Monsters vs. Aliens
Susan (50-Foot Woman), toothy Insectosaurus, Dr. Cockroach, Missing Link and B.O.B.
Do you like the designs for the DreamWorks Monsters vs. Aliens? Tell us what you think, and leave a comment down below.
Do you like the designs for the DreamWorks Monsters vs. Aliens? Tell us what you think, and leave a comment down below.
50 Comments:
Love it. But I thought Mirage was a Pixar character? I kid, I kid. THere's room enough in the CG animation world for two white haired sexy action women. Looks like it would be a fun movie to work on.
Love the picture. I think it's gonna be a great movie.
There's no question aboutthe skill involeved here but I've never enjoyed Dreamworks' designs... they don't have much soul- maybe it's...I don't know, it might be the stories and the voice talent that inspires them, but they seem real "prescribed" and "token"- Ignore what I say because I'm no expert... I hate to say "Pixar" here, but their things do have a soul.- thanks- you do beautiful renderings
I can't wait to see this one. I would love to work along side any of the artist from Dreamworks.
Damn cool.
Looks clever, but are we ever gonna get to see a big budget CG feature that DOESN'T have standard issue Disney-based designs? I mean, how long do we have to keep summoning the ghost of animators past? Lets try something new!!
Looks clever, but are we ever gonna get to see a big budget CG feature that DOESN'T have standard issue Disney-based designs? I mean, how long do we have to keep summoning the ghost of animators past? Lets try something new!!
Wow !
Great characters (as other people comments, the girl reminds me Incredibles from Pixar designs).
The concept seems really funny ! Impatient to see more !
Love the last picture. I can just hear him Sreaming "AAAAIII, Water's COLD!!"
Aw. I love toothy Insectosaurus!
this looks great I wonder what it's about. that' my favourite part of these movies, being surprised by story. Like "Wall E" i have no idea what that's going to be about. Same thing happened with shrek, and I was blown away.
What's wrong with Disney-like designs? Isn't that what the other major studios did since competitors began cropping up?
Now while these designs are obviously inspired by them, I don't like them. I may change my mind when I see more images and animation, but that's my opinion now. They just seem to have no originality to individuality.
Meh, these are totally boring imho. When your characters are aliens and monsters, surely you can push the envelope a little more than this...
i agree with boothy in that they could of pushed alot further, and dreamworks' humans have always looked weird to me. i think kung fu panda designs are much stronger, and that they have like random york said, "heart".
I don't want to be too nit-picky, but the nose on Insectosaurus kind of bothers me. It takes away from the cuteness.
Aside from that, this movie looks really fun. I'll be in the audience for sure.
WOW!!!!!
Beautiful Character
Standard fare. What a bummer.
The image with the bridge is a lovely illustration but the other characters seem like a mix of everything. The blue chap could be right out of monsters inc, the green guy was either in He Man, or the Thunder cats...can't quite remember which. I'd agree with Michael Sean about the nose. Could be a little distracting. I think we are still to see anybody but Pixar get appealing 3D humans right. But, hey...what do i know. Should be an interesting one to follow
These designs look a lot like Pixar's, but maybe it will turn out good. ???
The designs look kind of uninspired and obnoxious to me, I'm sorry to say. :/ Agreeing with those that think they could've pushed the envelope in other, more appealing directions.
The second photo is very good. I don't know why, but the first photo is a bit strange. The sky is more emerald green than sky blue. It looks like the characters are submerged under water.
But otherwise, great talent. Those characters are very much alive and show great emotion!
I'm going to agree with the others who said the designs seem kind of uninspired. They all look like I've seen them before somewhere else.
But the second picture is very amusing to me.
Best example of inbreeding of animation art right here.
I thought exactly the same as comment number one.
looks like mirage a lot, and the turtle in panda ,looks a lot like crush from nemo
needs more giant squid.
The designs look familiar because they're stereotypical characters such as: 50 ft. woman, creature from the black lagoon, the blob, godzilla, and the fly. I was at Dreamworks for awhile and from the clips I've seen, it looks amazing and the human characters are not that pixarish. I know one of the major influences for the designs was Jack Davis. Its also going to be the first film authored for stereoscopic 3D, most of you probably already knew that. Can't wait for this one.
It looks good. I Think the bug eyed furry monster is great and will be a hit with kids. I also like the missing link amphibian monster thing. But the rest of the designs could use a little more work. Especially since Nicholas Marlet is phenomenally talented and if Shane Prigmore is offering his amazing expertise on this film too.
I don't like the rendered feel on cartoon designs.. to me its the equivalent of painting fred flintstone in oil paint with realistic lighting..
bring back drawings!
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I loved the giant hamster beast.
then i scrolled down. i don't know who's to blame for the shit that these studios churn out, but someone has to be.
dreamworks-the crowd went mild years ago.
.......and to who ever said they were blown away by shrek, i have this to say. go out side. it could change your life.
agree with whom was saying there's a kind of "already seen look" a bit from pixar and i guess the monster on the right side has a grinchy style.
the project seems to be awesome and i'd like to see that soon.comments should make reflect ppl planning these great productions that it's time for a more fresh and different style to work on.
cheers
m.
The only design I like is the green amphibious guy (B.O.B. I think). The others don't speak to me whatsoever and need to be reworked. I agree with the Mirage observation.
i love the dead face on that giant thing.
can't get enough dead face.
The art style dare I say it, almost strikes me as being anime-like but not necessarily in a bad way. I like where they are going personally, its looking like I might finally get that action-esque movie I've been wanting for awhile from a major studio woohoo! I do have to sort of agree with Random York though. Dreamworks hasn't really been the best in design, despite having a talented team which i dont really understand, but after seeing images for Kungfu Panda maybe this is a new Dreamworks we are seeing.
Am I the only one who will be somewhat bothered if the only female monster is the giant sexy woman? I understand that the giant woman is an archetypal monster character, but isn't there room for a monstrous female monster among the other four characters? I'm so tired of the token sexy female approach to character design.
yup, boring typical same ol' stuff. Same thing, no innovation...blah
Wow! Awesome Caddyshack reference with the guys on the sailboat in the bridge attack image!! Those art department guys aren't messing around.
The characters look really cool. It reminds me of Monster's Inc. The characters look funny and playful. Is that a giant fuzzy caterpillar destroying the bridge? He's really cute. The pictures make me wonder how they got that way. I hope the movie talks about that.
The designs look great, and I agree wtih random york's comment. Maybe DW will stop selling the actors instead of selling the characters in the film. They have great ideas, but stop telling me who's going to voice the character, I don't care.
Dreamworks human characters always seem to lack appeal somehow. In this case she should look more exotic I think(amazon), eyes further apart, and lose the white wig. Swampthing (missing link?) looks great and blob looks alright. Giant creature looks unappealing and appears to be wearing lipstick. Where is a yeti, or loch ness?
dreamworks' designs, like their stories all seem superficial. it's like the old quote: "there's a lot less there than meets the eye".
I wish Susan was a bit more of an amazon woman, than, yes, its true, a Pixar Incredibles female type. I just think it would make for a more effective 50 ft woman to have her be wider set, and bigger-boned, than for her to be skinny-like.
Otherwise, this looks pretty cool.
yeah nice
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can't wait to see this one
I do actually don't dislike the idea of the movie, I would have LOVED to do something inspired by old campy 50's giant monster movies, but this just feels like it's going to end up being another standard Dreamworks fare. A rag-tag group of "quirky" CG characters get thrown together, make a lot of bad puns, then call it a day. The only character I really like is Insectosaurus (I think that's his name) the others just can't help but to feel a bit uninspired.
Love the gigantic bug-eyed monster - i hope his eyes continue to stay crossed (er... splayed?)
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huh huh....yeah, looks a little mismatched and unappealing...Id like to see the other sketches and development to get to these.
BUT in saying that i do like the huge cute and crazy one crashing through the bridge...he is pretty cool...i wish i could work for these studios...why cant any set up in Australia?!
The consensus here seems to be that the characters are uninspired and I have to agree. The plot sounds amazing but the design s of the characters leave me cold. Seeing these pics has sucked out a lot of my enthusiasm for seeing the film. I agree with so many people who have commented here, where is the bold design and yes the 50 ft woman looks weird and bland. I can't believe that with a premise like this they've ended up with these characters.
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