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I came up with the idea of spike-shooting-tentacles and pitched the idea in a sketch. In order to make them more threatening, Chris felt they needed to have some kind of an offensive weapon, and asked for a plausible way of how the White Spikes could shoot at their targets. In this early stage, it was all about brainstorming and coming up with interesting ideas. He liked the work he had seen on my website and wanted to see what I’d come up with.īecause there was no clear description of the White Spikes, I gave Chris a few different options to choose from in the beginning. Giger’s Alien and Hellraiser as reference point but he also encouraged me to show him additional ideas. In our Skype meetings Chris mentioned H.R. It was my job to translate all this information into one cohesive design. It was important that they are agile and be able to move extremely fast. Director Chris McKay asked for a compelling design that conveyed the hunger and intelligence of these creatures.Īdditionally, the aliens needed to have different abilities such as fast swimming and flying. The White Spikes were described to me as vicious creatures that attack and eat everything in sight. I was tasked to design the scary aliens called White Spikes for the film.

I was excited when I heard more details about the project and couldn’t wait to start working on the design. I love Science Fiction and I have a big passion for designing aliens in general. They explained to me that the aliens are a major part of the film and they wanted to collaborate with me to help define what the design is going to look like. Peter then arranged a Skype meeting with Director Chris McKay, Producer Rob Cowan, VFX Supervisor James E. Luckily I just had finished another project and I was able to start within a week. In early 2019 production designer Peter Wenham reached out to me to see my availability to design the aliens for an upcoming science fiction film starring Chris Pratt. You most recently worked on The Tomorrow War, can you tell us about it and how you came to be involved in the project? I feel lucky to have a living from the work I’m passionate about, most of the time it doesn’t feel like work, more like a paid hobby. I enjoy the variety of the job, every project has new challenges and the opportunity to learn something new. Working as a creature designer is basically a combination of all my interests. Since then I had the pleasure to contribute to a vast array of other films, including: ‘Fantastic Beasts 2’ (2018), ‘IT’ (2017), ‘Pokémon Detective Pikachu’ (2019), ‘Godzilla: King of the Monsters’ (2019) and ‘Godzilla vs Kong’’ (2021).

It was my first big design job in the movie industry, I’m still very grateful to Wes for trusting me on such a big task and for giving me that opportunity. In 2012 director Wes Ball discovered my personal work and hired me to design the Grievers for ‘The Maze Runner’. Eventually I wanted to focus on my passion and I created a portfolio about creature and character design. These commissions were great learning experiences. My first paid jobs were illustrating commissions for magazines and ads. Films like Jurassic Park and Star Wars have been great inspirations for me and were big influences. Particularly coming up with imaginary creatures gave me great joy. I started drawing at a very early age and have always been passionate about art and all creative things in general. Ken recently took the time to tell us all about his experience and how ZBrush helped him along in creating some of the most terrifying creatures imaginable!Ĭan you tell us about yourself and your career as an artist? Ken Barthelmey has been making quite a name for himself as a creature designer for some of Hollywood’s biggest hit films, including IT, Pokémon Detective Pikachu, Godzilla vs Kong and most recently, Amazon’s The Tomorrow War starring Chris Pratt.

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