Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Tim Burton Exhibit Show Off 'Planet of the Apes' Concept Art

If you're in the Los Angeles area you have to check out the Tim Burton Exhibit at The Los Angeles County Museum of Arts before it leaves October 31st. It features a collection of 700 art pieces over the past three decades.
As a director he has few equals and his distinctive visual style is legendary. While not a concept artist by trade he was an animator and uses his sketches to convey his style and ideas.

Here's a quote from an article in Wired:

“Ape Soldier Running,” 2000
Watercolor, colored pencil

Special-makeup-effects designer Rick Baker remembers working with Burton on his remake of the classic sci-fi picture Planet of the Apes. “Tim was trying to convey what he wanted for one of the apes, and I wasn’t getting it,” Baker says. “Seeing the blank look on my face, he pulled out his pencil and with a few strokes it all became clear. I wish all directors could do that.”
Truly a visionary.

Find out more at http://www.lacma.org/art/exhibition/tim-burton