#grogramon

[rachaelmayo]

This was a quick illustration from 2005, based on the Neverending Story novel. It's from the second part, where Grogramon is running across the Goab desert. Each time he sets his feet on a new color, his whole body picks up that color. I wanted to show him in a transitional state here.

This is Prismacolor pencil on pastel paper. I was experimenting with this textured paper for a bit, but didn't like it all that much. It took a lot more effort to get full color coverage, and you can see that the blending is pretty rough.

[noriretherford]

Hey! Bringing parts of The Neverending Story to life has always been a distant art goal of mine, it's my favorite book, and I just wanted to say how great I think it is that you are animating some! I haven't had a chance to watch them yet, but the designs I have seen are really great! :) Also, I was curious as to if you plan to do anything involving grogramon?

Hi! Thank you! I’m so pleased to see another fan of the book. XD You know, I would love to tackle the sections where Bastian enters the book and gets the sword from Grogramon. I’m really interested in playing with the lion design. (It's pretty crazy that they skipped that opportunity in the liveaction movie.) Not sure I’ll have time though.1. I’m finishing a short bit where Atreyu and Falkor talk about Bastian, 2. and I’ve roughed out Falkor saving Atreyu from Spook City.3. Then if I have time I want to do a longer sequence of Atreyu’s early quest through to Artax’s death (it’s partially roughed out). 4. So anything with Grogramon would be next. But who knows really! :)