lost ROD SERLING interview

AICN has posted an awesome find...a lost interview from 1970 with TV icon Rod Serling....awesome!

Upcoming @ ARLUDIK

my good friends IAIN McCAIG and PAUL TOPOLOS have a show coming up at the ARLUDIK GALLERY on the Ile Saint Louis in Paris starting September 9th. If you're in the area, make sure and stop by to see the show...afterwards you can get some delicious Berthillon Ice Cream, which I still dream about...mmmmm.

Little Yellow Dinosaur

I love this cool image from a Viewmaster set from 1971 called THE LITTLE YELLOW DINOSAUR...besides being awesome, it gets bonus points for showcasing the elusive Albino Pterodactyl!

don't be afraid of the dark

a TEASER is up for the remake of DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK, a 1973 TV movie that traumatized me as a kid...the footage screened at Comic Con was apparently very intense and scary.

while i'm normally dubious about remakes, this looks like it could be well done...we'll find out in January when it opens...

HPL YEAH!

IT'S ABOUT TIME

CON ABSENTIA

Just wanted to post an alert that I will NOT be @ SDCC this year...I'll have more updates regarding my upcoming Convention schedule and DEREKMONSTER 2010 in the not too distant future!

Meanwhile, please enjoy this drawing of SLEESTAKS!

GODZILLA PRIZE DRAWING

oh yeah... here's my GODZILLA prize drawing!

GODZILLA CONTEST WINNER

Congratulations to Charles Santos from Australia...He is the winner of the GODZILLA contest!
I really dug his piece in terms of Design, Execution and Old-School flavor...
You can see all of the other entries HERE, along with the FULL interview.

Thanks to Bobby Chiu for putting it all together and thanks to everyone who participated and tuned in!

INTERVIEW and CONTEST

This coming Wednesday, June 30th, I'll be doing a live interview with designer Bobby Chiu via SKETCHAHOLIC. He'll be asking me questions about my art and career, and we'll be announcing the winner of the online contest live during the interview. The Topic is GODZILLA and the winner gets an original GODZILLA drawing by yours truly...

MORE FRENCH 3-D MONSTERS

Roxan Carle, the Teacher at the "Bellecour école d'Art" school in France who gave the 'DerekMonster' assignment, has passed along more examples of 3D interpretations of my monsters by students there...it's so fun to see the designs living and breathing in a new way!

Thanks to Gwendolyn Garan, Frederique Barbant, Sarah Ennaime, Ludovic Gavillet, Tom Gouill, Mickael Lelievre, Yann Moriaud and Yann Trioulayre for your hard work!

DEREKMONSTER IN 3-D

This is a 3D version of one of my monsters from French student Jules Pinhede, who, along with a class from the 'Bellecour école d'Art' school there, have gotten an assignment to interpret different monsters of mine in the computer...cool!

GRICKLE

DRAWN has posted a nice interview with the mighty Graham Annable, aka GRICKLE...I'm a big fan of his work and it's great to get a glimpse into his creative process...in the interview, he talks about his art, his films ( including my fave, THE HIDDEN PEOPLE ), game work, and his new BOOK OF GRICKLE ...

EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP

I finally saw this amazing documentary over the weekend and I have to say it's one of the most exciting films i've seen in a while. A film by the mysterious and infamous artist Banksy, EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP offers a glimpse inside the hidden world of Street Art, but goes well beyond it, examining the role of art on the fringe of culture... and like some of my favorite documentaries, the film mutates into something quite different than what it sets out to be at the outset....A MUST SEE!

Frank Frazetta RIP

One of my all time favorite artists passed away today...Rest In Peace, Frank

THE HOBBIT by TOVE JANSSON

When I was young my Mom took a course on European Children's Literature, and one of the books she gave me from the course to read was Tove Jasson's FINN FAMILY MOOMINTROLL. I loved it, reading it many times over, and I've always had a warm spot in my heart for the characters and for the beautiful illustrations...


I was delighted to discover that DRAWN has posted a link to JANSSON'S illustrations for THE HOBBIT, which I was previously unaware of....ENJOY!

THE NEW GOJIRA?

/Film has posted what MIGHT be the new design for the upcoming American GODZILLA film...
I think it looks pretty cool and honors the traditional design history, but it's missing something...'character' maybe? That said, Godzilla should be fearsome, unsettling and primal, so maybe stripping the personality is the way to go for the reboot..

HYENA DEMON

This is a commision I just finished based on the Hyena Demon from ABE SAPIEN: DRUMS OF THE DEAD...

GODZILLA MODE

These are some sketches of GODZILLA that I did during the WonderCon...

BIRTHDAY CARD

My pal Josh Cooley made this awesome Birthday Card for me yesterday...i just had to share it...

THE GODZILLAS THAT WEREN'T

Believe it or not, therer were two American GODZILLA projects that never quite made it out of the gate and were, for monetary reasons and more, never completed or realized...


In 1983 a GODZILLA 3-D project was developed by Steve Minor, with a script by cult favorite, FRED DEKKER ( Monster Squad, House ), and Concept Art and Storyboards by the legendary WILLIAM STOUT...
more on the Plot details and project history HERE.




Years later, JAN De BONT, hot off the success of SPEED, was slated to do GODZILLA..one HUGE ballooning budget later ( rumored @ 150+ million in early 1990's dollars ), the Studio pulled the plug...Stan Winston Studios was doing the creature work and G would battle some monster called Gryphon ( seen below in an early Carlos Huante design ):



...and although it wasn't produced for a specific Film project, I like this interpretation of Godzilla by sculptor Tony McVey:

WORTHY FOR REBOOT

VARIETY reports that a GODZILLA reboot is finally coming to fruition...COUNT ME IN!

GRASSROOTS

At long last, the CREATOR-CON effort is underway..!

FLASHBACK

I was browsing the always enjoyable MONSTER BRAINS blog the other day when I stumbled across an image that made my heart skip a beat...this is the cover of a book I had as a kid called HOW TO DRAW MONSTERS, a book I haven't laid eyes on or really thought about at all since then...
Using the power of the INTERWEBS, I quickly tracked down a used ( like new ) copy and am now eagerly awaiting it's arrival in my mailbox. I can't for the life of me remember any specifics about what lay on the pages within, but I'm excited to take a trip down memory lane....I'll report my findings in the near future-

EMERALD CITY

I'll be exhibiting at the EMERALD CITY COMICON in Seattle this Saturday and Sunday. I'll be at Booth # 606 with my pals Ted Mathot and Jamie Baker, so if you're in the area come on by and say HELLO!

PIPELORD

Here is a drawing of PIPELORD for an upcoming charity auction...I hope to resume more frequent posting soon-thanks for your patience!

NEW MONSTER PAINTINGS

I've finally wrapped up work on a new batch of monster paintings !!

These are for the upcoming ROOT BRANCH Winter Art Exhibit  at MAVERIX STUDIOS...some of these beasts have been lingering in my studio in an unfinished state for well over a year, so it feels really, REALLY good to finish them!  

CTN Animation Expo

I'll be attending the CTN Animation Expo this weekend, doing some LIVE monster-drawing demonstrations as well as participating in a PIXAR Story Panel.  If you are in the LA/Burbank area and you are a fan of Animation, this might be the show for you.  My schedule is as follows:

-Demo #1 : Friday @ 6pm

-PIXAR Story Panel : Saturday @ 12pm

-Demo #2 :Sunday @ 10am

 

There are many other Demos, Speakers, Panels and Screenings listed on the CTNX  site...

Anatomy Of Japanese Folk Monsters

I just can't get enough of these ANATOMICAL DRAWINGS of various monsters from Japanese Folklore.  These are from a book called YOKAI DAIZUKAI by manga artist Shigeru Mizuki. I want this book!!!

ILLUSTRATED HORROR FILM POSTERS

These days, illustrated film posters are increasingly rare. So, in celebration of this diminishing art form, here's a GREAT collection of 100 illustrated posters for horror films: PART ONE and PART TWO.