Monstruo: The Art of Carlos Huante

by Carlos Huante, Scott Robertson (Editor)

Carlos Huante was born in East L.A. in 1965. Besides chilaquiles and Yerba Buena (mint tea), Carlos grew up on stop-motion monster movies. Since that time he has pursued his passion for the arts by creating some of the most original monsters and characters, for both film and animation, ever seen. Monstruo is a collection of Huante's personal, original work featuring a wide range of monster and character designs, from simple pencil sketches that magically capture the gesture of his subject, to full-color digital and traditional media paintings.

Genres: Art

128 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 2004

Reviews

[Parka · Rating 5 out of 5]

(More pictures at parkablogs.com)

Despite having a title called Monstruo, the book isn't all about monsters. Carlos Huante has included some very unique and dark character designs. In the afterword, he explains why he choose such dark subject matter.

There are pencil sketches, sculptures and digital paints. The subjects include monsters, humans and mecha robots. The character designs are often out of the world.

The introduction is written by Carlos Huante himself. There's also short biography. Right at the back, he explains the meaning behind 6 of his illustrations.

You can check out more of his work on his official website. There are galleries for images and sculptures.

This review was first published on parkablogs.com. There are more pictures and videos on my blog.

[Pedro José · Rating 5 out of 5]

Un libro muy interesante, me gusta ver el trabajo de anatomía que hizo para varios monstruos en general. Lo más interesante para mí es ver como se supone que son las formas que interactua con su trabajo y como lo desarrolla