Computer Animation Arts

"We are MILLIMETERS away from a completed, cleaned up first pass." A few months ago I blogged a post sharing David Fincher's Kickstarter pledge to fund a CG adaptation of Eric Powell's comic series 'The Goon'. The project was funded successfully not long after its initial opening, and has since been slowly progressing along the pipeline with the support of Blur Studios and Dark Horse Entertainment. Collectively, they decided to take the long road by finding an alternate answer to the typical Hollywood depiction of animation, and have been working hard to find a new vision that portrays an adult take on animated film.  Recently, Eric Powell released a statement on his blog letting fans know that everyone at Blur has had their attention focused on the story reel which is currently being composed into its first edited pass. With this information Powell attached a series of storyboard panels from this pass which can be found below. I hope to be postin...

"Mobsters, zombies, killer robots and demon priests... Sounds like your typical animated film? Didn't think so..." Created by writer and artist Eric Powell, 'The Goon' is a long running crime horror comic book series which mixes both comic and violent atmosphere on a story which follows the characters of The Goon and Franky on their encounters with many paranormal creatures. A year ago, director David Fincher (Dir. Se7en, Fight Club), launched a kickstarter programme to campaign for his adaptation of the original comic book series to begin the development process for a storyboard animatic version of the full film in hope to get someone on board to back the finished product.  The pledge was successfully funded shortly after its kickstarter was announced and has since begun the production of the full-film animatic with the backing of Blur Studios  making it happen.  Below you can find a series of production art for the prop...