Creature gallery ran over at Digital ArtLords!

The kind folks over @digiartlords also ran a gallery of some of my #kaiju #creature #concepts
http://blog.artlords.com/2017/12/12/chris-dipaolas-kaiju-sculptures/

Digital Art Spotlight!

I was recently featured for the Digital Art Spotlight! Thanks @digiartlords #conceptart #vfx #monster #creaturedesign
http://blog.artlords.com/2017/12/12/weekly-spotlight-december-2-8/

Zerply Staff Pick

Thanks for the staff pick Zerply! #creaturedesign #conceptart #vfx

Howl at the Moon!

I've always been a big fan of 1980's horror films and the amazing make-up effects artists behind them since I was a kid.  Admiring the greats that made me want to get into this industry in the first place like Rick Baker, Stan Winston, and Rob Bottin.

I wanted to do a werewolf for a while now and this was my conceptual interpretation at a Howling wolf from the 1981 classic.

Kaiju Sketch

Goblin Doodle

I had a lot of fun with this one.  

Sketch Group Post

This is a sketch from a while back.  A friend of mine from work came up with this really cool idea to generate categories for a concept theme at random.  A handful of us were able to jump in and participate.  We had a week to do it.  This was good fun!

The theme for this one ended up being:

• Medium sized mech or robot 
• inspired by World War 1 or 2 
• in space. 
• Purple must be used in the color pallet

This was my preliminary design sketches & final.

Oh, hey there!

It's been a while since I have posted anything on here.  Need to clean off the dust. Updates coming!

Oscar Nominees for VFX 2017

I’m honored to have been a part of Doctor Strange.  One of this year’s Oscar Nominees for best Visual Effects.