Thursday, May 26, 2011

KUNG FU PANDA 2 art - See the Movie!

 

 

 

 


  



 


The art department on Kung Fu Panda has been done for a few months and I miss it dearly. I was given great opportunities by art director Tang Heng and production designer Ramone Zibach to tackle many of the large design projects in the movie - the interiors of peacock's fortress, the fireworks factory, etc - as well as work on parts of the movie making process that I little experience in. My favorite memory was pitching ideas for the final battle. I had ideas for a harbor/water showdown inspired heavily by stylized action sequence in naruto and the movie hero. Tang always wanted things to be as pushed as possible and I dreamed up what I called the most expensive(and probably impossible) sequence ever. Surprisingly they went for a lot of my ideas and I'm glad to see them as part of the movie.

KFP2 opens today. Go see it. I'd love to be able to work on the next one. More KFP art coming next week.



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18 comments:

  1. Nate VillanuevaMay 26, 2011 at 1:40 PM

    out of control! those set paintings are beautiful!!!

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  2. Isaac BMay 26, 2011 at 1:42 PM

    Awesome work Mike! :)

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  3. Lee TaoMay 26, 2011 at 2:05 PM

    These designs are stunning, been waiting for this movie!

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  4. Matías HanneckeMay 26, 2011 at 2:57 PM

    Phenomenal work! Can't wait to see the film!

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  5. Javi RecioMay 26, 2011 at 5:49 PM

    Amazing work man!! and congrats for that amazing movie also

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  6. Juriani YoMay 26, 2011 at 8:36 PM

    saw your name in the credit!!!!! haha. The movie is awesome!!!!

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  7. UnknownMay 26, 2011 at 10:50 PM

    Excellent!

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  8. UnknownMay 26, 2011 at 10:50 PM

    Excellent!

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  9. Mike NassarMay 27, 2011 at 2:53 AM

    just saw the movie tonight. Awesome work. You should be proud as hell. Thanks for sharing this design work!

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  10. Andrea PucciMay 27, 2011 at 5:48 AM

    Marvellous works!

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  11. N.HallMay 27, 2011 at 9:46 AM

    it was so beautiful!!! I want to see it again already :)

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  12. craigMay 27, 2011 at 11:04 AM

    Really nice work. Great job!

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  13. Gabriel SondereggerMay 27, 2011 at 11:55 AM

    Really, it's awesome ! amazing paintings

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  14. Megan Nicole DongMay 27, 2011 at 10:14 PM

    Gooooorgeous designs!!

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  15. Jerry MaschoMay 28, 2011 at 11:16 AM

    Wow, solid stuff! I got to see this a few weeks ago, I was wondering what you worked on...now I know it was some of the coolest stuff in the movie.

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  16. Emmanuel BriandMay 29, 2011 at 9:02 AM

    I'm becoming an humble fan of your work mike , I especially love the concepts with little animals with cars they are all so weel felt and the gaussian blur gives a good focus photo effect that's really good ;I hope it will come a real project I mean animated project . so , see you mike , good and awesome work cheers , sincerly Emmanuel Briand

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  17. UnknownNovember 3, 2011 at 6:51 PM

    o my, incredible work!!!

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  18. James CrosbyDecember 4, 2017 at 4:08 PM

    Nice job man!

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