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Ben
Chapman as The Gill Man in his cave layer.
I colorized it from a black-and-white
frame grab.
I
enjoy re-creating my favorite monsters in
rubber, but sculpting the clay, making the
large heavy molds and or
painting them takes time and
space. One night Tattooed Steve
came down to my house and showed me how to
colorize photos on my computer. I
still like sculpting the creatures for
real, but colorizing pictures from old
black-in-white movies can
be fun too..
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My
colorized picture of Ben
boarding"The Rita". There
are lush colors in real life too. |
Tattooed
Steve's "Creature in cave"
in the muted colors he prefers. |
I
like colorizing some pictures flat and
natural, others lush and attractive.
Tattooed
Steve favors flatter, less vibrant colors
always.
And
the best part is I get the color
schemes right from the people that had
acted and worked on the films like Ben
Chapman "The land creature"
himself.
One
of the wildest facts I had found
out was the 1954 "Underwater
creature", played by pro swimmer
Ricou Browning, had a
completely different suite from that worn
by Ben Chapman for the "Land
Creature" scenes and, unlike the soft
moss green of Ben's
suite, Ricou
Browning's underwater
suit was painted a bright
yellow which photographed better in
black-and-white under water. Another
reason for the many differences
is the suit had to fit skin tight
and fit the size of the actor playing the
part, and Ben Chapman was 6 foot 7 inches
tall and Ricou Browning was 5
foot 11 inches. The differences in
detailing, the different shape of the
faces of the Gill Man mask, everything,
becomes obvious if you see them
standing side-by-side, but in the context
of the movie where only one suit is on
screen at a time, most
audiences don't notice it.
Ricou Browning's different Gill Man suit
painted yellow for better visibility under
water.
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