Creature Contest — Stan Winston School of Character Arts Forums

Velociraptor Hatching

Molly Crouchman — Fri, 17 Apr 2015 23:29:41 +0000

Inspired by Jurassic Park and Stan Winston Studios I created my own Velociraptor for a Personal Research Project: Prop Replica from a Film, TV or Theatre for University and managed to get a 1.1 for it! I made the Dinosaur into a hand puppet out of Dragon Skin and the Eggs from Plaster and came up with my own sequence of the live hatching. Please see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jh1Ca6F0YwI for the Hatching Final Piece and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey1HBSoZdtA for the Egg-periements (which was a great laugh!)

Sea Creature.

jody stanton — Tue, 28 Apr 2015 22:57:18 +0000

This application was made from a foam latex prosthetic piece, including individual teeth made out of easy-flow. I was inspired by the deep sea angler fish by its large mandible and vicious snarl, enhanced by its razor sharp teeth. From here my imagination took off. I decided to incorporate the classic colours of a great white shark, as from a personal preference sharks are also scary and intimidating predators of the ocean, therefore I decided to use blues, black, silvers and fresh tones for the gums. I finished off this make-up application with black contact lenses to accentuate fish eyes and braided my models hair.
I hope you like this make-up application. Please leave a comment as I would love to hear your thoughts and opinions.
Thank you.

The Ogglewop Hand Puppet

Jonathan Stewart-wood — Fri, 24 Apr 2015 19:28:05 +0000

Here is a creature I designed and created whilst studying a 7 week intensive Prosthetics course at Neill Gortons Prosthetics school in Chesham UK. The images show me sculpting him in wet clay, moulding him using fibre-glass he was cast in Foam rubber, and the finished painted puppet with resin eyes and a silicone tongue (oh not forgetting the KY jelly in his mouth for added slime effect) also a posed photo of myself being attacked by my own creation creation

Shrump -forest puppet

Bianca judd — Fri, 10 Apr 2015 18:11:29 +0000

Shrump is a foam puppet created for my final project on Makeup FX & Prosthetic Creation (Gorton Studio). This cheeky chap was sculpted in clay, moulded in fiberglass before becoming a foam hand puppet including armature and rods. He also has latex fungus on his log and mushroom friends.

DesignerDragons™Dragon Puppet

Amyrose Messina — Mon, 06 Apr 2015 02:11:03 +0000

Nine foot long, fully articulated dragon puppet (one of several). Materials include various foams, vinyl, aluminum, faux fur, acrylic paints, latex, reeds and other bits. Also manufactured a puppeteer's/harness jacket with false arm to go with it (demonstrated in 2nd picture, not included in video).

Video Link: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=974390889261686
(Didn't know if there was a way to post videos or how to do so.)

Entry for Rosanna Wells

Rosanna Wells — Sat, 04 Apr 2015 14:42:51 +0000

This young lady was inspired by the fragmentation of self when internal conflicts result in the inability to reach for your goals. Stripped naked past flesh, she is still reaching. Even if she has lost view of what she was reaching for.

This to me is the monster of self doubt.

She consists of a fiberglass shell, overlaid with silicone appliances, held together with rigid foam and copper pipe and finally, airbrushed freehand with Createx Colors. Her hand is reaching through a clear acrylic sheet (hence all the reflections).

creature contest creature suit

David Richmond — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 21:03:34 +0000

Consider this my entry into the Creature Contest. This is a suit that I sculpted, molded, cast and painted for The Asylum Haunted Attraction in Oklahoma. I did 100% of the work. These photos are of two suit builds across two seasons. Sorry some of the pics are fuzzy

Imaginatio humana (Creature Bust Sculpture)

Blake Bradley — Fri, 01 May 2015 03:03:18 +0000

I'm not fully done with the sculpt and have yet to paint the head and add hair. The tongue, teeth and eye are finished though. It has a foam base with wet air dry clay for the basic shape and then a thin outside layer of AVE's fix-it sculpt.

The concept:
When we were young our "imagination" ran wild. Were we went and what we saw all seemed so real. That is until we were told that the things we've been "imagination" are nothing but dreams and fairy tails thus killing our fantasy's. We begin to no longer own our reality and our "imagination" begin to fade and die. This creature represent a killed dream, It's head mounded on a wooden plague as the trophy for its murder and reminds us that what we believe to be real will always be real. I want adults, teens and children to walk into the room and question everything they've be told about reality when viewing this life-like piece. To aspire to "imagine" and play again.

I have given this creature the species name "Imaginatio humana" which is Latin for "(From the) human imagination".

Medusa the Gorgon

Ryan Firchau — Fri, 24 Apr 2015 11:11:28 +0000

This is my last entry. I designed this take on the iconic Medusa back in 2010 and it's my longest running personal project. She is slowly but surly being made into a model kit.

melting man

Dongyun Won — Wed, 22 Apr 2015 04:32:28 +0000

used
1. welding like bone structure
2. wrap it up plastic bag
3. Fiber glass plastic & silicon

hi! i m from korea, i major sculpture in university
when i was 9 years old i really want to be a special make up artist oneway
my dream is keep growing. when i was young, there was no chance to studying special make up
so i decided self-taught make up and everything. now i m 24 years old.
please give me any advice friends!!

Forest Spirit

Noemi Smith — Wed, 29 Apr 2015 03:00:08 +0000

This is a One of a King Figure, Sculpted in Polymer Clay, painted with Genesis heat set and acrylics, flocked with recycled fur. Everything hand made by me, was working on it for a week.
About the character as a lover of nature, animals and earth here comes the "Forest Spirit" She is the guardian of the forest, protecting all life within. If a threatening human got lost in the wild, she will chase them to their death and eat their heart.
Im planing in coming up with a whole history for her and maybe adding wings in the fufure.

Hope you like her
Noemi Smith
www. angelsbynoemi.com

* Creature Contest Winner Spotlight: Bianca Judd *

Chris Ellerby — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 20:26:11 +0000

Learn more about our Creature Contest winner Bianca Judd and her amazing puppet "Shrump" in her artist spotlight on our blog: https://www.stanwinstonschool.com/blog/creature-contest-winner-bianca-judd

Congrats Bianca!

/Chris

Creature Contest: Goblin by Rolf te Booij

Rolf Te booij — Sun, 26 Apr 2015 13:38:46 +0000

Hello,

Here is my entry in the creature contest, this is a creature i designed a while back as a personal project. Wanted to work for the first time in Gel-10 silicone and oil paint as a painting method. Also come up with a new type of species inspired me a lot during the sculpting and painting fase. Hope you like it!

Rolf.

Surreptitious

Jarett Riva — Sun, 19 Apr 2015 18:15:05 +0000

This is a sculpt that took me forever to do and was never happy with.

The creature is done with Sculpy, the horns done with epoxy dough, and the base with wax.

the creature is called Surreptitious, and stands at about 9cm x 13cm x 24 cm

Awesome painting be Jason Tarpley and Rick Cantu

The Velvet Lilymander!

david wentworth — Wed, 29 Apr 2015 16:22:46 +0000

This puppet is the "Velvet Lilymander" an amphibious creature that uses its mouth, disguised as a flower, to catch prey- this puppet's throat inhales and exhales like a frog's using a built-in air sack, its mouth is a hand puppet, and glows in the dark as bio luminescence to catch prey at night!~
The Lilymander have broods of several hundred at a time, and compete for mates in competitions of strength, the males doing elaborate push-up displays or catching large prey as offering to the females (often at the risk of their lives!). Lilymanders hunt at all hours, sleeping in short bursts in the safety of the swamp lands. Despite the velvet appearance of their skin, it is extremely porous, allowing them to be away from water for long periods. Lilymander have been known to eat their own kind or compete for carrion when food is scarce.
I hope you enjoy! to see my other work and regular updates, visit/like my facebook page at:

https://www.facebook.com/artofDavidWentworth

-Dave

* Creature Contest Winner Announcement *

Chris Ellerby — Sat, 09 May 2015 22:56:56 +0000

Congratulations to Bianca Judd and her grand prize winning submission "Shrump!"

Thanks to all of you who entered our Creature Contest! You shared nightmarish creatures, fantasy characters, otherworldly aliens and monsters of all shapes and sizes. We were truly blown away by your submissions and picking our favorites was a tough task. In the end, we followed our soft and lumpy hearts. Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, meet SHRUMP by Bianca Judd. Congratulations Bianca, we all fell in love with your creation and can imagine every child (and child at heart) falling for him, too!

Read the full announcement and see our top 10 picks over on the blog:
https://www.stanwinstonschool.com/blog/creature-contest-winner-announcement

/Chris

* The Creature Contest Has Ended *

Chris Ellerby — Fri, 01 May 2015 07:11:26 +0000

Like all good things the Creature Contest submission period has come to an end.

One lucky winner will be announced May 8th, so stay tuned!

A BIG thanks to everyone who shared their creatures with us. We are extremely fortunate to have such a talented and creative community here, and truly inspired by all your submissions.

With so many amazing entries, judging this contest will be no easy task, but our team is ready to dive in!

/Chris

Simon

chris — Wed, 29 Apr 2015 17:14:28 +0000

Simon has been incredibly naughty... As usual. He knows his mother will be furious when he returns to his dimension, which is partially why he has remained here for the last 15 years.

He enjoys:
Scampering through the woods just out of sight giggling.
These soft, chewy, pink humanoid things that seem to be everywhere.
Holding his little arms up as if he wants a hug.
Hiding in baby buggies, high chairs and bathtubs waiting for that moment you realise that the shape you assumed was your child is in fact... not.

This is my second entry in the creature contest and again he is created using the 123d sculpt app on my ipad.

Do NOT try to hug him back.

If anyone wants to see more of my creations you can find me on facebook

https://www.facebook.com/c.t.johnsondesign/timeline

Lizious

Jarett Riva — Sun, 19 Apr 2015 18:39:50 +0000

My first sculpt I ever reproduced..... once. I made this for a class I took and made a copy of it.

Original sculpt was done in Sculpy, and later copied.

It stand 24cm x 10cm x 18cm

Dragice

Jarett Riva — Thu, 09 Apr 2015 04:25:50 +0000

Hey there, hope you like this.

I'm hoping this has enough time to have it shipped for painting before the end of the month, but wanted to post it in case it wouldn't make it.

The creature itself is just over 24cm tall and about 32cm upon the base.

My sculpture is based in Wax, to which I've just poured the first copies of it to show.

My name is Jarett and I've loved sculpting since I was a kid, as an adult I just never had time to do it. Almost 3 years ago I had a stroke (amongst other things) and no longer work. because of this I've been working on my hobbies, mainly this.

Massive mutant creature 2D process

Jason Cope — Thu, 16 Apr 2015 01:08:05 +0000

This was a Drawing I had made for a friend of mine for his birthday. He was going through surgeries for cancer and I wanted to show him as a creature stronger than anything else. It was only going to be a pencil drawing, but as I watched the photoshop video on here it began to evolve. I am very happy with the finished version as I am sure my friend is as well. Enjoy!

Not sure why the original drawing is sideways. Oh well!

Kuroji

Malik Stalbert — Thu, 16 Apr 2015 05:38:19 +0000

Kuroji is a parasitic creature spawned from infested Muta Sea Slugs and ancient plant life. The creature has over 300 limbs and 4 host bodies. The creature can absorb other creatures, alive or dead, and incorporate parts into its ensemble. The creature takes on the appetites of each host body. The creature can feed through the process of photosynthesis or use the host bodies system to feed.

my creatures

Moises Patiño — Thu, 30 Apr 2015 23:14:20 +0000

The Wild Landlubber!~

david wentworth — Wed, 29 Apr 2015 16:28:48 +0000

an all-new mythical creature Introducing the "Landlubber"! Also known as Bilge Rats, Landlubbers are so called because they will make a novice out of even the most skilled of sailors- though slightly smaller than an otter, just a few of these puckish creatures can wreak havoc on Galleons and other sailing ships- eating food supplies, cutting ropes, chewing up wood and hull are only the beginning of what these creatures are capable of!

to see my other work and regular updates, visit/like my facebook page at:

https://www.facebook.com/artofDavidWentworth

-Dave

Yowie Head.

ccris — Tue, 28 Apr 2015 07:25:03 +0000

Hi,
these are some stills of a Bigfoot type Yowie creature I made. The animatronics were inspired by Rick Lazarinni's DVDs.

Most of it is practical. Silicon, fibreglass, punched hair.

There's a little photoshop.

I like a hybrid of digital and practical but mostly practical.

the KY jelly on the lip is entirely practical.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKOkZhL3qs4&feature=youtu.be

Cheers,
Chris Willoughby.
cwupsilon@gmail.com

Is He a Frogman or a Toadman?

Deven Mendoza — Fri, 01 May 2015 03:02:26 +0000

This is the Frogman, or is it a Toadman? I dunno, he's weird.
Sculpted in Chavant NSP medium.

Big foot...as Fine art . Faux finish on Resin with treated found wooden base

Anthony Veilleux — Thu, 30 Apr 2015 07:17:45 +0000

Spider Bear

Paul Dipastina — Fri, 01 May 2015 04:35:11 +0000

Here are images of the Spider Bears my twin and I built for a local LARP. I have a photo of the mother spiderbear and a concept sketch of the smaller drones - also a shot of their heads during construction but I don't have any current photos of a whole baby bear suit in action. The mother bear's teeth light up and change color, the smaller bears have monocolor white glowing teeth. Since this photo was taken the white foam in the mamma bear's teeth have yellowed, so it doesn't get most of these nice blues or purples anymore, it's all green and red.

The Gargoyle

Silvina BARBOZA — Fri, 01 May 2015 00:36:02 +0000

I've created this creature with Sculpty Clay.

Desert mount

Darren Pattenden — Fri, 01 May 2015 06:35:37 +0000

Modeled from a quick ipad sketch I did a while back. Software used: Maya, Zbrush and Keyshot.