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Sunday, August 29, 2010

The Monkey King, Transformed


I was invited by dear colleague and good pal Su Haitao to participate in the book project 72 Transformations: Concept Designs for the Monkey King, doing my very own interpretation of the popular Chinese character. I thought it would be nice to share a work-in-progress piece here on the blog.


My idea, however, was to put the character not in a typical Monkey King action or combat scene but something more "behind the scenes". The hero inserts his famous flying cloud (with the assistance of a - for me typically - Steampunk insert-apparatus) right inside a kind of a giant lindworm or wingless dragon in order to make the monster be able to fly and to apply it as a chic sky-roadster with a nice Steampunk-ish cockpit attachment.


The complete process and the final artwork will be shown exclusively in the book.

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6 comments:

  1. Ha ha - awesome! Love the non-traditional take.

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  2. Florian, thanks for the shout out on your website. Best of luck with your work, I'll stay in touch with you.

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  3. Hi, so cool work! real awesome! The Publisher let me to tell you, they really, really like your unique work, and want to express to you Deep thanks! :)

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  4. I don't know anything about the Monkey King, but I really like the bicycle contraption he is riding. Especially the use of the teapot.

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  5. are you kidding? the honor is all mine!! thank you so much for visiting my blog and commenting on my art!! I am a HUGE fan of yours and you are an immense inspiration for all my artwork!!! I just hope I was able to capture a bit of your style in my tribute piece to you and Barbucci! :)

    and beautiful sketches, as always!! :)

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  6. Josh! Thanks! :)

    Taylor, it was me a pleasure :)

    Su! Hey, thanks for stopping by and letting me know! CHEERS!

    Hello Michael, long time no see, how are you? Thanks for leaving a comment here!

    Christian, absolutely, this is a brilliant piece of work! Thanks!

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