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Consider the plant monster from Hellboy II or the eyeless creep in Pan's Labyrinth: Director Guillermo del Toro has a genius for putting bizarre beings on screen. But no matter how grotesque the vision, he always begins his creations with what he calls "the National Geographic approach." Start with a nightmarish idea, and then look to nature for details. "You want to make the creatures outlandish enough that they'll thrill the imagination," he says, "but recognizable enough that they feel…

LOPER Female soldier riding a snow flea. She's not actually a standard bearer but of a military body that functions similarly to feudal Japan's samurai. She's part of a noble class of individuals under a ruling Daimyo's command. The banner bears a more elaborate form of a mon (so that she can be recognized by opponents on a battlefield).

Here is the second half of our “Art of Leviathan” posts. Earlier we talked with Scott Westerfeld about what is was like to be the art director on his own book—the steampunk, young adult novel, Leviathan. Now we have artist Keith Thompson talking about the fifty illustrations that help flush out Scott’s world. Keith did a great […]

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English-Canadian concept artist Keith Thompson studied illustration at Sheridan College near Toronto and has worked on films such as Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark and games like Borderlands and Aliens: Colonial Marines. He has illustrated books including Scott Westerfeld’s New York Times bestselling young adult novel Leviathan and Darkwing (Silverwing) by Kenneth Oppel. Thompson […]