Joel Harlow is an academy award-winning artist who started out in animation before he moved on to makeup. Gradually building multi-faceted skills, confidence and workloads, he has evolved and expanded into the makeup effects heavyweight we know today with a hefty rollcall of credits. Film & TV work includes Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse …
#89 – Maddie Scott-Spencer
Maddie is a talented concept artist and teacher known mostly for her ZBrush work. Coming from a practical background, her skills come from familiar ground – Fangoria, a love of monsters and sculpting for fun! She has taught classes for Gnomon since 2006 – we particularly recommend the ‘Introduction to ZBrush 2021’ video course. Todd …
#88 – Adam ‘KreatureKid’ Dougherty
Adam Dougherty and his company KreatureKid are based in Colorado. An incredibly talented artist, he is an inspiring soul who makes things happen with determination and persistent hard work. Although he considers himself lazy, his output shows anything but. In particular, his style celebrates the warmth and unique character that Jim Henson created with puppets, …
#87 – Frank Ippolito
Frank Ippolito is something of a practical effects polymath. From starting out with makeup effects and putting in solid work in the lab, he has gradually expanded to running a company and crew with impressive credits and a high standard of work. Running a busy shop isn’t easy, as it requires one to both know …
#86 – More Noses, Fewer Horns
I went to college because I wanted to learn how to make prosthetics, and when I was there, I met many like-minded creatives. One friend I made was Lee – a Star Trek nerd who had the idea to recreate the costume and makeup of Odo, the changeling Chief of security, played by René Auberjonois …
#85 – Bill Corso
“Bill, there’s a scene where The Blob attacks a woman who’s in a ‘phone booth and it covers the ‘phone booth, it crushes the ‘phone booth and here and then it goes on the sidewalk and goes into a gutter and disappears into this sewer.” I’m just looking at him and I go…”Okay.” And he …
#84 – Pete Tindall
In this episode, we talk with materials maestro Pete Tindall about all things making related, along with a dose of rantage. Having worked with him recently on a movie, I can vouch for his credentials. I moan a bit about ZBrush (although I love it) and the fact that despite the terrifying interface and the …
#83 – Ian Morse & Cliff Wallace Part 2
This second part of our chat with Ian and Cliff takes a look back at the company they had together, Creature Concepts – or as Ian puts it ‘How not to run a business’. A workshop above a newsagent in Kentish Town once hid a stash of creatures. I ache just thinking about all that …