EXCLUSIVE: Rhino & Green Goblin's Glider Designs - THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2
Conceptual illustrator, Kelton Cram ("X-Men: First Class"), has sent us exclusive concept art of Rhino and Green Goblin's glider for Marc Webb's The Amazing Spider-Man 2.
CBM: What do you use as a reference for the Rhino costume?
Kelton Cram: Particularly Soviet tanks. Something the director had asked us to do.
CBM: The Rhino design strays quite a bit from the source material, was that decided upon early in the process?
Kelton Cram: Yes I believe so. The Rhino suit kept changing to alterations in the script. This is common in concept for film.
CBM: What was more challenging, designing the Rhino costume or the Green Goblin's glider?
Kelton Cram: Probably the Glider. It was a more complex order. The Glider had to move in certain ways, limiting what we could do with it. The Rhino suit had a bit more freedom to try new things.
CBM: Did you have to make sure the glider designs were aerodynamic, or was the look of it more important?
Kelton Cram: Yes it did need to be aerodynamic. The look was most important. Often times when designing technology that doesn't exist, rules of physics can be ignored.
CBM: What did you enjoy the most about working on this film?
Kelton Cram: I've always been a Spider-Man fan! Getting to take a crack at the villains was my favorite.
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