Monster Concept Art

[mrhogg]

Something I whipped up this morning:

http://www.hoggworks.com/2008/11/googly-monster-sketch/

What do you think? The eye-stalks are meant to be portable.

 

[muppetinsider]

Interesting. I like the lower chin with the teeth overlapping the upper lip. Looks like some great mouth movement. Are you going to build it?

 

[mrhogg]

As with all things, I would certainly like to; the tricky part, as always, is finding the time to do it.

 

[muppetinsider]

I see. Would this bee a foam structure? Or more of a layered material type puppet.

 

[mrhogg]

It'd be foam for the head, with some sort of foam/plastic structure for the shoulders to help it keep its shape.

Layered material is an interesting idea, though.

 

[muppetinsider]

Well layered meaning there would be some sort of structure for the head, however the body you could have more of a wire frame, similar to Big Bird or Snuffy. I believe the Trash-Heap from Fraggle Rock had this type of structure as well. I believe they use a sort of cheese cloth fabric to cover the wire hooped form.
Then the material could be layered over that creating the look of your illustration.

 

[Kevin the Frog]

Kind of reminds me of a Star Wars creature you would see in the bar.

 

[scarylarrywolf]

Why is the lower jaw under-lapping so drastically? It seems to me that would make it difficult to tell whether or not the mouth is open.

Nice rendering on the sketch.

 

[The Shoe Fairy]

Kind of reminds me of a Star Wars creature you would see in the bar.

I Agree.

 

[mrhogg]

I just like the look of the extreme underbite. I used that visual in my Boss puppet, and you can tell when his mouth is open without problem.

I would think the monster would look a little more cuddly than much of what's in Star Wars, I should think.