Humble beginnings: the short film version of Lucy

See Lucy's humble beginnings as a short film.
Click buttons along the bottom for designs, the "production" link at the top to see video and more.

Lucy feature character designs from Pierre Perifel

Pierre's character studies

Zippernecks


Sandmen


Hartford Graves







Grandy


Gargoyles

Ken Morrissey's Lucy and Graves model sheet

The Dark Side

Guillermo del Toro just teamed up with Disney to create a new label:


Strong evidence that there is demand for mainstream animated features that defy the conventional boundaries of pure comedy. Not a new concept for Walt, though it is for today's Disney:




Animation has become more sophisticated in its acting and visuals in recent years, pushing the genre into new arenas of story and character.






Like the Incredibles, Lucy will be a fusion of the family-friendly animated feature and the superhero blockbuster. A gritty story told with strong characters in a visually rich world.

early char design - Hartford Graves

Ben's early concepts:

Ken Morrisey's design experiments

I've been updating the older posts too so check them out to see more new stuff.

Grandy:

Hartford Graves: