MONSTRUO: The Art of Carlos Huante

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“His work is a grand play of passion; his forms are taut with agonies and ecstasies; his images bite like chisel and hammer. A monstrously beautiful body of work."

Iain McCaig
concept artist
Terminator 2, Star Wars Episodes I, II, and III

“His attention to detail is outstanding and his design sense is vivid and extraordinarily creative.”

Rick Baker
Academy Award-winning make-up artist
Star Wars, An American Werewolf in London, Planet of the Apes, The Ring

"... total amazement mixed with awe. This book will be a prize in my collection and a muse to my creativity. You will feel the same when turning these pages of his imagination.”

Jon Foster
illustrator extraordinaire
Progressions, The Art of Jon Foster

Description

CARLOS HUANTE was born in east L.A. in 1965. From the very get out of the womb, the arts were in him. Besides chilaquiles and Yerba Buena (mint tea), Carlos grew up on stop-motion monster movies.

Since that time he has pursued his passion for the arts by creating some of the most innovative monsters and characters, for both film and animation, that the world has ever seen. MONSTRUO is a collection of Carlos' personal, original work. With more than 150 illustrations, it features a wonderful range of monster and character designs, from simple pencil sketches that magically capture the gesture of his subject, to full-color digital and traditional media paintings.

Carlos began his career designing creatures for the Ghostbusters animated series, and is currently part of the creature development team at Lucas Digital, having designed monsters and creatures for Men in Black, Men in Black 2, Mighty Joe Young, Hellboy, Blade 3, and Van Helsing.

Carlos writes in his introduction:

"Where are the monster movies!?" There are none. There are lots of action-adventure movies, some superhero movies, but really no monster movies. I’m hopeful that the day will come when Hollywood allows some talented director to make another great monster movie like the first or second Alien, American Werewolf in London, The Thing, Predator, or any of the classics like King Kong or the original Mighty Joe Young. Until they do I’ll just continue drawing, painting and sculpting for myself, and sharing the art with you in books like this.

To learn more about the life and works of Carlos Huante, read his bio.

Product Details

• Hardcover or Paperback: 128 pages
• Dimensions: 8 x 10 inches
• Illustrated: more than 150 illustrations
• Publisher: Design Studio Press
• ISBN: 0-9726676-2-8 paperback; 0-9726676-3-6 hardcover