Though I can go on for hours about my love for both the Alien franchise and Sigourney Weaver, I'll keep this post simple. The news about District 9's Neil Blomkamp signing on with FOX for a new entry in the Alien franchise (and the potential of Sigourney Weaver returning) sent me back to the world of these films thinking about the possibilities. I've approached ALIENS before, but thought this would be a nice time to go back to where it started and create a poster for Ridley Scott's masterpiece.
Doodle Duel: Pixar Edition
The Doodle Duel with my talented friend Shalimar Luis continues with our tribute to PIXAR! This one took about 5 hours in total of us diving right in to the world of some of our favorite animated icons. I worked on "Wall-e & EVE" and she worked on "Merida" from BRAVE. Below are some process shots!
Doodle Duel: Laz Marquez VS Shalimar Luis
Me and my great friend Shalimar Luis have been doing weekend art parties for years. So after a little discussion, we figured we'd make it a more regular thing. And so "Doodle Duel" was born. Pick a theme, Film the process, Time-lapse it up. I'm on the left and she's on the right. Check out some photos of the work below!
Marvel's "Avengers: Age of Ultron" Poster
Hey folks! So let me start out by saying this... It's no surprise that I'm a big comic book fan. I've mentioned it maybe a zillion times. Maybe a zillion and a half... But who's counting? It's also no surprise that i'm especially a Marvel fan. Since Marvel Studios took their properties (at least the ones they hadn't sold in the early 90's due to bankruptcy), they've managed to create a string of very strong films. Growing up, reading comic books, I would never have imagined these worlds successfully brought to film as they read in the comics. Sure, we had the Tim Burton "Batman" films, then Sam Raimi's Spider-Man and of course Bryan Singer's "X-Men" but it wasn't until Iron-Man that we started to see the pop, the bigness and the personality shine through of a comic book. Then... Joss Whedon... The Avengers... Mind Blown... Comic Book... Live Action...
So this year, we're being treated to his follow-up of the first film and I couldn't be giddier. How are they going to top that first film? Add in a kick-ass villain. Add some new Avengers to the roster. Bigger threats. Bigger stakes. See why I'm living the "giddy"? So what do I normally do when I get overly excited about a film? I make a poster... No one is shocked.
I was super inspired by the idea of this new threat "Ultron" bubbling up as a villain from beneath our heroes. They're trying to do good. Trying to find a better way, and they don't even realize it's right under their nose. I also loved the notions touched upon in the trailers (featuring that creepy rendition of the song from Pinochio) of strings no longer governing Ultron. But will he now try to control our heroes? I suspect he'll try. And that's all on this one!
Marvel's "Ant-Man" Poster
I wish there were a longer/deeper explanation behind the reasoning for this poster, but honestly It was a combination of a few small things. First, it's 2015 and I haven't created something this year yet and really needed to spark my creativity. Second, this has been the unofficial week of Marvel's "Ant-Man" with the release of the trailer, the cover of Entertainment Weekly and the release of the new comic-book... I simply couldn't help designing a poster with a tiny hero riding a flying ant.
UPDATE: So... There was that time that the director of the upcoming movie and the writer for the acclaimed new comic-book series showed love for the poster on Twitter and I went to geek heaven...