Der GRÜFFELOADVENTSKALENDERCOUNTDOWN #4

Above: Max Lang's initial turnaround, which first gave the Gruffalo (drawn exclusively from a side view in the childrens' book) a threedimensional treatment. Below: Early preliminary sketches and a modelsheet based on Max's turn-around, both by Jakob Schuh. Maquette by Klaus Morschheuser. See "The Gruffalo"…

Some more preproduction from “Der Grüffelo”, which you can watch on ZDF this Christmas, December 24th at 10.40 am. Different production stages from the film's  "swamp sequence", from top to bottom: Initial location design by Manu Arenas, set dress and prop design by Jakob Schuh,…

Manu Arenas' wonderful, early b/w concepts (top and middle) inspired the "field of dandylions" sequence, which was later further visualized by the very talented Louis Tardivier (bottom).