Wednesday, 15 May 2013

Mutant Update!!!

We've been busy working some freelance writing jobs so we've had little time to update this site. We are currently hard at work on a couple of film/book projects that we hope to release by the Fall. Our recent experiments with still photos and film have really gotten us fired up and we can't wait to start sharing our stories in this hybrid medium.


THE ENGINEER (working title) is an episodic science fiction film that we will be releasing to the web in a series of nine or ten episodes.

 
 

BABYLON SMITH is also going to be released as an episodic science fiction film and will also be collected into a book along with the full story.

Tuesday, 9 April 2013

Illustrated Style


Another experiment with an illustrated style. We're pretty happy with this style and will probably employ in some future book project.

Wednesday, 3 April 2013

Engine Head


Just mucking about with a quick warm-up exercise before doing some work. I'm thinking of doing a series of engine head characters.

Friday, 22 March 2013

The Golden Queen

The Golden Queen
Golden Queen from the playing cards Anima.

Another shot in our continuing collaboration with photographer Anick Morel. Here is Lucie Fontaine and her amazing costume.

The first image is the shot from Anick and the second image is our edit of that shot.



Thursday, 21 March 2013

Warrior Prayer

Warrior Prayer
Lilian, the holy paladin from the playing cards Anima.

This is a collaboration between our friend and photographer, Anick Morel and Mutagenic Studios. Her sister, Josianne Morel, is a Cosplayer and created this amazing costume. We did the edit.

The first image is the shot from Anick and the second image is our edit of that shot.



Monday, 18 March 2013

Thursday, 14 March 2013

Friday, 8 March 2013

Wednesday, 6 March 2013

Pre-Production on film!


This is an art test for our next upcoming project - a science fiction photo/art/film in the style of 'La Jetee' by Chris Marker. We'll be posting all sorts of production stuff here as we roll the film out.

Wednesday, 27 February 2013

Requiem Obscura


More experiments underway! This time we're channeling Clive Barker's Cenobites with this study of the mysterious Lady Obscura, a deadly muse for homicidal artists.

Friday, 22 February 2013

Tuesday, 19 February 2013

Friday, 15 February 2013

Thursday, 14 February 2013

Art style tests!!!



Just working through some art style tests for some upcoming motion comic/video projects this year. We're trying to go for a heavy illustrated style to the productions.


Monday, 11 February 2013

S.O.L.U.S. is live on Vimeo!


S.O.L.U.S. our short, experimental science fiction film just got posted today on Vimeo. This was a lot of fun to make and was the first time we have animated some of our artwork. This is the first of a few video projects we have planned throughout the year.


https://vimeo.com/59416969

Sunday, 10 February 2013

Documentary!!!


This is the credit shot for Mutagenic Studios in the upcoming documentary The Richard World by Carl Simard and Aeindel productions! We look like a pair of psychopaths! Awesome! We're really looking forward to seeing this production when it's released!

Friday, 8 February 2013

The Killing Moon


That's Tim playing a gunslinger. We're big fans of westerns and have a few scripts/treatments for some pretty cool western films laying around. This is called The Killing Moon after my favourite Echo and the Bunnymen song.

Monday, 4 February 2013

MUTANT UPDATE!!!



January turned out to be an insanely busy month for us so as a result this website didn’t get much attention. Now, it’s time to update everyone on what’s been happening in the Mutant world.



 
First off, work on Babylon Smith continues. We’ve completed the words and we’re now assembling the remaining artwork for the book. We’re aiming for an April/May release for this bad boy. The release date has been shifted around a few times due to other obligations and crazy freelance deadlines that had to be met to pay the bills. We’re on track with Babylon and blasting away towards completion.

We had a few shoots with some amazing models over November/December/January and we’re editing shots and working on a few cool pieces to put out into the world. Here’s a recently completed shot featuring the beautiful Trisha called The Secret Garden.



And here’s a few random images currently being worked on.



The top left image (featuring the figures looking over the city) is actually an animated video test we put together a few weeks ago. And, that brings us to our big news. We’ve finally made the move into video. We’ve just finished the art production chores on our first ‘animated’ video called S.O.L.U.S. and we’re currently editing the piece for release later this month. It’s an exciting and new experiment for us using photography, 3D models, artwork and effects. As soon as it’s live we’ll post a link!

Here’s some screen grabs of the rough edit of the video playing on my desktop.

 

And, here’s the ‘poster’ for the video!

 

We’re pretty pumped up with the footage so far and we’ve already got plans in place for a couple more video pieces that will continue to push our skills and our vision further.

Tuesday, 1 January 2013

Migrant Angel


This is the first piece for 2013! It's a warm up exercise using painted textures, photography and mixed media. Just experimenting for some upcoming work.

Sunday, 30 December 2012

The Soldier


This is just a quick piece made up of stuff from the files. It combines 3D renders with photography and textures.

European Science Fiction


This is a test image for a European style science fiction story. The character is the same one that appears in the Contagion shot posted further below. We're going for a painted surreal kind of look to this piece.

City Test


This is a test for a city shot in Babylon Smith. We need a way to convey various views of the megacity of San Angeles. This is roughly seventeen 3D building renders combined with light overlays over the top. We're pretty happy with the results and will be pushing this type of look for the city shots in the book (although we'll be adding a lot more neon and pulsing billboard screens).

Leviathan Revolver


The Leviathan Revolver. Another gun design from Babylon Smith.

Titan Revolver


The Titan Revolver. A bit of gun design for Babylon Smith.