Guy Davis

Guy Davis

@guydavisart.bsky.social

Concept Designer / Production Designer for Film, Television and Video Games including Frankenstein, The Buried Giant, Pinocchio, Nightmare Alley, Alone in the Dark, Diablo 4, Pacific Rim, Steven Universe. Creator of The Marquis

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Wow! @realgdt.bsky.social FRANKENSTEIN wins for Best Costume, Makeup & Production Design!! Cheers & congrats to Guillermo, Kate Hawley, Mike Hill,Megan Many, Tamara Deverell, Shane Vieu! Honored to have worked as Head of Concept Design with Guillermo & the amazing teams that brought it all to life!

The black rabbits deal another hand as the sands run out on 2025, an exciting year with the release of 2 productions I was thrilled to work on as Concept Designer, @realgdt.bsky.social Frankenstein and Murderbot! Happy New Year gang, cheers for more art & adventures in the world of the future~ 2026!

The Gargoyle’s Tale~ concept designs for the Tower's gargoyles & drainage spout the Creature escapes from for @realgdt.bsky.social incredible FRANKENSTEIN! Inspired by real gargoyles of the period, we kept in the mythological motif of the labs medusa with the drainage spouts “vomiting harpy nuns”!

The Tower’s Tale~ some concept designs done for Victor’s Lab Tower from @realgdt.bsky.social FRANKENSTEIN! Based on the Wallace Monument in Scotland we visited during early scouting. Details and form would be worked up over revisions & the final design built into an amazing (huge) practical model.

The Frozen Horse’s Tale~ concept designs for @realgdt.bsky.social amazing FRANKENSTEIN! In 2022 I started work with Guillermo on keyframes and concepts before production started, including the battlefield frozen horse. Later during production I designed it to be built life size as a prop for filming

The Medusa’s Tale~ concept designs for @realgdt.bsky.social amazing FRANKENSTEIN and the Medusa crest / entryway to Victors lab! The Guillermo approved final design was rendered by great digital sculptor Maria Panfilova & built full size by incredible sculptors of production designer Tamara Deverell

Along with the coffins I worked on the design for the family grave and its sculpted details, the shape of the gravestone would also hint to Victors water tower lab in silhouette with the “sphinx” feet motif too.

The Lab Battery’s Tale~ more concept designs for @realgdt.bsky.social FRANKENSTEIN! In early 2022 before production started I worked with Guillermo on keyframes & designs including the lab and battery towers! The approved designs stuck from the early phase and would carry over to the final film.

~later working with the wonderful production designer Tamara Deverell and her amazing team keeping them on model as they were beautifully built full size and also working on concepts for the destroyed lab pieces and smaller test version and stand.

The Flayed Man’s Tale~ another concept design for @realgdt.bsky.social incredible FRANKENSTEIN! Always a wonderful collaboration with Guillermo and the amazing Mike Hill, working over in-progress body sculpt pics & trying different head/ jaw designs (originally a screaming skull in early concept)!

The Cadaver’s Tale~ Some concept designs I did for the animated cadaver & props/keyframe from @realgdt.bsky.social incredible FRANKENSTEIN! Also collaborating with Mike Hill who sculpted and made the puppet (and puppeteered it to life) with the final screen performance digitally augmented by MRXFX!

Today~ Its Alive!! @realgdt.bsky.social incredible FRANKENSTEIN film is now streaming on Netflix! An amazing journey and incredible production to have worked on as Head of Concept Design and couldn’t be more thrilled and proud seeing everyone’s inspiring work come to life! Will post concepts soon!

Today's the day! Guillermo del Toro's @realgdt.bsky.social amazing FRANKENSTEIN opens in select theaters with more being added in the coming weeks and streaming on Netflix Nov 7! An incredible film and journey to have been part of and definitely see it on the big screen if you can!

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This workshop will initiate with people from Mexico, Latin America and Europe to strengthen the ties of stop motion and collaboration and, in exchange, education will be provided for free for one Mexican / Latinamerican student for the first ten years also.

Cartoon Brew@cartoonbrew.bsky.social

Guillermo del Toro, Netflix, and Gobelins have teamed to open a stop-motion studio in Paris. The endeavor shares a kindred spirit with Mexico's El Taller del Chucho, also co-founded by del Toro, and will honor stop-motion legend Mark Gustafson. www.cartoonbrew.com/stop-motion/...

From concept to screen~ Halloween month look back to 2022 creature/concept designs I did for @realgdt.bsky.social haunting CABINET of CURIOSITIES! An incredible collab with Guillermo and the episode directors & brought to life by the great teams of Mike Hill,Tamara Deverell,Spectral Motion & MrX FX!

From 2022, my other Burrower concept done for the MURDERBOT series (along with some earlier explorations and a keyframe sketch of the 2 Burrowers getting frisky on the Hopper from Episode 7!) The hopper was a place holder sketch I dropped in since the ship wasnt finalized yet. #creaturedesign

Meanwhile in space~ some early creature concept I did for MURDERBOT back in 2022! Great fun getting to work on some alien wildlife including the "Burrower". Final screen design by amazing Production Designer Sue Chan and her art team! More soon (and the series is now on AppleTV+) #creaturedesign

The sands run out on another year~ Some of the final designs for Death (labeled “the Sphinx” early on) from @realgdt.bsky.social incredible PINOCCHIO film that I had the honor to work on as Production Designer/Character Designer! Happy New Year gang~ and cheers to all the art and adventures ahead!

First look at @realgdt.bsky.social incredible FRANKENSTEIN! So thrilled to have worked on the film as concept designer with Guillermo and the amazing Production Designer Tamara Deverell, incredible creature designer Mike Hill and awesome Costume Designer Kate Hawley & their amazing teams! More soon!

This weekend is the 75th Emmy Awards and big cheers to @realgdt.bsky.social and the Cabinet of Curiosities team on their 7 nominations! Was great fun working as series Creature Concept Designer on the show! Cheers to Tamara Deverell, Mike Hill and Luis Sequeira on their dept nominations too!

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