11:11:16 PDT Might Ducks: Wraith 1 nonadult cartoons/traditional/cartoons/drawings filbarlow http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/f/i/filbarlow.jpg?2 Copyright 2012-2013 ~filbarlow

]]> http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Might-Ducks-Drakon-329808449 http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Might-Ducks-Drakon-329808449 Sat, 29 Sep 2012 11:09:33 PDT Might Ducks: Drakon nonadult cartoons/traditional/cartoons/drawings filbarlow http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/f/i/filbarlow.jpg?2 Copyright 2012-2013 ~filbarlow

]]> http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Might-Ducks-Siege-329794831 http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Might-Ducks-Siege-329794831 Sat, 29 Sep 2012 09:50:41 PDT Might Ducks: Siege nonadult cartoons/traditional/cartoons/drawings filbarlow http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/f/i/filbarlow.jpg?2 Copyright 2012-2013 ~filbarlow
[I know, I'm slightly dyslexic, I spelled Siege wrong back then.] ]]>
[I know, I'm slightly dyslexic, I spelled Siege wrong back then.]

]]> http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Might-Ducks-Chameleon-329792956 http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Might-Ducks-Chameleon-329792956 Sat, 29 Sep 2012 09:39:21 PDT Might Ducks: Chameleon nonadult cartoons/traditional/cartoons/drawings filbarlow http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/f/i/filbarlow.jpg?2 Copyright 2012-2013 ~filbarlow
Decades passed and I was sitting in the Disney offices staring across the room at a giant trace and bad clean up of the Chameleon sketch shown here, they absolutely ruined him. Oh well I have the originals to show that he once looked much better. ]]>
Decades passed and I was sitting in the Disney offices staring across the room at a giant trace and bad clean up of the Chameleon sketch shown here, they absolutely ruined him. Oh well I have the originals to show that he once looked much better.

]]> http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Godzilla-Action-Pose-322235006 http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Godzilla-Action-Pose-322235006 Sun, 19 Aug 2012 20:55:53 PDT Godzilla: Action Pose nonadult cartoons/traditional/cartoons/drawings filbarlow http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/f/i/filbarlow.jpg?2 Copyright 2012-2013 ~filbarlow
You can see my blue pencil under drawing, it was inked jointly by myself and Helen Maier (that's her hand writing). ]]>
You can see my blue pencil under drawing, it was inked jointly by myself and Helen Maier (that's her hand writing).

]]> http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Zander-Bug-SST-321839974 http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Zander-Bug-SST-321839974 Fri, 17 Aug 2012 21:29:48 PDT Zander Bug: SST nonadult cartoons/digital/cartoons/drawings filbarlow http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/f/i/filbarlow.jpg?2 Copyright 2012-2013 ~filbarlow really wanted to get involved in the design of this creature, so I gave his designs of Zander Barcalow's early mutation stages to CG house Foundation Imaging.

I focused on this final transformation, jumping off from roughs by David, I worked with my Australian team of designers, Darren Roach being one of them, he did this cleanup of my rough and the final digital colors.

It was decided to keep a human complexion to his skin and blue eyes, we had earlier color treatments that were more bug-like which were rejected. ]]> really wanted to get involved in the design of this creature, so I gave his designs of Zander Barcalow's early mutation stages to CG house Foundation Imaging.

I focused on this final transformation, jumping off from roughs by David, I worked with my Australian team of designers, Darren Roach being one of them, he did this cleanup of my rough and the final digital colors.

It was decided to keep a human complexion to his skin and blue eyes, we had earlier color treatments that were more bug-like which were rejected.

]]> http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Samhain-XGB-Main-Title-321299419 http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Samhain-XGB-Main-Title-321299419 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 07:08:18 PDT Samhain: XGB Main Title nonadult cartoons/traditional/cartoons/drawings filbarlow http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/f/i/filbarlow.jpg?2 Copyright 2012-2013 ~filbarlow
Executive Producer Richard Raynis, liked Everett's whimsical design sense and hand picked the ghosts for the intro and the outro (some of you may recognize the lower left sketch appearing at the end of the show).

I wanted to faithfully reproduce the same image, having no knowledge about it's link to Samhain. I'd never seen a Real Ghostbusters episode because the show didn't air in Australia. No one else picked up on it either, to me it was just a pumpkin headed ghost, which is why I labeled it "Pumpkin Head".

My pencils (lower right) were inked by Helen Maier ]]>
Executive Producer Richard Raynis, liked Everett's whimsical design sense and hand picked the ghosts for the intro and the outro (some of you may recognize the lower left sketch appearing at the end of the show).

I wanted to faithfully reproduce the same image, having no knowledge about it's link to Samhain. I'd never seen a Real Ghostbusters episode because the show didn't air in Australia. No one else picked up on it either, to me it was just a pumpkin headed ghost, which is why I labeled it "Pumpkin Head".

My pencils (lower right) were inked by Helen Maier

]]> http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Godzilla-Head-Open-Mouth-321065637 http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Godzilla-Head-Open-Mouth-321065637 Tue, 14 Aug 2012 01:51:27 PDT Godzilla: Head Open Mouth nonadult cartoons/traditional/cartoons/drawings filbarlow http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/f/i/filbarlow.jpg?2 Copyright 2012-2013 ~filbarlow
Notice that someone in production hole punched my original art!

Edit: Helen Maier was my inker through most of the Sony shows. I would do the small details like eyes, she would do the rest. Most of the production art are collaborations between us. ]]>
Notice that someone in production hole punched my original art!

Edit: Helen Maier was my inker through most of the Sony shows. I would do the small details like eyes, she would do the rest. Most of the production art are collaborations between us.

]]> http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Flasher-Ghost-XGB-Main-Title-321040299 http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Flasher-Ghost-XGB-Main-Title-321040299 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 21:35:44 PDT Flasher Ghost: XGB Main Title nonadult cartoons/traditional/cartoons/drawings filbarlow http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/f/i/filbarlow.jpg?2 Copyright 2012-2013 ~filbarlow
I often helped Executive Producer Richard Raynis with the main titles when the storyboard artists just weren't capturing the look and feel that he was after.

The original concept drawing on the top left was created by Character Designer Everett Peck for the Real Ghostbusters TV show, a decade earlier and Richard wanted to reuse it. So I designed a new version in the style of the show on the right, (A) and (B).

On the left are the notes that Richard faxed me that he drew to give me an idea of how to make the second image more dramatic, so I came up with the bottom right (C).

Richard is an amazing artist in his own right. So he would be embarrassed to discover that I have revealed his above sketch to the world. However I think it's an important part of the collaborative process that needs to be acknowledged.


Edit: Helen Maier was my inker through most of the Sony shows. I would do the small details like eyes, she would do the rest. Most of the production art are collaborations between us. ]]>
I often helped Executive Producer Richard Raynis with the main titles when the storyboard artists just weren't capturing the look and feel that he was after.

The original concept drawing on the top left was created by Character Designer Everett Peck for the Real Ghostbusters TV show, a decade earlier and Richard wanted to reuse it. So I designed a new version in the style of the show on the right, (A) and (B).

On the left are the notes that Richard faxed me that he drew to give me an idea of how to make the second image more dramatic, so I came up with the bottom right (C).

Richard is an amazing artist in his own right. So he would be embarrassed to discover that I have revealed his above sketch to the world. However I think it's an important part of the collaborative process that needs to be acknowledged.


Edit: Helen Maier was my inker through most of the Sony shows. I would do the small details like eyes, she would do the rest. Most of the production art are collaborations between us.

]]> http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Godzilla-Close-up-320832179 http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Godzilla-Close-up-320832179 Sun, 12 Aug 2012 22:06:00 PDT Godzilla: Close up nonadult cartoons/traditional/cartoons/drawings filbarlow http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/f/i/filbarlow.jpg?2 Copyright 2012-2013 ~filbarlow
I used non-reproductive blue and purple pencils as the under-drawing which I erased after inking. If you look closely you can see the pencil lines that I missed.

Edit: Helen Maier was my inker through most of the Sony shows. I would do the small details like eyes, she would do the rest. Most of the production art are collaborations between us. ]]>
I used non-reproductive blue and purple pencils as the under-drawing which I erased after inking. If you look closely you can see the pencil lines that I missed.

Edit: Helen Maier was my inker through most of the Sony shows. I would do the small details like eyes, she would do the rest. Most of the production art are collaborations between us.

]]> http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Royal-Guardian-Bug-SST-318921210 http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Royal-Guardian-Bug-SST-318921210 Sat, 04 Aug 2012 03:21:06 PDT Royal Guardian Bug: SST nonadult cartoons/traditional/cartoons/drawings filbarlow http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/f/i/filbarlow.jpg?2 Copyright 2012-2013 ~filbarlow Roughnecks Ramblings as my next SST post. Thanks everyone who voted!

This bug was designed by Milenko Tunjic
The line clean-up was from Darren Roach who also did the color, both were artists from my Australian studio. I art directed, but by this stage Milenko had the bug design figured out and was hitting the designs on the mark with minimal input from me. ]]> Roughnecks Ramblings as my next SST post. Thanks everyone who voted!

This bug was designed by Milenko Tunjic
The line clean-up was from Darren Roach who also did the color, both were artists from my Australian studio. I art directed, but by this stage Milenko had the bug design figured out and was hitting the designs on the mark with minimal input from me.

]]> http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/More-Buddy-Boy-318918890 http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/More-Buddy-Boy-318918890 Sat, 04 Aug 2012 02:53:51 PDT More Buddy Boy nonadult cartoons/traditional/cartoons/drawings filbarlow http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/f/i/filbarlow.jpg?2 Copyright 2012-2013 ~filbarlow
(Click here for the previous post which tells about the pitch to DIC and Nintendo)

I've decided to show you the exact condition of this photocopy so that I can tell you it's tale of woe....

For 14 years from '96 to '10 and I were working in Los Angeles. I used to trust people way too much back then and allowed the artists working for us to continue to use our home as a studio while we were absent. I expected that they would respect our books, art and equipment. I even let one of our employees live in our place, rent free, in return for taking care for our plants and belongings. He saw no reason to care and let things die. Queensland Australia has a sub-tropical climate, very wet and humid in Summer. I left strict instructions not to leave the windows open in my studio in Summer and to keep the blinds closed from the morning Sun that belted in at 4am directly onto my prized books. My instructions were ignored. Exposed to humidity, my paper art began growing mould which also blotted into the pages of my books, whose spines were scorched white from exposure to the sun.

Our General Manager who ran the studio was also meant to keep an eye on our property until we got back. As our 3 month trip turned into a year, our General Manager grew tired of the commute and, against our wishes, moved our studio/house and all our belongings to a property closer to him. Having lost our home, Helen and I had nowhere to return to. Sony had no intention of letting us leave at that time. So we stayed and worked our butts off.

One of the anxieties I had while living in America was the state of my art and books back in Australia. We hit hard times in 2001 and the Australian studio was regrettably shut down, my General Manager became uncommunicative at that point. Our stuff was moved to his dank garage to rot away.

What was precious to me was worthless to him.

In 2010 we returned to Australia, rescuing our stuff was my last loose end. With some financial help from my brother, we made the 3 hour flight from Melbourne to Brisbane and met the removalists to pack and freight our stuff home. Now we have the remnants safely in our care, our furniture was sold off, Helen's jewelry is lost forever, rare and expensive coffee table sized photography books are now in some artist's collection. However most of the art is ours again, boxes of rare originals that could have been lost forever, like the one posted here.

Long ago Helen warned me about letting people into our home and I didn't listen, I wanted to help and share with others. Now Helen's opinion is the most trusted council I have. I am left wondering what would have been if I had followed her advice to begin with. I am ashamed to admit that she has lost the more artwork and personal possessions than I have, and yet she holds no grudge towards me. I hope to make it up to her going forward. ]]>
(Click here for the previous post which tells about the pitch to DIC and Nintendo)

I've decided to show you the exact condition of this photocopy so that I can tell you it's tale of woe....

For 14 years from '96 to '10 and I were working in Los Angeles. I used to trust people way too much back then and allowed the artists working for us to continue to use our home as a studio while we were absent. I expected that they would respect our books, art and equipment. I even let one of our employees live in our place, rent free, in return for taking care for our plants and belongings. He saw no reason to care and let things die. Queensland Australia has a sub-tropical climate, very wet and humid in Summer. I left strict instructions not to leave the windows open in my studio in Summer and to keep the blinds closed from the morning Sun that belted in at 4am directly onto my prized books. My instructions were ignored. Exposed to humidity, my paper art began growing mould which also blotted into the pages of my books, whose spines were scorched white from exposure to the sun.

Our General Manager who ran the studio was also meant to keep an eye on our property until we got back. As our 3 month trip turned into a year, our General Manager grew tired of the commute and, against our wishes, moved our studio/house and all our belongings to a property closer to him. Having lost our home, Helen and I had nowhere to return to. Sony had no intention of letting us leave at that time. So we stayed and worked our butts off.

One of the anxieties I had while living in America was the state of my art and books back in Australia. We hit hard times in 2001 and the Australian studio was regrettably shut down, my General Manager became uncommunicative at that point. Our stuff was moved to his dank garage to rot away.

What was precious to me was worthless to him.

In 2010 we returned to Australia, rescuing our stuff was my last loose end. With some financial help from my brother, we made the 3 hour flight from Melbourne to Brisbane and met the removalists to pack and freight our stuff home. Now we have the remnants safely in our care, our furniture was sold off, Helen's jewelry is lost forever, rare and expensive coffee table sized photography books are now in some artist's collection. However most of the art is ours again, boxes of rare originals that could have been lost forever, like the one posted here.

Long ago Helen warned me about letting people into our home and I didn't listen, I wanted to help and share with others. Now Helen's opinion is the most trusted council I have. I am left wondering what would have been if I had followed her advice to begin with. I am ashamed to admit that she has lost the more artwork and personal possessions than I have, and yet she holds no grudge towards me. I hope to make it up to her going forward.

]]> http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Before-Captain-Nintendo-there-was-Buddy-Boy-312281346 http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Before-Captain-Nintendo-there-was-Buddy-Boy-312281346 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 05:29:18 PDT Before Captain Nintendo: there was Buddy Boy!! nonadult cartoons/traditional/cartoons/paintings filbarlow http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/f/i/filbarlow.jpg?2 Copyright 2012-2013 ~filbarlow
Richard and I were working with the idea that Buddy was still a paperboy and as you can see from the top left image, reality is as addictive to Game World characters as games are to us. See Megaman on the bike?

Top Right is the six foot high pitch art that Richard took into the meeting to try and sell Buddy to Nintendo. Had I been the head character designer on Captain Nintendo the whole show would have been in this rounder style, unfortunately I was back in Australia when the show was green lit, and other artists jostled for the helm. As you can see only the Eggplant Wizard and King Hippo remained in this style. I was also the one who found these characters and added them to the lineup. I always liked the "Death" character who would try to "Game Over" Buddy and kick him out of the Game World back to reality.

Lower Left shows Megaman's family, his Megamum, Megadad, Megabird and even Megarat. Megaman was more of a boy, a reflection of Buddy in the Game World.

Lower Right is the first time Kid Icarus meets Buddy Boy (notice his rolled newspaper and bike wheel decorations on his pajamas). Buddy thinks Icarus is an answer to a prayer, but he's only in the real world to plead for Buddy's help in the Game World, accessed through the elevator in the closet, complete with Bellhop.

In my opinion you were robbed, I did my best to give you fun interesting show but all I have are these photos. At least you've seen what could have been. ]]>
Richard and I were working with the idea that Buddy was still a paperboy and as you can see from the top left image, reality is as addictive to Game World characters as games are to us. See Megaman on the bike?

Top Right is the six foot high pitch art that Richard took into the meeting to try and sell Buddy to Nintendo. Had I been the head character designer on Captain Nintendo the whole show would have been in this rounder style, unfortunately I was back in Australia when the show was green lit, and other artists jostled for the helm. As you can see only the Eggplant Wizard and King Hippo remained in this style. I was also the one who found these characters and added them to the lineup. I always liked the "Death" character who would try to "Game Over" Buddy and kick him out of the Game World back to reality.

Lower Left shows Megaman's family, his Megamum, Megadad, Megabird and even Megarat. Megaman was more of a boy, a reflection of Buddy in the Game World.

Lower Right is the first time Kid Icarus meets Buddy Boy (notice his rolled newspaper and bike wheel decorations on his pajamas). Buddy thinks Icarus is an answer to a prayer, but he's only in the real world to plead for Buddy's help in the Game World, accessed through the elevator in the closet, complete with Bellhop.

In my opinion you were robbed, I did my best to give you fun interesting show but all I have are these photos. At least you've seen what could have been.

]]> http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Prophet-29-Cover-305041719 http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Prophet-29-Cover-305041719 Tue, 29 May 2012 00:21:45 PDT Prophet #29: Cover nonadult cartoons/digital/comics/pages filbarlow http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/f/i/filbarlow.jpg?2 Copyright 2012-2013 ~filbarlow Brandon Graham. His brief was a classic Sci-fi cover from the 70's of a planet with three pyramids and three moons (the third moon is behind the large one, just in case you picked up that it's missing). It was a great challenge and we are talking about doing more. Helen Maier is working on the cover of issue #30, and I love how it's shaping up.

Each pyramid has one stylized facial feature, an eye, an ear and a mouth. The eye on the pyramid links to the one on the American dollar bill, I did this deliberately because I call this painting "The Death of Capitalism". The pyramids are remnants of a long dead civilization, stuck out on a ledge with no support or foundation. All their resources have long been used up and these precarious transparent monuments are all that remain.

The eye, ear and mouth represent a reversed version of "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil", except they saw evil, heard evil and spoke evil. A dead culture that can lie to itself no more. However life has moved on, as life does, evidence of it can be seen on the large moon where the web of life continues beyond the reach of the pyramids.

Edit: This is intended as a cautionary tale, not something I want to see happen. ]]> Brandon Graham. His brief was a classic Sci-fi cover from the 70's of a planet with three pyramids and three moons (the third moon is behind the large one, just in case you picked up that it's missing). It was a great challenge and we are talking about doing more. Helen Maier is working on the cover of issue #30, and I love how it's shaping up.

Each pyramid has one stylized facial feature, an eye, an ear and a mouth. The eye on the pyramid links to the one on the American dollar bill, I did this deliberately because I call this painting "The Death of Capitalism". The pyramids are remnants of a long dead civilization, stuck out on a ledge with no support or foundation. All their resources have long been used up and these precarious transparent monuments are all that remain.

The eye, ear and mouth represent a reversed version of "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil", except they saw evil, heard evil and spoke evil. A dead culture that can lie to itself no more. However life has moved on, as life does, evidence of it can be seen on the large moon where the web of life continues beyond the reach of the pyramids.

Edit: This is intended as a cautionary tale, not something I want to see happen.

]]> http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Transport-Bug-SST-302547496 http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Transport-Bug-SST-302547496 Wed, 16 May 2012 15:34:08 PDT Transport Bug: SST nonadult cartoons/digital/cartoons/drawings filbarlow http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/f/i/filbarlow.jpg?2 Copyright 2012-2013 ~filbarlow
Markers on a photocopy, I ran out of time and never added pencil to this art. ]]>
Markers on a photocopy, I ran out of time and never added pencil to this art.

]]> http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Tanker-Bug-SST-300515665 http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Tanker-Bug-SST-300515665 Sun, 06 May 2012 23:32:22 PDT Tanker Bug: SST nonadult cartoons/digital/cartoons/drawings filbarlow http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/f/i/filbarlow.jpg?2 Copyright 2012-2013 ~filbarlow

]]> http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Janine-The-Real-Ghostbusters-299269990 http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Janine-The-Real-Ghostbusters-299269990 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 08:07:02 PDT Janine: The Real Ghostbusters nonadult cartoons/traditional/cartoons/drawings filbarlow http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/f/i/filbarlow.jpg?2 Copyright 2012-2013 ~filbarlow
Producer Richard Raynis wasn't completely happy with the main character designs for the show, especially Janine. So he had me take a look at the main cast. I didn't like the vagueness of the faces so I made suggestions about using structural shapes to define noses and head shapes. These images of Janine were included on the second page.

The Character Designers largely ignored my suggestions, but I was able to make my point with the character designs on Extreme Ghostbusters. This is how Janine could have looked. ]]>
Producer Richard Raynis wasn't completely happy with the main character designs for the show, especially Janine. So he had me take a look at the main cast. I didn't like the vagueness of the faces so I made suggestions about using structural shapes to define noses and head shapes. These images of Janine were included on the second page.

The Character Designers largely ignored my suggestions, but I was able to make my point with the character designs on Extreme Ghostbusters. This is how Janine could have looked.

]]> http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Godzilla-Main-Cast-Lineup-style-2-292720616 http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Godzilla-Main-Cast-Lineup-style-2-292720616 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:42:07 PDT Godzilla: Main Cast Lineup, style #2 nonadult cartoons/traditional/cartoons/drawings filbarlow http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/f/i/filbarlow.jpg?2 Copyright 2012-2013 ~filbarlow
This artwork was done in Dec '97, this is the first time this lineup has been colored.

Keep in mind that I designed all of the main characters before the movie was released, all I had to work from was some Polaroids of the actors in costume. I had to guess at the personalities, no voice actors had been chosen and there was no script. Essentially I was flying blind. I designed the final approved characters and style in Feb '98, but I didn't see the movie until May '98. ]]>
This artwork was done in Dec '97, this is the first time this lineup has been colored.

Keep in mind that I designed all of the main characters before the movie was released, all I had to work from was some Polaroids of the actors in costume. I had to guess at the personalities, no voice actors had been chosen and there was no script. Essentially I was flying blind. I designed the final approved characters and style in Feb '98, but I didn't see the movie until May '98.

]]> http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Godzilla-False-Modelsheet-290432448 http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Godzilla-False-Modelsheet-290432448 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 06:38:53 PDT Godzilla: False Modelsheet nonadult cartoons/traditional/cartoons/drawings filbarlow http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/f/i/filbarlow.jpg?2 Copyright 2012-2013 ~filbarlow Side View post in this gallery. The idea was to give the Storyboard artists something that they could work with that would give them the correct proportions, but would keep the actual appearance of Godzilla secret until the movie was released.

While the back fin was deliberately misleading, it gave the artists the proportion of the back spines. The protruding lower jaw is missing for a more typical lizard mouth. I also omitted the extra claws on the feet. The most important element was to ensure that the artists pivoted the head from the back of the skull.

I called it "Thingy" as a bit of a joke at Sony's obsession with secrecy, which was making our Animation Production difficult. No boards could be cleaned up until the final design was released.

I was interested to hear the Board Artist's reactions to seeing the final design for the first time, unfortunately the handout was done without me being present. The feedback I got was mixed, but most thought that the final design was cooler than this false model they had been using in the previous months. ]]> Side View post in this gallery. The idea was to give the Storyboard artists something that they could work with that would give them the correct proportions, but would keep the actual appearance of Godzilla secret until the movie was released.

While the back fin was deliberately misleading, it gave the artists the proportion of the back spines. The protruding lower jaw is missing for a more typical lizard mouth. I also omitted the extra claws on the feet. The most important element was to ensure that the artists pivoted the head from the back of the skull.

I called it "Thingy" as a bit of a joke at Sony's obsession with secrecy, which was making our Animation Production difficult. No boards could be cleaned up until the final design was released.

I was interested to hear the Board Artist's reactions to seeing the final design for the first time, unfortunately the handout was done without me being present. The feedback I got was mixed, but most thought that the final design was cooler than this false model they had been using in the previous months.

]]> http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Chariot-Bug-SST-289134590 http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Chariot-Bug-SST-289134590 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 14:51:16 PST Chariot Bug: SST nonadult cartoons/traditional/cartoons/drawings filbarlow http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/f/i/filbarlow.jpg?2 Copyright 2012-2013 ~filbarlow
It was colored with markers (Tria by Pantone) and details with pencils (Prismacolor by Berol). ]]>
It was colored with markers (Tria by Pantone) and details with pencils (Prismacolor by Berol).

]]> http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Water-Tiger-Beetle-SST-288904746 http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Water-Tiger-Beetle-SST-288904746 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 07:13:46 PST Water Tiger Beetle: SST nonadult cartoons/digital/cartoons/drawings filbarlow http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/f/i/filbarlow.jpg?2 Copyright 2012-2013 ~filbarlow

]]> http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Kylie-XGB-Conceptual-Design-288900281 http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Kylie-XGB-Conceptual-Design-288900281 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 06:25:33 PST Kylie: XGB Conceptual Design nonadult cartoons/traditional/cartoons/drawings filbarlow http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/f/i/filbarlow.jpg?2 Copyright 2012-2013 ~filbarlow

]]> http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Egon-Conceptual-Design-XGB-287969364 http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Egon-Conceptual-Design-XGB-287969364 Thu, 01 Mar 2012 01:27:49 PST Egon: Conceptual Design XGB nonadult cartoons/traditional/cartoons/drawings filbarlow http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/f/i/filbarlow.jpg?2 Copyright 2012-2013 ~filbarlow
I was pitching the idea of Egon as an ambassador to the ghost realm trying to stop an impending war on the other side (I originally suggested between demons and ghosts, but when hell was nixed as a bad idea for a kids show I changed it to a war between ghosts and ghouls). I always liked the idea of the new team entering an abandoned Firehouse and Egon appearing out of thin air in his ambassador garb murmuring in an ancient ghost language. He had spent so long on the other side he was barely able to speak English.

I was asked why the final design of Egon had a ponytail, it was a holdout from this concept. I just couldn't let it go. ]]>
I was pitching the idea of Egon as an ambassador to the ghost realm trying to stop an impending war on the other side (I originally suggested between demons and ghosts, but when hell was nixed as a bad idea for a kids show I changed it to a war between ghosts and ghouls). I always liked the idea of the new team entering an abandoned Firehouse and Egon appearing out of thin air in his ambassador garb murmuring in an ancient ghost language. He had spent so long on the other side he was barely able to speak English.

I was asked why the final design of Egon had a ponytail, it was a holdout from this concept. I just couldn't let it go.

]]> http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Demon-Rodent-Tutenstein-286062838 http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Demon-Rodent-Tutenstein-286062838 Sun, 19 Feb 2012 18:14:04 PST Demon Rodent: Tutenstein nonadult cartoons/traditional/cartoons/drawings filbarlow http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/f/i/filbarlow.jpg?2 Copyright 2012-2013 ~filbarlow

]]> http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Goddess-Nut-Tutenstein-286062154 http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Goddess-Nut-Tutenstein-286062154 Sun, 19 Feb 2012 18:09:54 PST Goddess Nut: Tutenstein nonadult cartoons/traditional/cartoons/drawings filbarlow http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/f/i/filbarlow.jpg?2 Copyright 2012-2013 ~filbarlow
I really wanted to spend much more time on the Ancient Egyptian pantheon than the scriptwriters allowed. ]]>
I really wanted to spend much more time on the Ancient Egyptian pantheon than the scriptwriters allowed.

]]> http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Goddess-Selket-Tutenstein-286060946 http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Goddess-Selket-Tutenstein-286060946 Sun, 19 Feb 2012 18:03:49 PST Goddess Selket: Tutenstein nonadult cartoons/traditional/cartoons/drawings filbarlow http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/f/i/filbarlow.jpg?2 Copyright 2012-2013 ~filbarlow
More importantly this episode gave me the chance to design some goddesses I'd been looking forward to honor with my artistic efforts. ]]>
More importantly this episode gave me the chance to design some goddesses I'd been looking forward to honor with my artistic efforts.

]]> http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Bug-Queen-SST-286056389 http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Bug-Queen-SST-286056389 Sun, 19 Feb 2012 17:37:41 PST Bug Queen: SST nonadult cartoons/traditional/cartoons/drawings filbarlow http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/f/i/filbarlow.jpg?2 Copyright 2012-2013 ~filbarlow
All in all a very satisfying result for the last bug design we did for the SST series. ]]>
All in all a very satisfying result for the last bug design we did for the SST series.

]]> http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Godzilla-quot-Gigan-quot-275367063 http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Godzilla-quot-Gigan-quot-275367063 Fri, 23 Dec 2011 02:25:16 PST Godzilla: "Gigan" nonadult cartoons/traditional/cartoons/drawings filbarlow http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/f/i/filbarlow.jpg?2 Copyright 2011-2013 ~filbarlow pyatt.)

Now some facts and disclaimers that may clear up some confusion concerning this design:

It was never meant to be a representation of the original Toho movie creature. Way back in preproduction before we had scripts or even a concept to work with, and the Sony Godzilla movie was still a year away from release. I and artists from my Australian company Zoonimedia began a series of conceptual designs to audition them to join me on the series.

The artists on my team were Darren Roach, Dan Remmel, Milenko Tunjic, and Matthew Brady (who I renamed Gus, because we had two Matthews in our company, subsequently I named another creature 'El Gussano' after him because it was based off his design).

My team's brief was simple, go crazy and impress my boss Richard Raynis. I chose a few designs to redraw into the style I'd created for the show to give Richard an idea of how our process would work. We randomly named the designs with Toho monster names more as a joke than anything, (apologies to the classic film fans). This "Gigan" was one of the designs that made it into the main title.

Currently I cannot remember which artist's design this was based off, but the creature designs on this show became a very collaborative process. The careful inking off my pencils was done by Helen Maier. Helen, by the way, ended up signing away her likeness for the final look of Dr. Elsie Chapman. ]]> pyatt.)

Now some facts and disclaimers that may clear up some confusion concerning this design:

It was never meant to be a representation of the original Toho movie creature. Way back in preproduction before we had scripts or even a concept to work with, and the Sony Godzilla movie was still a year away from release. I and artists from my Australian company Zoonimedia began a series of conceptual designs to audition them to join me on the series.

The artists on my team were Darren Roach, Dan Remmel, Milenko Tunjic, and Matthew Brady (who I renamed Gus, because we had two Matthews in our company, subsequently I named another creature 'El Gussano' after him because it was based off his design).

My team's brief was simple, go crazy and impress my boss Richard Raynis. I chose a few designs to redraw into the style I'd created for the show to give Richard an idea of how our process would work. We randomly named the designs with Toho monster names more as a joke than anything, (apologies to the classic film fans). This "Gigan" was one of the designs that made it into the main title.

Currently I cannot remember which artist's design this was based off, but the creature designs on this show became a very collaborative process. The careful inking off my pencils was done by Helen Maier. Helen, by the way, ended up signing away her likeness for the final look of Dr. Elsie Chapman.

]]> http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Thunderbird-Destination-Truth-262976368 http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Thunderbird-Destination-Truth-262976368 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 19:47:12 PDT Thunderbird: Destination Truth nonadult digitalart/drawings/fantasy filbarlow http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/f/i/filbarlow.jpg?2 Copyright 2011-2013 ~filbarlow Helen Maier and I worked on Destination Truth for the SyFy cable channel. I designed and modeled some of the creatures and Helen helped me color the photoshop "roughs" and texture the 3D creatures. We were never credited for our involvement on the show.

Here is my first conceptual design of the Thunderbird for season three. ]]> Helen Maier and I worked on Destination Truth for the SyFy cable channel. I designed and modeled some of the creatures and Helen helped me color the photoshop "roughs" and texture the 3D creatures. We were never credited for our involvement on the show.

Here is my first conceptual design of the Thunderbird for season three.

]]> http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Duncan-Firebreather-257048116 http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Duncan-Firebreather-257048116 Tue, 06 Sep 2011 05:01:01 PDT Duncan: Firebreather nonadult cartoons/digital/cartoons/3d filbarlow http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/f/i/filbarlow.jpg?2 Copyright 2011-2013 ~filbarlow
Here are some images to show you my modeling process.
(Top left) I prepared orthographic views from Peter's drawings of Duncan's head and body, front and side. The white lines are the mesh in the program Lightwave. I always build off artwork to keep my models as accurate as possible to the original design.

Below that (in color) is the finished Lightwave model without hair, it went through a series of adjustments to refine his appearance.

Once approved I brought the model into the program Mudbox for detailing (everything in brown). I shaped Duncan's human body and then made a second layer which used the same geometry to blend into his Kaiju form, to which I added wings. ]]>
Here are some images to show you my modeling process.
(Top left) I prepared orthographic views from Peter's drawings of Duncan's head and body, front and side. The white lines are the mesh in the program Lightwave. I always build off artwork to keep my models as accurate as possible to the original design.

Below that (in color) is the finished Lightwave model without hair, it went through a series of adjustments to refine his appearance.

Once approved I brought the model into the program Mudbox for detailing (everything in brown). I shaped Duncan's human body and then made a second layer which used the same geometry to blend into his Kaiju form, to which I added wings.

]]> http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/JowJow-Dark-Fury-Riddick-255825055 http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/JowJow-Dark-Fury-Riddick-255825055 Tue, 30 Aug 2011 05:56:11 PDT JowJow: Dark Fury, Riddick nonadult cartoons/digital/cartoons/3d filbarlow http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/f/i/filbarlow.jpg?2 Copyright 2011-2013 ~filbarlow
I put these images together to show the collaborative process that went in to this creature. Peter and I had been going back and forth trying to figure out what the JowJow should look like, he suggested that maybe two creatures had been surgically joined together, and whipped out the sketch, more as a joke (top image: 1).

It was the best idea we'd had up to that point, so I cleaned it up (image: 2).

The studio Peter was using in South Korea colored up the JowJow design for use in the Production (image: 3).

I was really happy when Peter gave me the go ahead to build the JowJow in 3D (image: 4). Back then I was using Lightwave, and my model is what you see in the film, mainly the other end of it though. ]]>
I put these images together to show the collaborative process that went in to this creature. Peter and I had been going back and forth trying to figure out what the JowJow should look like, he suggested that maybe two creatures had been surgically joined together, and whipped out the sketch, more as a joke (top image: 1).

It was the best idea we'd had up to that point, so I cleaned it up (image: 2).

The studio Peter was using in South Korea colored up the JowJow design for use in the Production (image: 3).

I was really happy when Peter gave me the go ahead to build the JowJow in 3D (image: 4). Back then I was using Lightwave, and my model is what you see in the film, mainly the other end of it though.

]]> http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Mercs-Dark-Fury-Riddick-255822515 http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Mercs-Dark-Fury-Riddick-255822515 Tue, 30 Aug 2011 05:27:40 PDT Mercs: Dark Fury, Riddick nonadult cartoons/traditional/cartoons/drawings filbarlow http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/f/i/filbarlow.jpg?2 Copyright 2011-2013 ~filbarlow

]]> http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Junner-Dark-Fury-Riddick-252459538 http://filbarlow.deviantart.com/art/Junner-Dark-Fury-Riddick-252459538 Fri, 12 Aug 2011 10:46:13 PDT Junner: Dark Fury, Riddick nonadult cartoons/traditional/cartoons/drawings filbarlow http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/f/i/filbarlow.jpg?2 Copyright 2011-2013 ~filbarlow

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