Rod Lord has put on auction four more Hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy TV series artworks. Be careful it’s just three day long auctions.
H2G2_ AW_011 : Babel Fish Sequence (early design)
“An item from the early stages of the Babel Fish sequence, the first half of which constituted the initial pilot test piece for the BBC.This item is an early “key” pencil drawing on 305×252 mm animation paper made by Rod Lord in the early stages of planning and layout for the part of the sequence where the Babel Fish turns head on in the centre of screen while a human head appears on the left and an Alien head on the right.”
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H2G2_ AW_012 : Babel Fish Sequence (early design)
“An item from the early stages of the Babel Fish sequence, the first half of which constituted the initial pilot test piece for the BBC.
This item is an early “key” pencil drawing on 305×252 mm animation paper made by Rod Lord in the early stages of planning and layout for the part of the sequence where the Babel Fish turns head on in the centre of screen while a human head appears on the left and an Alien head on the right.
The drawing on the left fixed with masking tape is an early stage of the change from the earlier more rounded style to the more “digital” feel of the final animation.
On the back of the drawing is an early stab at a similar change for the Alien’s brain.”
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H2G2_ AW_013 : Babel Fish Sequence (early design)
“Items from the early stages of the Babel Fish sequence, the first half of which constituted the initial pilot test piece for the BBC.
These two animation cells were traced by Rod Lord and intended for the part of the sequence where the Babel Fish turns head on in the centre of screen while a human head appears on the left and an Alien head on the right.
When these cells were traced the intention was to paint them on the back in the conventional animation technique and use them as artwork layers under the rostrum camera using normal top lighting. They never got painted because the whole approach to technical production changed.”
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H2G2_ AW_014 : Babel Fish Sequence (early design)
Items from the early stages of the Babel Fish sequence, the first half of which constituted the initial pilot test piece for the BBC.
This package represents the initial design work for the shift from the early more rounded style to the straighter more digital feel used for the finished work.
1 – A pencil drawing on 305×252 mm animation paper for the Babel Fish.
2 – A pencil drawing on 305×252 mm animation paper for the innards.
3 – A pencil drawing on 305×252 mm animation paper for the skeleton.
4 – An animation cell with a painted outline of the Babel Fish intended for the early intention of conventional top-lighting under the rostrum camera.
5 – An animation cell with a painted mask designed to be used over the outline for when the innards layer would be added.
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