Kent Melton
My cousin Kent is an amazing artist/sculptor. He's done work for several blockbuster animated movies over the last 10 years.
When we were kids, my Grandma Melton would put pictures we drew on her refrigerator. Kent's were always in a class by themselves, even at an early age.
I was telling someone at work yesterday what kind of stuff he did, and while searching I found a book called "Makin' Toons: Inside the Most Popular Animated TV Shows and Movies", and found some fairly interesting biographical info on Kent.
He's a pretty quiet, humble guy the few times I've been around him recently (usually funerals unfortunately), and really the only news we hear about his work comes from my uncle.
Here are some of the 'maquettes' he created for The Incredibles:
And here are his very first maquettes...
When we were kids, my Grandma Melton would put pictures we drew on her refrigerator. Kent's were always in a class by themselves, even at an early age.
I was telling someone at work yesterday what kind of stuff he did, and while searching I found a book called "Makin' Toons: Inside the Most Popular Animated TV Shows and Movies", and found some fairly interesting biographical info on Kent.
He's a pretty quiet, humble guy the few times I've been around him recently (usually funerals unfortunately), and really the only news we hear about his work comes from my uncle.
Here are some of the 'maquettes' he created for The Incredibles:
And here are his very first maquettes...
3 Comments:
I'm a big fan of Kent's work and I just happened upon your site through a google search. Cool to see Kent's very first professional maquettes. He's incredible.
When I see him, I'll pass on the kudos.
Glenn-
I wish Kent had an official website because there isn't much on him on the internet - just mainly his WDCC work. I, too, stumbled upon your website through google. His Disney maquettes look better than the 2-d designs from which they're based on. Kent is amazing.
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