"Solomon"

JosephCarlson77

This is "Solomon", my first creature, and a character I invented back in first grade.  Now, I'm building a tiny cinematic universe of characters, so I had to include my classic favorite.  He's inspired by the mutated frog/salamander epidemic of the 90s, and I hope to use him as sort of a "smokey bear" of wetland protection. We filmed most of his intro video back in October, wherein actor Jack Schmidt wore most of the costume, with the intention that I edit in the head and tail in post-production.  The head and tail puppets are finished now, 6 months later, allowing me to create this example for how he's intended to look onscreen.  The head and tail are storebought rubber foam, shaped with scissors, smoothed with silicone and water, primed in plasti-dip and painted and sealed with flexi-paint brand paints and gloss sealant.  The hands and feet are costume props, alien hands bought online and repainted and mostly covered, I'll try to find the brand name, but I guess I'm really entering the head and tail more than anything.  The contest doesn't really specify how the creature has to work or how it comes to life, or how much of the creature can be entered, or whether all parts must be built to the same scale.  Some of you have incredible entries, so I guess we'll see how I do with all the weird decisions I had to make to make this happen.  This is also the first public image showing this much of Solomon so far, but I'll be updating this discussion with better pics as they we release them.  We're not like a real studio in any official capacity, I'm mainly just a guy who can't move to the city thanks to my family situation and my friends act in my stuff out of the kindness of their hearts.  I did most of the work on this creature while sitting on my bed, watching old cartoons lol.  Check out the trailer beneath the pic



"Solomon" Trailer:  https://youtu.be/onUg4hZ-K7I