Creature Design with Terryl Whitlatch 4

In this fourth DVD of a series, Terryl Whitlatch demonstrates how to create a monstrous villain, the Toad-Ogre, as well as other assorted creature characters suitable for film, animation and video games. This is a first-hand look at how creatures are designed in the entertainment industry, with a concise step-by-step analysis from the first rough sketches to the final designs and sculptural maquette. Not only does Terryl share her techniques and tools, including complete drawing and colorization demonstrations, but she also discusses in depth the vital interrelationship between the design of the creatures and the story and script. Terryl discusses what it's like to work with an art director and with other artists in a professional art department setting, and how the team functions together to create the best possible designs.

• The vital relationship between story and design
  
• Personality and design
  
• Believability--The science behind the design
  
• The story role of the Toad-Ogre creature
  
• Exploring variation in design
  
• Expression and gesture
  
• Designing related creatures
  
• Accessories—costume, props, and weapons
  
• Pushing the Anatomy— using out of the box thinking
  
• Working as a team
  

1. Introduction
   
2. Preliminary Roughs of Toad-Ogre, Character Personality and Role
   
3. Concept Sketches, Skin Textures, Front /Side Views, Locomotion
   
4. Finished Side View, Props, Weaponry, Accessories
   
5. The Design of a Mount—the Gigantic Snapping Turtle-saurus
   
6. The Design of the Alpha-Leader Toad-Ogre, Captive Creature
   
7. The Alpha Toad-Ogre, Hatchlings, and Mud Monster in Dramatic Pose
   
8. Drawing Demonstration of the Alpha-Leader Toad-Ogre
   
9. Color Demo of the Alpha-Leader Toad-Ogre, Hatchlings, and Mud Monster
   
10. Alternate Interpretation of Toad-Ogre by Concept Artist Nicolas Villarreal
    
11. Macquette of the Alpha-Leader Toad-Ogre by Concept Sculptor Drew Williams

• Product Code: TWI04
• ISBN:1-59762-828-X
• UPC:805366017361
• Duration: 97 minutes
• Formats: DVD-VIDEO

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Terryl Whitlatch

Creature Artist

Terryl Whitlatch is considered to be one of the top creature designers and animal anatomists working in the field today. In a career spanning over 25 years, Terryl has many projects to her credit, including Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, Star Wars:The Special Edition, Jumanji 1 and 2, Men in Black, Brother Bear, Dragonheart, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Curious George, The Polar Express, The Princess of Mars, Zafari, Beowulf, Pixar’s Bear and the Bow, and Disney’s King of the Elves to name a few. Clients include Industrial Light and Magic, Lucasfilm, Ltd., Pixar, Talking Pictures, Walt Disney Feature Animation, PDI, EA, LucasArts, Chronicle Books, Simon and Schuster, and various zoos and natural history museums. Terryl is also the author of two books, “The Wildlife of Star Wars” and “The Katurran Odyssey”, volume one of the series “The Katurran Trilogy”. In addition Terryl is involved with several other book and film concepts, as well as teaching Creature Design and Construction/Anatomy at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, CA.