The longest pre production cycle ever...

Dude, Neill. You know what's hard? Trying to find time to make a movie while supporting/having a family. This shit is taking forever. Not to mention I have a budget of about twelve dollars. So...this is going to turn out rad.

Rad.

So this is the arm. Latex, toilet paper, and a dish glove. need to add the hair and then chuck it up with blood and meaty chucks.

Getting there.

Jesus...am I really that fat?

Doug

Painty painty

Neill, I have a confession. My last post...was a joke post. It wasn't real. Not like most of these.

So I baked and painted that thing from the last post. Sort of a test piece, and that shit worked. Not great, but for what I'm going to need it for, it will work.

Hope shit is good. OH! I just read about Robocop being pushed, and Elysium filling the summer spot (cut me some slack, I been busy). I hope this is a good thing for you, but fuck if I'm not getting frustrated with this new Robocop. Still, I really like the director, love the actor, and have a passion for Robocop (I named my ninth son OCP), so hopefully it all comes together.

Anywayz...poo poo pa doo.

Doug

Lovecraftian Dinner

Dude, Neill. Halloween time is the best time to hunt Manufagen's. Good grief they're delicious. My daughter caught the one above.

A lot of people like to fry them, but I think you miss out on the earthy flavor these guys produce when you do that. I like to cover them in olive oil, bake them at 350 for an hour, and then lightly season them. So good. As a side dish, mashed potatoes and peas, mother fucker!

Wonderfulness. The season's almost over, I know that they have some good hunting grounds up in BC, I suggest you take a break from Elysium and get yourself some.

Happy Hunting!

HP Douglas Williams

Payin' da Billz!

Dude, Neill, how's shit? Been loco crazy busy on my end. But things are coming together. I figure I'd run through some of my work I can show, there's a lot I can't!

So numero uno, the above image is featured in TRIUMPH by Greg Broadmore. It is fucking awesome. It might be my favorite book he's put out. I highly recommend picking it up. I wasn't gogin to show the whole image, but Christian Pearce did, and even though he's my competition for being Greg's best friend (Don't worry, Greg will be my second best friend. You're my first.), he's an amazing artist and all around nice guy (Also, he's a slut. That may or may not be true. I actually have no idea).

Line art by Guy Davis. Colors by sexy Doug, that's me.

Another project I worked on was a motion comic for the Terra Nova dvd. Javier Soto directed it, it's the second project I've worked on with him, and it was great. he's a super cool guy. Which reminds me, I only colored it, Guy Davis did all the line art. It was a pretty intense project with a short deadline. Not many of those in this industry...heh...he...he...HA HA HA! Honestly, that's every project.

I also worked with Javier on The Great Calamity, which will be featured on the Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter Blu-Ray. It's super cool, and was another fun project to work on. Javier chose a super cool animated style to render it in, and I actually like the tone of it more than the actual film (Which I enjoyed). You can read a little about Javier's flick HERE.

 There was some other things outside my day job that I can not talk about. Secret shit. Mayan calendar and all that. Illuminaughty shit. Naughty.

Then, there's the day gig. We're getting really close to an end here. I'm excited and terrified. Oh! We're selling shirts. Buy some.

Oh shit! Did I tell you how PAX went? It went really fucking well. You can see my big fat sausage mitts in this video.

Oh...and then there my ever fucking unending preproduction movie. Man...making movies by yourself is hard. the arm is working pretty well now though, and I'm piecing together how to make some silicone wounds. The lazy goth girl I was going to hire to make my twenty silicone hands disappeared though, and no, I didn't kill her. So...that sucks.

Here's the arm from a few weeks ago.

So that's shit dude. Can't wait until March to see Elysium. We're getting close, man! Real fucking close! So excited.

Hope you have a fan-fucking-tastic day.

D

Dickin' Around

Man-o-man, Neill. Been pretty great lately. Like really fucking great. Crazy busy, but good stuff. I've worked on a couple side projects that are coming out soon, PAX went off without a hitch, my first tests with silicone are coming out great, my latex bug arm is working well, and I helped my daughter finish her Pinewood Derby car.

I'll give a more detailed write up latez. Hope shit is well, man.

Doug

Flamdoogle

Google. What happened? You used to be so...steady. New, exciting, trustworthy. I mean it's a free service, so I feel bad complaining, but trying to make me start a new blogger profile when I'm just trying to sign in to my blog...that I've had...for years (which is sad in it's own right). Weirdness. Hopefully by the end of this post I'll be able to add a post title, since right now you've decided I can't.

Anywho, NEILL! What's up? Been pretty dark lately. No news 'bout nothing.

Well, I got some, I'm finally trying to make my movie...s again.  Hopefully for more than a few days this time. Anyway, one of the two flicks I want to make has this weird thing in it. I was looking for pig ref and came across some of Jenny Saville's images. I forget sometimes how much I love her work. So gawddamned good.

Anyway, hopefully I'll get something together soon to show people.

Sorry, for the shitty, boring post. Been crazy lately.

Poopsmell.

Doug

Da Day Job

Sup Neill? Well, here's two years of my life. This is the game I've been art directing. I'm pretty proud of these fuckers. It's pretty fun too! So I'm not just twiddling my thumbs here....waiting for a call....

Swamp Donkey

So...Neill, I gots a question. I had this passed along to me, and it's fucking great. I love mixing this creepy creature shit with humor. I love the creature design. I love these characters. I feel like I knew these guys when I lived in Port Angeles (fuck you Twilight), I know exactly what that guys hair looks like under that hat. And the thing is, these guys are crude, crazy muther fuckers; but they're actually pretty good guys when you get to know them. Fun to drink with! Shit, the question; so man, did you do this?

Because, my buddy Rex sure as shit noticed the similarities between this and your AGM Heartland teaser from Wired awhile ago.

Am I a fucking code breaker? Shut your mouth Rex, you didn't figure out shit. You're a fucking dick Rex. Ok, so Rex might have figured out some similarities, but I have the blog, so I fucking get to say I found this shit. Rex is a little dicked fucker. Gawdammit Rex...he's grabbing a ruler and pulling his pants down...dammit. Rex, you're an asshat.

Anyway, these are both fucking cool, I'm guessing they're linked, but are they? If they're not, someone's apeing you, but really well. What do you crazy followers of this blog think? Should Neill come forward, remove his skin like those old guys from Cocoon, and tell us if he made these? Or should we just basked in his glowy alien light? Wait, this blog has followers? Who are you people? What's wrong with you?

Truly,

Sherlock Douglas John  Holmes III

One Eye Willy

Man, Neill, Elysium looks fucking sick. I love the style of the station, I like the ships, I love everything I've seen. I can't wait to see more.

Here's a super quick alien. I like drawing more than I like doing ZBrush. But I totally get why this is becoming more and more of the process. I might have spent around an hour and a half on this. Imagine a shitty director with no vision looking at this thing. "It looks 3-D!" I bet that's what they would say, and you would have to bite your tongue and nod.

Anyway, fun shit.

Doug

The Fermi Artifact

Neeeeiiiiiiilllllllll, sup dude. Holy shit, big week for you! I'm seeing tons of Elysium images from SDCC. Fuck, I wish I was there. Everything I'm seeing screams epic. Can't wait, man, I just can't fawking wait!

Anyway, here's a little alien skull I banged out in Z-Brush. I'm just beginning to learn the program. Dude, it's one of the most amazing, powerful programs I've ever used. it's also one of the most UN-intuitive programs I've ever used. Although, maybe it's not, maybe I'm just used to how other programs all ape each others layouts for a visual language of say, things like where and how to save.

Anyway, this was a skull found on the dark side of the moon near the Fermi crater. Did you know that we never stopped moon missions, until the eighties? It's true! We continued to find odd and strange artifacts the whole time, but then something happened...and for whatever reason, we stopped.

Or I was dicking around in Z-Brush and made this thing.  Either way.

Doug

E L Y S I U M

 Uh...my dick is hard.

Doulgascannotwait Williams

Sumerian Space Jockey

What the shit Neill? Did you dig Prometheus, or not? It's rude not to respond. You're not rude are you?

Well, I decided to fuck around last night and make a Space Jockey of my own. I decided to follow Giger's original a little more closely than the film look, but still keep Scott's 'it's only a space suit' idea. Although, in my mind, that hose will always be a trunk. Like my wiener. I also threw in some Sumerian head shape in there (the head wrapping).

So readers, did you guys dig Prometheus? Do you think this concept is cool? Do hotdogs taste better in the summer? Are you rude and don't feel like responding? Answer all these questions below.

Doug

Sculptris part duex...duo...doo...?

Sup Neill. You see Prometheus? What'd you think? I be tha' curious.

Anyway, sooper quick post. Fucking around in Sculptris again. Probably spent around an hour and a half on this. Maybe less.

I can see why people dig this shit, but for some reason everything ends up sort of looking the same. Not sure why. But it leaves for pretty boring creature design lately (imo). Although, D-9 didn't suffer from that, maybe it's a straight to digital thing. Who knows.

At any rate, this is the future of concept design. I remember picking up the Episode 2 art book and seeing guys like Ryan Church and Dermot Power doing amazing quick digital concepts. i knew that was where things were going and didn't want to get left behind (I was all markers at the time). Now I'm a little behind the curve, but I'll catch up.

I sort of like this alien though, something alluring about the mouth....something....

Doug

A call to arms...uh...arm.

Neill, I know, it seems like I just don't care anymore. I do though, I fucking swear it! I've been crazy busy. Between the game. family and trying to get shit together for this movie, time has been short. Shooooooorrrrrt.

Anyway, here's where I'm at with the arm. Still really fucking early, but it's coming together right? Sort of?

I'm using liquid latex mixed with acrylic paint and cotton balls. High tech stuff. If Weta's interested I could teach them some things, like where to buy cotton balls.

Honestly though, by the time it's got the silicone, and slime and blood and is painted, I think this shit is going to be pretty dope.

Plus, even if the movie never happens, I've made one of the most elaborate sex toys ever.

Douglestien

The HORROR!

First off, let me apologize. I lead a lot of people to this blog by pretending that I had LEAKED PROMETHEUS CONCEPT ART here. I do not. Fox is going to hold on to that shit tight, there's not going to be any LEAKED PROMETHEUS CONCEPT ART until they release PROMETHEUS CONCEPT ART.

So...sorry.

I'm also sorry to you Neill, and all the nutjobs who read this awful blog (seriously, what's wrong with you?). Things have been super crazy at work, and I'm trying to get this short film I want to make actually started. Speaking off, check out these silicone fingers, shits looking decent, right? I bought them on the cheap, but plan on making a lot of my own stuff from here on out.

Willard Cochrane gave me some advice on making the insectoid arm. I think it's going to be pretty fucking cool. Who's Willard? Oh, just some guy who worked on some old Neill Blomkamp shorts; Alive in Joburg and Yellow. Mwu ha ha ha ha ha!

But seriously...time has been fucking short lately.

Sorry, I've been slacking.

Doug

Face Hugger...uh...Sucker

Yo' Neill. How goes it, man?

Hey, just making sure you and Guillermo know, I know you guys aren't lazy. I know these movies take time. I'm just impatient as shit. that being said, I think the less I know about these flicks the better. I wish I had not sucked up all that Prometheus imagery.  I think I know too much.

So I've decided to go on a PROMETHEUS media blackout. I mean, I'll watch the trailers I've seen, over and over, and I'll watch that wonderful David Commercial, but hat's it.

I think a new trailer is out, or coming out with the Avengers, but I isn't gonna' see it.  Still my mind wanders, and makes me wonder about things in the current media blitz I've already seen, and what they might be.

Also, whenever a new trailer comes out, I get a shit ton of hits looking for things like PROMETHEUS CONCEPT ART, or OFFICIAL PROMETHEUS CONCEPT ART. I always feel bad for people who are looking for that art and end up here. I wonder if there's anyway to make sure that they don't find this site when searching for REAL OFFICIAL PROMETHEUS CONCEPT ART, or PROMETHEUS CONCEPTS REVEALED HERE. It would be awful if my site dragged people here looking for things like PROMETHEUS SECRETS REVEALED, or LEAKED PROMETHEUS ART, or PROMETHEUS CONCEPT ART LEAKED BY RIDLEY SCOTT LOCATED HERE.

So, this is my quick goofy idea of what that thing in the trailer might be. It's definitely not OFFICIAL PROMETHEUS CONCEPT ART.

Well, hope shit is good dude. Let me know if you find some OFFICIAL PROMETHEUS CONCEPT ART on any sites, I'd love to see some.

Oh...right...the black out.

Uh, OFFICIAL PROMETHEUS LEAKED IMAGES doesn't count.

Have a good one;

Doug

Guillermo del Toro wraps!

Yo, Neill, so guess what? Guillermo del Toro just wrapped on shooting for Pacific Rim. So now there's two of you lazy fuckers. What? Is that wrong? Hey, how hard can this part be? Add some After Effects, record some sounds- BANGO PRESTO- you have a movie.

But you two are taking a whole year for 'finishing' your movies? But dude, we want to see these movies incredibly badly. It's fucking torture. TORTURE! I mean, come on, at least throw some concept art, or storyboards, or more viral shit out there. It's killing all of us geeks. We can't survive on Prometheus alone.

We depend on awesome big budget sci-fi to help keep us alive, and what are we getting? Battleship. Battleship? How is this a movie? Maybe I'm wrong, maybe it will be amazing, but I'm having a hard time imagining it.

Here's how I imaging that movie plays out:

"Captain, we can't see them, we're firing blind!"

"Triangulate the last known positions of the aliens!"

"I'm guessing, but it's probably quadrant c-9!"

"Fire!!!"

"Direct hit!"

"Good job, Rhianna."

Then the aliens fire back at fleet and blow up a battleship...

"The bastards! They sank my Battleship!"

...aaaaaaand scene.

Maybe I'm wrong, maybe.

Hey, speaking of you and Guillermo, you both were up for that Halo flick. I heard rumors about Guillermo, and knew about you being attached to it. Let me just say, I'm glad neither of you tackled that franchise. I think both movies would have been great, but I think the other shit that has come out of that clusterfuck have been better. Guillermo is making...everything (Dreamworks animation ftw) and you went on to do District-9, which I really enjoyed.

I don't know if you knew that. That I liked District-9.  A lot.

Anyways, I know you two are working your asses off, and I honestly can't wait for these two films to come out.

Impatiently yours;

Duggle Butt.

Garbage Bot

Sup, Neill? Why is there no Elysium news? What...the...shit?

It's driving me crazy, man. Like super crazy. At least the P R O M E T H E U S marketing onslaught is keeping me busy. That and hobo fighting. Hobo's are scrappy!

Anyway, here's a bot I plan on building for my flick. It'll be made of foam and bits, with a flashing blue light. It'll be basically a cover over a shitty rc car.

I hate the signage on it right now, but it gets the idea across. All that will change.

It's like a space Roomba!

Doug

Crawling City...of death.

Just dicking around. You know Neill, I love sci-fi shit. I truly do. The hard part is thinking how things would really work in the real world. You do that, and sci-fi starts to suck.

Imagine this, a giant fucking city that crawls ever so slowly across the landscape. Now, it's a ghost town. A few random squatters, but for the most part; dead. Like a giant metal and concrete crustacean, rotting on a barren landscape.

Now think what it would take to make a city like that to move. And why the shit would you want it too? I mean, really. You would need a city of technicians just to make the walking city move. At the same time, who the fuck cares. It's sci-fi!

The conundrum.

Not much to report. Busy as fuck. So you get quick sketches...because you aren't paying me.

Hope shit is good.

Doug

Squidy

Neill, dude, I love tentacled monsters. I totally do. Not the kind from those Japanese cartoons, the ones always attacking school girls, but full on Lovecraftian beasties.

 No wonder that this guy was the one action figure I always wished they made. 

Fuck dude, The Last Starfighter is the shit. Ron Cobb designs, a ship that actually moves in space like it should, and 3-D motherfucking graphics. 3-D! That blew my mind when I saw it in the theater.

Anyways, tentacled aliens. We finally have the tech to make them amazing and what do we make intead? Predator jaws. Over...and over...and over...

Anyway, fuck. I really wish Guillermo del Toro had been able to make his Mountains film. I have a feeling that would have been the longest drink of water after a drought ever.

Oh one more thing....

This guy was one of my favorite action figures ever. Look at his name. Squid Head. Not over thought, very descriptive, squid head. You know what these guys are called now? Quarren. What the fuck? We over think shit too much now. Why does Squid Head have to have a fucking Wikipedia page? I guarantee you, when Nilos Rodis Jamero drew this guy, he fucking put a squid on a robed body. He was probably pressed for time and had drawn 92 other aliens that week and was all ,"Fuck it, I'll put a goddamned buck toothed squid on this guy." and was done with it.

The Star Wars wiki says this about this guy:

The character Davy Jones as in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest strongly resembles a Quarren, the most notable feature being the tentacles near the face. 

The Quarren also visually resemble the horror creature Cthulhu, created by the author H. P. Lovecraft.

Yeah...you know why? Because they have fucking squids for heads. SQUUUUIIIIIDDDDDSSSS.

Anyway...wow...that was an odd tangent.

Rockin' action figure.

Doug