Ninja April 2nd, 2009
A few of my friends have told me that whenever I post about Watchmen, they got horrible flashbacks of Dr. Manhattan’s giant blue junk. Sorry, guys, this is too good to not post. Also, this is all about the character Rorschach, not Doc Manhattan.
Here’s a peek at the different stages of Dave Gibbons‘ digital painting process for the Rorschach cover of March issue of ImagineFX magazine.
Related postsNinja March 7th, 2009
What a wonderful, timely parody! Oh geez, I know it’s so wrong, but I couldn’t help but laugh a little at Rorschach petting the German shepherds.
Related postsThis combines two huge passions of mine, one being the comic genius that is Alan Moore and the other being kids programming from the late 80s which I would say is my biggest animation inspiration.
– Harry Partridge
Ninja February 25th, 2009
MoCCA’s The Art of Watchmen exhibition shows the character evolution from artist Dave Gibbons’ original concept sketches to their depiction in the comics culminating in their screen incarnations on in Zack Snyder’s upcoming Watchmen film.
When
Exhibition dates: March 6– May 2, 2009
Open Tuesday to Saturday 12:00 PM 5:00 PM
Closed Sunday & Monday
Where
Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art
594 Broadway, suite 401
New York, NY 10012
Admission
Suggested Donation: $5.00
Members & Children under 12: free
Purchasing links
+ MoCCA special advanced benefit screening of the Watchmen movie & book signing on March 5 2009, $100.00
+ Watchmen graphic novel
+ Watchmen: The Art of the Film
Ninja April 8th, 2008
Here are a few interesting facts about the backlot:
• 5,800 feet of neon requiring 24,000 watts of power
• 100 unique and custom-designed graphics created for the various storefronts
• 5,000 square feet of custom posters
• Street had to work for 1938, 1945, 1953, 1957, 1964, 1974, 1975, 1977, and 1985
• 1,040 feet of 1:1 scale New York streets
• 98,400 square feet of exterior scenery
• 12,500 square feet of interior scenery
• Building heights range from 23′9″ to 42′6″
• 10,325 16-foot 2×4s
• 3,600 sheets of OSB (plywood-like construction material)
• 384,000 square feet of foam brick
• 200,000 nails
• 3,500 tubes of construction adhesive
• 160,000 lbs. of steel I-beams support the facades
• 300 cubic meters of concrete
• 6,000 square feet of glass
• 4,800 square feet of plexiglass
• 20,000 donuts were consumed by the construction crew
• 20,000 gallons of water and 3,000 gallons of Gatorade was drunk by the crew
via Watchmen blog [Thanks for the tip, Ray!]
Ninja April 8th, 2008
Malin Akerman as Laurie Juspeczyk, aka Silk Spectre
Matthew Goode as Adrian Veidt, aka Ozymandias
Jackie Earle Haley as Walter Kovacs, aka Rorschach
Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Edward Blake, aka the Comedian
Patrick Wilson as Dan Dreiberg, aka Nite Owl
There’s no production photo for Billy Crudup as Jon Osterman, aka Dr. Manhattan, which is probably for the best. As you can see, he’s blue and naked. I’m sure it’ll look pretty cool though after all the post-production and special effects.
images via Watchmen blog and Wikipedia
Purchasing link
+ Buy the Watchmen graphic novel here for $13.59
Limited edition lithograph prints. Signed + numbered.
