Best Aliens....EVER!

I've been watching the old Twilight Zone series and saw the episode called "Mr. Dingle The Strong" from season 2. It stars Burgess Meredith and Don Rickles. It is also has the most craziest aliens ever imagined. This guy with two heads is supposed to be a martian. They are so fascinatingly creepy that I had to draw them. I mean the moment they walk onto their first scene my jaw dropped. I couldn't believe what I was seeing on the screen.  The episode is up on You Tube. I provided some screen shots to convince you of how wonderfully crazy this episode is.

more snot

In an older post, HERE, I had  yet to add a few more animals to this shot. So here they are.

Untouchable

A sketch that I might clean up later.

Buffalo

They are just background characters, so I kept them simple.

Slythe

I watched  The THUNDERCATS yesterday; the original 80's cartoon. Got inspired to draw SLYTHE. I always loved this character, maybe because I like lizards and reptiles so much...or maybe I like lizards so much because of watching Slythe on this show? Hmmm. I'll have to think about that.

Ugly

That's melted ice cream meant to look like runny mascara under his eyes, and the ice cream cone on his nose...a rhino I guess? It's just plain freaky looking.

horse background...3 WAYS!

Starts off all nice and happy in the top pic. Then it starts to get a bit foreboding in the second pic. And finally it gets down right gloomy and miserable for this poor fella.

Aardman Animations

It wasn't until I finished this scene and played it back that it instantly reminded me of Aardman Animations work. The shifty, darting eyes, the mouth shapes, and the timing are all very reminiscent of Wallace and Gromit  or my personal Aardman favorite, Creature Comforts. I imagine if Aardman films were in 2D instead of Claymation or Stop-Motion, they would look something like this.

Horse Lips

A pretty funny lip sync.

rain

It's hard to believe I am almost finished animating all the scenes with these 2 characters. I am very happy with how it all turned out, the top notch voice acting, the funny character designs, and even though the animation is very limited, these two characters really came to life with strong personalities.They made a great duo to play off of each other and the main character.

Color to set Mood

The last act of this short film is kind of gloomy as the mood gets desperate for our main character. So I adjusted the colors and made it dark and overcast to fit the mood, well that, plus it's literally a biblical rain storm that starts in the last act.

Lee Van Cleef

from "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly."

Robert Mitchum

A quick sketch of a young Robert Mitchum. UPDATED with a clean version in the top pic.

sketchy guy

sharp dressed man

Just a sketch.