MikeLoh
May 24th, 2009, 08:03 PM
HI Everyone! Its my first post and I'm pretty new here. Everyone is pretty amazing artist and a constant inspiration to me.
Intro:
All my life I've been an artist and painter and I have done mediocre work to get by and make a few bucks. I worked for years in the Advertising Industry as a Designer switching to Agencies until one day I was laid off due to the sour economy. Its was sad that a steady paycheck was gone but it was also a revelation!
Now I realize that I was doing work I had little interest in until I discovered the Art of Sculpture and Mask Making (not to mention Concept Art for movies and games which is one of my dream jobs).
I practically "learned" everything I could on mold making and casting overnight and I started sculpting over a year ago. I watched all the supplemental DVD material for many big budget superhero and monster movies such as Predator and Aliens and Iron Man etc. many many times as a source of information and inspiration. I am obsessed with Steve Wang who a great sculptor on most of these monster movies. I love sculptural works of any kind, the creature design and maquette being one of my favorites.
Now I am still making masks everyday and I also am making my own Predator costume including designing in Concept Art and sculpting. I will also be molding the hard parts such as the Blade gauntlet, Helmets, body armor and Leg gauntlets!
In addition to making FX style costume designs I am also a writer at heart.
I usually develop my own story and character background when designing a character. I feel this way the life of Character design is more "360 Degrees" as the Ad people would say. This will help me "flesh-out" the character and give it more details on costume ideas and why the character looks the way it looks and not just visually stunning. I'm sure most of you know this already :P
I have already started a thread on my fav Predator forum:
http://www.thehunterslair.com/index.php?showtopic=11820&hl=
Cosplay fans will be happy to see my thread here and on there cuz I'll be sharing some secrets on making costumes the hard and professional way.
Here's a story I've written on a Predator Character named "Bone-Hunter"
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p199/UratzLoh/Bone%20Hunter%20Bio/BHLegend.jpg
Intro:
All my life I've been an artist and painter and I have done mediocre work to get by and make a few bucks. I worked for years in the Advertising Industry as a Designer switching to Agencies until one day I was laid off due to the sour economy. Its was sad that a steady paycheck was gone but it was also a revelation!
Now I realize that I was doing work I had little interest in until I discovered the Art of Sculpture and Mask Making (not to mention Concept Art for movies and games which is one of my dream jobs).
I practically "learned" everything I could on mold making and casting overnight and I started sculpting over a year ago. I watched all the supplemental DVD material for many big budget superhero and monster movies such as Predator and Aliens and Iron Man etc. many many times as a source of information and inspiration. I am obsessed with Steve Wang who a great sculptor on most of these monster movies. I love sculptural works of any kind, the creature design and maquette being one of my favorites.
Now I am still making masks everyday and I also am making my own Predator costume including designing in Concept Art and sculpting. I will also be molding the hard parts such as the Blade gauntlet, Helmets, body armor and Leg gauntlets!
In addition to making FX style costume designs I am also a writer at heart.
I usually develop my own story and character background when designing a character. I feel this way the life of Character design is more "360 Degrees" as the Ad people would say. This will help me "flesh-out" the character and give it more details on costume ideas and why the character looks the way it looks and not just visually stunning. I'm sure most of you know this already :P
I have already started a thread on my fav Predator forum:
http://www.thehunterslair.com/index.php?showtopic=11820&hl=
Cosplay fans will be happy to see my thread here and on there cuz I'll be sharing some secrets on making costumes the hard and professional way.
Here's a story I've written on a Predator Character named "Bone-Hunter"
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p199/UratzLoh/Bone%20Hunter%20Bio/BHLegend.jpg