Character Development Research- Guillermo Del Toro

Guillermo Del Toro is an iconic artist in the horror art community and in film making. Guillermo is most likely my biggest inspiration and favourite artist. His work is striking, detailed and so thought through so every sketch is brilliant.

I wanted to look at his character building and development as inspiration and to learn from, below I have found some pages of his sketchbooks.

Guillermo's sketchbooks, so full of detail in writing and amazing detailed sketches which show his though process and ideas clearly.

Here are Guillermo Del Toro's sketches and process of The Pale Man, a monster in the film Pans Labyrinth. The photo on the right is the final outcome of the monster that was in the film. In the sketches you can see his thoughts and ideas clearly. You can see how he builds on the details and why he uses these elements. Guillermo has a great talent for creating nightmarish creatures by thinking out the box, the idea of making the eyes go in the thin, spindly and wrinkled hands is pure brilliance. As the monster comes towards the camera the audience is filled with fear and stuck with an interest to look at the details of the monsters features.

Another of Guillermo's sketches, next to it is the final creature also from the film Pans Labyrinth. The Fawn is an amazing creature with small details, he combines elements of trees and goats it seems to create this amazing creature. The small slit eyes are interesting, the brow seems to create a scary effect but the wide cheeks a more warmer and calmer atmosphere, reflecting both sides of the Fawns character.