06-17-2004, 11:14 AM
I found this gem over at Aint It Cool News.com....."The fine folks over at SuperheroHype.com have scored a picture of a maquette that was displayed in conjuction with an appearance by the team from Spectral Motion, the company that brought Abe Sapien to such memorable life earlier this year. The maquette appears to show what their preliminary designs for The Thing look like."
Personally, I think this is a pretty close representation of how Thing looked way back in his earlier appearances. The Thing's look has evolved over the years, mainly due to the influences of all the different artists that have drawn him. But I think this one holds pretty true to Jack Kirby's original design. Take a look...
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OK, I guess this was a bit of knee jerk reporting by Aint It Cool News and myself. This piece was not created by Spectral Motion. Here is the explanation...
Mike Elizalde here from Spectral Motion writing to let you know that the Thing maquette at the Makeup Artist show in Pasadena is not our design. The piece in question was submitted by Steve Johnsonâs EdgeFx, the company we beat out in a design competition for the Fantastic Four Movie. The piece you are showing on AICN is a design that EdgeFX created a long time before we were bidding on this project. They simply had it on display as part of the Makeup Artist trade show museum. I hope you will clear this up for your readers.
Cordially,
Mike Elizalde
Personally, I think this is a pretty close representation of how Thing looked way back in his earlier appearances. The Thing's look has evolved over the years, mainly due to the influences of all the different artists that have drawn him. But I think this one holds pretty true to Jack Kirby's original design. Take a look...
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OK, I guess this was a bit of knee jerk reporting by Aint It Cool News and myself. This piece was not created by Spectral Motion. Here is the explanation...
Mike Elizalde here from Spectral Motion writing to let you know that the Thing maquette at the Makeup Artist show in Pasadena is not our design. The piece in question was submitted by Steve Johnsonâs EdgeFx, the company we beat out in a design competition for the Fantastic Four Movie. The piece you are showing on AICN is a design that EdgeFX created a long time before we were bidding on this project. They simply had it on display as part of the Makeup Artist trade show museum. I hope you will clear this up for your readers.
Cordially,
Mike Elizalde