Mummy Returns - 2000
title: ILM Creature Design GroupThis was the last show I worked on before I left Industrial Light and Magic. It was a big design bid for the Art Department, a follow up to the Creature Design Group success from Stephen Sommer's first Mummy picture. Much of the same team was assembled; Brian O Connell, Carlos Huante and Benton Jew, among others. Working with VFX Art Director Alex Laurant, along with regular feedback from VFX Supervisors and Sommers, too, we had at it.
It was a big design salad, with tons of FX and creatures to be worked out. We all churned and churned on each and every one, and eventually we zeroed in. As with a lot of projects with a group developing the look, the designs become a fusion. My influence probably showed up the most in the Pygmy mummies and the Scorpion King. Here's a sampling (click the icons above) ...
