"Alice in Wonderland" Character Design/Update April 26th/5 new concepts in first post

[Artfix]

The level of rendering on these is tremendous. I've been asked to use your work on this film as inspiration for a project I'm working on. But I'm at a loss as to how to achieve the realism. Can you share anything about how you achieve this? Are there 3d models involved? Photo overlaying? I must be missing something!

Great job

[Azuma, Hironori]

I emailed you, Michael, a long time ago but I guess you are very busy (clearly). It would be great if you could post a tutorial someday. I guess it doesn't make too much sense to reveal your tricks instead of just the magic. I do understand. Worth a shot though

Keep it up sir. You are an icon.

[Texahol]

suuuuuuuuuuuuuuper impressed with your work!!!!
eeeeeeecht tolllllllll~

[ArchDesign]

Wow! Beautiful work! I love it all. I can't wait to see more of your work. I'd have to check your gallery right away. Thanks for sharing! Keep it coming! =)

[el coro]

hey man...awesome update. consider my mind blown as always.

hope things are well.

c36

[Majora]

you never cease to amaze me :]

[BARONTiERi]

outstanding work Michael, bravo!!! such a shame the Madhatter didn't end up looking like one of these iterations.

[tjh]

Amazing work, really inspiring. Thanks for sharing it with us!

[DARYL]

absolutely stunning. I love how you handle light! how much time do you spend on these well rendered pieces?

[Cryptcrawler]

The catapillar and two rabbits are my favorites!

Truely frightening rendering my friend, just frightening.
Combine that with your superb attention to body language and expression and your hands down one of my all time favorite artists.
The expression and body language on the white rabbit is just out of sight man, phew!
you really *feel* like youve interrupted him.
Sensational!

Cant wait for more!
God bless you and yours Michael - be safe.
-Brad

[michael kutsche]

Crazy, crazy, crazy. You're the man!

Thanks man, keep up your great art as well!

The level of rendering on these is tremendous. I've been asked to use your work on this film as inspiration for a project I'm working on. But I'm at a loss as to how to achieve the realism. Can you share anything about how you achieve this? Are there 3d models involved? Photo overlaying? I must be missing something!

Great job

Thanks! There are no 3d models involved, just some paper textures in Painter, but most of it is drawn. I'm not a fan of too much photo bashing, I believe it tends to lack the signature of the artist.

I emailed you, Michael, a long time ago but I guess you are very busy (clearly). It would be great if you could post a tutorial someday. I guess it doesn't make too much sense to reveal your tricks instead of just the magic. I do understand. Worth a shot though

Keep it up sir. You are an icon.

Thanks so much! There's a tutorial I did a while back for cgtalk: link and for ImagineFX magazine issue 25 www.imaginefx.com

hey man...awesome update. consider my mind blown as always.

hope things are well.

c36

Thanks Coro, really means a lot to hear that from you!

outstanding work Michael, bravo!!! such a shame the Madhatter didn't end up looking like one of these iterations.

Thanks so much! I guess the final look makes sense in terms of the role of the hatter in the story of the film. I totally loved your Exodyssey book, keep up the great work!

absolutely stunning. I love how you handle light! how much time do you spend on these well rendered pieces?

Film business definitely doesn't allow you to spend a lot of time on these images. For the most part I had to finish these polished ones in 2 or 3 days, but there's of course a lot of rough work I do on these projects before I get into that. A 3d artist at Imageworks told me that these finalized paintings were very helpful because they served as detailed maps for the elaborate process of creating the digital characters. Rougher concepts easily lead to misinterpretation and costly overtime on the 3d department side.

The catapillar and two rabbits are my favorites!

Truely frightening rendering my friend, just frightening.
Combine that with your superb attention to body language and expression and your hands down one of my all time favorite artists.
The expression and body language on the white rabbit is just out of sight man, phew!
you really *feel* like youve interrupted him.
Sensational!

Cant wait for more!
God bless you and yours Michael - be safe.
-Brad

Thanks Brad for taking your time and dropping me a line, I always enjoy looking at your art a lot!

[liyanghe]

Oh~it's very very beautiful work. Great~~爱丽丝梦游仙境~~Chinese name ~haha~

[Leo Snow]

Hey Michael, great works, thanks for sharing!

Do you have any stages of your works? I'm actualy interesting how you work with matherials and textures, also how you did this awesome wool? It would be great to see some WIP from you, anyway.

[Pixeltuner]

You sir, are a demon when it comes to painting light and form.. Friggin' amazing.

[sabin boykinov]

Today is the premiere of Alicе here !!!
Amazing works Michael ! Love this mouse with the eye on his belt.

[Ragnj]

Really nice pictures, I saw the movie today but what strikes me when I look threw your stuff is that Id find a book version illustrated by you much more interesting. Must of been a huge experience working on such a film nonetheless!

[dron111]

That it is possible to tell, fantastic work. Magnificent characters, colour and technics of execution impress!!

[laurore]

2 or 3 days? You're incredible!I saw the movie,that's really awesome.But truely I'm mostly impressed by character art.Congrats again Michael!

[Schapen]

i loveeeeeee the cat its soooooo cute and fat hahaha

[Adee]

Not seen the movie yet. I have seen concept artworks for the film by other artists but non of them are as incredible as these.

[Carnifex]

brilliant.
lurking around this site brings me not to become speechless as often anymore,but that first one alone conveys such a great mood,i really am fascinated beyond count. i could marvel at those images for hours.

[RBeek]

in-fudging-credible !! .. Ive seen the movie, and it must be so super awsome to see your work come to live.. I can only hope that will ever happen to me. Ill work superhard
Thank you for this, cuz its damn inspiring!! Off to paint now!!

[Rob Bruno]

wow.. great concept..

[Iridyse]

Michael...you are pure magic!

[DanHenk]

Just saw the movie. That top image of the Mad Hatter looks way better than the one they used!
Overall, it looks like your designs were the highlight of a movie I was a little disappointed in!

[riceface]

make a video tutorial with massive black! ill buy it for sure

[randolf]

Great work - the eyes look frightened/trapped inside the bizarreness of the characters. Nice manifestation of the sadism of the Carroll books.

[Bdbros]

Hey Micheal ,great stuff.it is always very inspiring to look at your work.

[draigun]

don't have much else to say that hasn't been said just amazing work

[REONIN]

It's an excelent work, realy nice. And a good movie also