Sandy Collora, the man behind the classic fan film Batman: Dead End, World's Finest and the indie sci-fi Hunter Prey, is kickstarting an art book called The Art of Creature and Design. Collora not only created these awesome film projects, but he also has worked as a character and creature designer for films such as Men in Black, The Crow, Predator 2, Little Monsters, The Abyss and more. They guy is very talented, and he brought together several of his talented friends and associates to help provide content for this book. Some of those people include Jordu Schell, Steve Wang, Joel Harlow, and Aris Kolokontes.

If you're a regular visitor of the site, then you already know how much I love art. Fan art, concept art, comic art, fine art, and more. I enjoy it all! I also have a large collection of film and TV concept art books that I've bought over the years, and this is a book that is definitely going in my collection.

Here's what Collora had to say about the book:

"The Art of Creature and Character Design, is a project I have been wanting to do for quite some time now. It's a very informative, comprehensive, lavishly illustrated volume on the art and aesthetics of creature and character design for film, video games and toys. It will explore the style, approach, technique, and inspiration of some of the best creature and character designers in the world.

"It will feature a lot of my own work, but I was fortunate enough to talk some of my talented friends and colleagues that I've worked on many films with, or have been fortunate enough to befriend over the past 25 years of traveling through the industry, into contributing some of their work as well. Guys behind some of the most iconic and recognizable creatures in film, television, video games, and toys over the past few decades. These phenomenal, award winning artists have helped make this volume the first book of it's kind. I hope start volume two in the upcoming year...

"This 100+ page book will be available in three formats; A digital, downloadable version, a softcover and a hard bound edition. Each printed copy will be signed by me, and I will try to wrangle as many of these artists who are local, to sign it as well (maybe a stretch goal). I will also do a sketch on the inside opening page, if you like. See all the different reward tiers to the right, for the specifics.

"The coolest thing about this book, is how different and varied the styles and design sensibilities are, of all the different artists who contributed to the book; Myself, Jordu Schell, Steve Wang, Eddie Yang, Joel Harlow, Brandt Peters, Bryan Wynia, William Basso, Aris Kolokontes, Dominic Qwek, Jonathan Fuller, Lee Joyner and Michael Broom. I've also included some collaborations I've done with other artists like Patrick Magee and Damon Bard, to name a few. I always found it interesting how other sculptors and artists, rendered my designs. Sometimes, it makes for some truly staggering results. There's literally too much art crammed into this book, it's impossible to describe. You'll just have to get one to see!"

You can check out the Kickstarter video, and several photos below.