Monday, February 02, 2009

Open Season 2: Pet Paradise Design

©All images. Sony Pictures Animation.
A year and a half ago, I helped out on Open Season 2 (available now on DVD) in designing the main location called Pet Paradise. Above is the pet waterslide which is the main attraction for the resort. Below is the basic layout of the whole place.

The interior of the waterslide is a hero location and here are the basic designs and layout.




The resort lobby.

Different facade designs for the entrance. The third one was picked which was inspired by the "It's a Small World" ride at Disneyland.




The final design for the entrance.


Also, I'd like to welcome the talented Peter Chan, the newest addition to our visdev team here at Sony. Check his blog out on my links list.

25 comments:

Alexander said...

Good sketches... I like it !! ^_^

Kendra Melton said...

Normally I just admire your amazing work without commenting, but today I had to. I saw the commercials for this movie and had NO interest in seeing it. Now that I've seen these, I might just have to check it out.

As always, your work is inspirational, and the values you got on the water slide concept are breath taking. Keep up the amazing work!

JP said...

This post is an education. I'm taking my time and enjoying everything here. Thanks

Marcos Mateu said...

Very nice and solid work Armand!

Becky said...

Cool! Mind boggling designs :)
Really fantastic!

Randy said...

Defintiely fun to see the design art, after having animated on this very set. Cool stuff, Armand, inspiring as always.

Thanks for posting!
~R

Erik D. Martin said...

very nice sketches and designs! thanks for sharing armand!

Randolph Lizarda said...

always impressed by your work armand. awesome

Hans said...

I wanna try that water slide!!!!
Great stuff as always:)

-Hans

Anonymous said...

Yes -I remember these . I thought they were great then and I still think they are now !

Hope all is well my friend .

Cheers .

Vladimir Bursać said...

Awesome stuff! Really wonderful!

Marcelo Vignali said...

As testament to the tremendous work on Open Season 2, maybe they'll go for an Open Season 3?

Great job brother!

Mark McDonnell said...

Beauties!!! Love them Armand. I really like the 5th one down that has the slide come at the camera then swooping to the left. Great ideas, they are all very complete.

Best to you and I hope you are well,

MAC

Rael said...

hello mr Serrano,

I discovered your blog today, amazing.. Lovely drawings on your site too. Oh, I'm a fan of Open season.. nice and solid!
Oh, and really truthful Christmas post.
Please, if possible, take a look on my blog, it would be nice to have you there.

Thanks

Daniel M.C. Alvite said...

looks amaizing

Andrew Bosley said...

Very cool, Armand!

Dave Dick said...

Great!!! Lots of cool little ideas - looks like a lot of fun to do.

Craig Mackay said...

I don't know him personally, but I graduated with him. He had a super awesome grad show so it stands to reason he'd end up doing viz dev with you guys. You are a champion for showcasing new talent and sharing the love!

anima-base said...

wow!!! outstanding sketches.

Ben Mauro said...

These are great!

Billy George said...

thats beautiful stuff Armand.

Raul Avila said...

escenografias bien planteadas...bravo

Andrew Glazebrook said...

Truly awesome work on these !!!

Be Creative Books said...

What a artist man! Hey Armand! in first, congrats! I like very much your drawings and really impressive artwork!..these backgrounds design are great! I saw your blog for a while and I enjoyed everything I have seen, please, with humility I invite you to check my blog and give me your comment, whatever this, sincerely, I appreciate it a lot!

Thanks and cheers!

EE

Jean-François said...

Naturally when I saw your work I add you on my blog as a link.
Nice work!