Monday, October 08, 2007

Locals Luau/Surf's Up DVD and Blue Ray out!

©Sony Pictures Animation.
It's here! For those of you who haven't seen Surf's Up yet, here's your chance to do so. The Surf's Up DVD and Blue Ray discs are finally out Tuesday, October 9th. In line with the release, here are a couple of artworks from the movie titled "Locals Luau". The first one is the concept art where the luau is happening inland away from the beach. Notice the "Lady and the Tramp" moment between Cody and Lani. But instead of spaghetti, they're eating a squid of course. The local inhabitants of the island are having a luau mixed with dolphin rodeo and a carnival (sort of like the LA County fair penguin style) on the background. The second one is an overview if it's happening by the beach and more commercialized. Unfortunately, this sequence was on till halfway through production then the directors decided to take it out. Anyway, enjoy the movie.

29 comments:

Alfred Llupia said...

Armand!great job sir,what can i say,congratulations for your artwork in your new,last movie.I love it!
Greetings from London now.

C.Deboda said...

I'll be picking up my copy, for sure. :)

Seth Hippen said...

I've heard about this movie somewhere... hmmm... I might get it. ;)

The artwork looks great, Armand! The foilage is beautiful.

Trabajos DC said...

Hey Armand, is really BRILLIANT!

Greetings.

Joey Chou said...

love the movie, and love the art book for this movie. Its one of the best art book out there right now.

Doug Williams said...

I'm absolutely in love with your work. Surf's Up was a great movie, and the art was consistent throughout it. The planning really showed through, I come from a game company with a lot of artists, and we we're all impressed. Your work is truly amazing.

Katy Hargrove said...

:D Doug said it all!

Marcelo Vignali said...

Oh, the trip down memory lane! It's a shame we lost this sequence, you did some really wonderful work on it.

Great posting!

Edouard Chevais-Deighton said...

Really enjoyed this movie. Will sure bye it when it xill come out in France ! :)

Billy George said...

Ive got you Bookmarked now brother! Awesome artwork throughout the whole blog. Its great to see all the new amazing stuff.

Hope all is going well out there!

Marco Bucci said...

awesome awesome drawings Armand. I love how you can hold your compositions together so well.

Dave Dick said...

Beautiful artwork, Armand!

I picked up a copy of Surf's Up yesterday and it definitley is a great and beautiful film.

Andrew Glazebrook said...

I really did think the film was fun !! Great artwork you've posted here !!

Shuku said...

I. Want. That. DVD. I just have to wait for it to get down -here-, and that's such a pain in the behind...gorgeous artwork. So, so SO gorgeous. I'm just sorry I couldn't see it in the cinemas, was all tied up with rehearsals.

--Shuku
Hunting licenses now, not OR patients

Benjamin Plouffe said...

Yes. very nice stuff. Ill have to check out the movie sometime. keep it up.

Paul Lasaine said...

Why didn't you tell me you worked on Happy Feet!?!?

Anonymous said...

Finally saw the movie ( with my daughter being so young we don't get out much ) - I really enjoyed it .
Beautiful looking movie . Having seen
a lot of the work you have done on it
I could spot your influence on the movie outright through many sequences .Inspiring stuff my friend .

Cheers .

Bobby Pontillas said...

Jeeeeze, incredible work!

Armand Serrano said...

Nice one, Paul.

sylv1K said...

amazing research sir, i like them very much!!

Tim Bye said...

Tremendous work Armand!

NICOLAS P. VILLARREAL said...

Unbelievable work Armand, your concept of design is great and makes your style stand out immediately. Thank you very much for sharing these!

Salud!

Doomsday said...

Enjoyed the movie! Cool work!

Salut!

Alessandra Sorrentino said...

Haha that's the luck of us foreigners, I could watch the movie on the cinema screen only a month ago but now I can have the dvd without waiting for too long! ;)

I remember those drawings Armand..they look even more beautiful in their real size. Awesome work!!
Speak to you soon!

Ale

SEILER said...

Currently my daughter's favorite movie. Truly the most beautiful movie to come out in a long time, inspiring to say the least!

Armand Serrano said...

Thanks a lot guys. I watched the movie again with my family on DVD and man, it's really beautiful. Credit is definitely not due to the designers only but to the very talented team at Imageworks as well. Their skills honed by experience from films like Spiderman, Narnia and Ghost Rider to name a few came in very handy for Surf's Up. What an amazing and topnotch 3D crew to work with. I salute Rob Bredow and his entire 3D team.

Unknown said...

beautiful artworks!!!

Ken Chandler said...

Gorgeous layouts Armand. Great use of darks and lights. The Lady and the Tramp reference is hilarious.

Germán said...

You all did a really outstanding job on that film. The movie is so good at so many levels I just cant understand why it wasn´t a complete success