Movie Mashup - Studio Ghibli's Predator - CLP

[CLP]

hi guys, havent joined earlier cos i was on holiday lol. but this contest sounds cool so im definitely in, with the next week still booked off work hopefully i can get a big start on this before i go back.

my first idea is i wanted to do somethin in an anime style, but i wanted to do a scifi horror like predator, but styles like akira would suit it so i went for a more family orientated one. so this is what it'd be like if studio ghibli made predator!

what do u guys think? i havent really started drawin yet cos i jus woke up. will post some concept and compositions soon as i can.

[CLP]

yeh this was harder than i thought. im totally not used to thinking and drawin in that old ghibli kinda style [castle in the sky/spirited away] so i spent the last coupla days researchin aka watchin those films and predator.... lol

anyways heres my first predator idea and i figure siince they really like using blob monsters as baddies this is what predator would be like, and its a bit like No Face as well. I've not given him any more predator likeness than mask and locks. Was thinkin i could turn his shoulder cannon into an extra arm or somethin.

I would really appreciate some suggestions about composition though i had an idea where it would be like the scene in princess mononoke where the forest god appears but it would be predator and dutch instead...lol

[CLP]

just an idea of a composition, though unfinished. i am wondering whether to change dutch into a more typical ghibli hero and make him a kid but i think that might ruin it. i plan to add the other characters behind dutch and probably change his pose to somethin a little more combative but if theres any suggestions about this, probably best time to suggest is now whilst im still not sure lol.

[Tarik2d]

I can't really advice u on anything really bc ur so much better than me. So far luv them both. big fan of ur work

[CLP]

o. thanks tarik2d, theres still plenty to improve though. im findin it real hard to draw in this ghibli style lol. however for this piece im growin a little more fond of it as i colour it in, jus blocked in the colour scheme really, the backgrounds gunna need some real attention to detail as is per usual in ghibli films will also need to really clean up the outlines

might try another composition later if i got time, but for now i like this one.

[Puckducker]

Wow, very awesome! I was going to initially suggest that I didn't really get the predator vibe from your line drawing, but bringing the colour in really helped cement the look of the ending of "predator".

I'd say my only comment is to keep taking the predator design further, put as many hallmarks of the original Winston design in as you can, Maybe some of the dreadlocks, or hint at the netting/skin texture.

Really great work so far, I think your colour is spot on!

[CLP]

hey puckducker, thanks for the ideas, i was afraid i was i strayin too far from the original predator look while i was tryin to get a miyazaki-style creature in there. think il try to make his hair tentacle things i put in more like the locks and il bring out his shoulder cannon arm thing more as i develop him but its gunna be hard to incorporate netting without making him look like hes wearing fishnets lol

however its unlikely to see these changes in the next update as im working from background to foreground since the background needs the most immense detail and painting. hopefully itll all turn out good. ;p

[CLP]

a little update jus addin detail to the background. needs more work

[gumby666]

Looking great and really capturing the Miyazaki feel.
Maybe add a bit more mossiness into the forest too?
Reckon a couple of those little white dudes with the rocking heads in the tress would be sweet too.
Great stuff!!

[DaddyDoom]

Awesome!
A couple of Kodamas hidden somewhere would really help to boost the Ghibli effect.

[Tarik2d]

Looking very good, is this like that movie where the girls parents r turned into pigs? Is that the style u r doing?

[DaddyDoom]

That's it alright.

[chunkymunky]

Gorgeous colours there! Really starting to take shape beautifully.

[CLP]

thanks dudes,

@gumby666: hopefully il be able to replicate their style and i will add some moss soon, probably update late tonight. im wondering if those little white dudes are what Daddydooms on about , the Kodama?

@Tarik2d: that is the style im din although its not that film in particular [spirited away], im gearing more towards princess mononoke.

hopefuly il be able to incorporate more of predators features like Puckducker suggested

[Edwiersma]

The forest background is already very good. I'm unfamiliar with the movies you're doing but I do remember Spirited Away. Going to be a good one!