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Published: 2014-06-02 14:55:28 +0000 UTC; Views: 5005; Favourites: 244; Downloads: 52
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So the Book of Life trailer dropped and I was so enamored by it's beautiful and vibrant visuals I decided to do a little drawing of La Muerte, overseer of the Land of the Remembered. You can view the trailer and see some of the gorgeous concept art over at the official site:www.bookoflifemovie.com/
This one was drawn on my Surface Pro since I am once again without a proper graphics tablet. Suppose I should get used to using it more anyway. The background is from the old Grim Fandango website, which seemed appropriate.
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The Book of life is kinda different to other movies, but the style of the film looks amazing!.
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That's what I love about it - with so many animated films trying to stick to a similar visual style, it's great to see something that with a real distinctive aesthetic. It looks like Gutierrez is being given a lot of creative freedom to make the movie he wants.
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ah, it was a great Experience when the Trailer just came out. Still beating drums in my heart like Steaming engines, aye.
all those Calaveras and skulls design in every scene were Fantastic. it was like a tangled parade of El Tigre and Psychonauts in a good shake, a Damn fine good one I say!
PS: by the way.... am i the only one who totally got a crush on the Skeletal Bandit lady twins? you know, the twin lady skeletons show up at the moment when Conquistador Skeleton says 'Enjoy your Fiesta!'
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Speculation I've seen on forums suggests they might be a pair of adelitas (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Adeli… , female soldiers from the Mexican Revolution. And no, you're not the only one 
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wait, there IS a forum that dedicated to the Book of Life? oh my goodness, i need the link of it right now. ;u;
So, they are possibly the Adelitas from the Mexican Revolution? then it makes me even more love this film. i always had special Things for the Historical Revolutions and Female Revolutionaries, and Still I AM. oh man, seriously i need to draw some Fanarts for this movie.
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Oh it wasn't a Book of Life specific forum, just a Book of Life thread on the Comics & Cartoons imageboard on 4chan.
Definitely draw some fanart! The characters would look amazing in your style
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I love the lines and colors on this... And pretty much everything else as well
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Thanks dude, it was a lot of fun to draw something so colourful. I'm sure I'll draw her again, maybe when another trailer drops
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The Book of Life literally blew me away. I've never been this surprised(in a good way) about an animated feature in a long time. It visually looks like its a Tim Schafer game brought to life as an animated feature(hell, even the character designs remind me of Grim Fandango). I love how you drew this character.
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The characters from both The Book of Life and Grim Fandango seem to be based on traditional calacas, which might explain the similarity. I am super excited for the movie - the mythology and pageantry surrounding the Day of the Dead is so perfect for an animated world and Jorge Gutierrez isn't holding anything back, in terms of visuals at least. Plus it's by ReelFX! Great to see them not trying for a Frozen clone or more talking animals.
Have you played Guacamelee? If you like the whole Mexican culture/Day of the Dead aesthetic and classic Metroid-style gameplay I recommend it.
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