Creation: Art of an Epic
Key drawings from Creation, the project that paved the way for King Kong. These pieces by Willis O'Brien, Ernest Smythe, Mario Larrinaga, and Byron Crabbe are individually or in sets (Portfollio #1 and 2).
Portfolio #1Eight 8 x 10 glossy prints, suitable for framing. |
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| Rocky Promontory rises from the sea, crashing yacht, and waterspout. Unsigned (Larrinaga or Smythe) |
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| Shipwreck diagram for plotting action and camera angles. Smythe
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| Brontosaur attacks people on ledge. Crabbe
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| Jungle panorama. Beautiful pencil rendering of setting. 4 x10 inches Mario Larrinaga
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| Altar in clearing of jungle with glyptodon, temple in Background and people in foreground. Crabbe and O’Brien
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| Pteranodon carries Elaine with jungle ruins, log bridge and man perusing in background. O’Brien and Crabbe
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| Pteranodon swoops down on Elaine, temple an background, man with club in foreground. O’Brien and Larrinaga.
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| Tyrannosaur in temple with shafts of light and people in background. Byron Crabbe
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Portfolio #2Seven 8 x 10 glossy prints, suitable for framing.
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Triceratops chase diagram plotting action and camera angles. Smythe |
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| Detail of above with two triceratops and fallen tree. Smythe |
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| Triceratops family with stork in foreground. Crabbe |
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| Jungle scene, jaguar in foreground watches baby triceratops in background. Crabbe |
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Man with rifle stands over dead triceratops baby, while Mother charges from background. Crabbe |
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| Triceratops knocks over tree as a man runs away. Crabbe |
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Available NowCreation continuity sketches (storyboards)There are over 200 of these sketches, most of which have never been published that I am in the process of scanning and repairing. How would you like to see them released? Printed four to a page (as shown), two to a page, on CD ROM? opinion |
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Last modified 4-7-2000