CONTAGIOUS - Book Trailer...

About a year ago, I did Make-up FX for a promotional trailer for CONTAGIOUS, a novel by best-selling author Scott Sigler.

The trailer, by Curious Three Film Production, was artistically shot as frame by frame photography, then edited together like a stop-motion animation. There was no time for pre-planning or making any prosthetics before the shoot, so some of the make-up was an on-skin silicone buildup application where necessary.

WATCH THE TRAILER BELOW!!

SEE THE MAKE-UP PROCESS ON MY WEBSITE HERE

Contagious Book © Scott Sigler.
Contagious Trailer @ Curious Three Film Production.
Contagious Make-Up © 2009 J. Anthony Kosar & Kosart Effects Studios, LLC.
All Rights Reserved.

Daily Warm-up 12/23 - Alien Lord

Today's Daily Warm-up, an Alien Lord. About 1.5 hours.

Artwork © 2009 J. Anthony Kosar.

Z.E.O.: Zombie Executive Officer...

Back towards the beginning of summer 2009, I did Make-up FX for a trailer for the book Z.E.O.: Zombie Executive Officer, "A Zombie's Guide to Getting A(Head) in Business" by self-help author Scott Kenemore. You can purchase the book HERE. The trailer, by Axiom Megamedia, was shot purposely on low quality to give the effect like it was an old lost 70's infomercial. Therefore, I wanted to make sure the eyes and eyebrows were expressive enough to be read on the final cut. There was no time for pre-planning or making any prosthetics before the shoot, so the make-up was an on-skin silicone buildup application.

Watch the trailer below!!

SEE THE MAKE-UP PROCESS ON MY WEBSITE HERE

Z.E.O. Zombie Make-Up © 2009 J. Anthony Kosar.
Z.E.O. Book © Scott Kenemore.
Z.E.O. Trailer @ Axiom Megamedia.
All Rights Reserved.

Daily Warm-up 12/22 - Demon

This guy tool about 3 hours. It is very easy to get carried away, ... but overall, getting faster, and I can feel I'm getting better. Here he is in black and white too, I thought it looked cool this way as well.
Here he is withouth the blood. The blood was an afterthought actually. Which do you like better?

SATANIC PANIC Creature Posted...

After joining the project in 2006 designing the creature and creating FX props (Satanic Ritual Sacrificed Animals and a Satanic Ritual Dagger), and after the SATANIC PANIC's worldwide DVD and Blu-Ray release on October 13, 2009, I was finally able to post my creature on my website HERE. Now is when I finally had some time to do so! For those that don't know, this was my biggest undertaking to date: the props mentioned earlier AND a full silicone creature suit with human hair. This was the first time I had done anything to this scale on my own. Luckily I had my Father Joseph Kosar to help. He was my right hand man on the entire project. Other help I had on the creature suit was Chris Hernandez as my onset application assistant, and my Mother Lynda Kosar and my Sister Melissa Kosar as my hair application assistants. Overall, this was a HUGE learning experience on many levels. Anyway, here are a couple pictures...

THE MAQUETTE IS ALSO POSTED ON MY WEBSITE HERE

SEE MORE SATANIC PANIC CREATURE CONCEPTS HERE

SEE THE CREATURE SUIT
PROCESS ON MY WEBSITE HERE

Satanic Panic Sculpts and Art © 2006-2008 J. Anthony Kosar.
Satanic Panic © 2008 Marc Selz Productions, LLC.
All Rights Reserved.

Alien Creature 12-21-09 Warm-Up

Here are a couple versions of today's Daily Warm-up. I got a later start today and had to run out, so late in posting. Time spent was probably about 1-2 hours. Which one is your favorite color / version??

Watercolor Artist Magazine's 2009 "ONES TO WATCH"

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If being in Fangoria wasn't cool enough (see previous post), I was completely honored and humbled to be selected by Watercolor Artist Magazine as one of their 2009 top ten artists to watch for their annual Ones to Watch feature in their December issue! All the artists featured are amazingly talented and I am honestly speechless to be there amongst them, especially to be the youngest one!! Pictured in my portion of the article are my paintings Never Known, Never Forgotten and Second Thoughts. Be sure to pick up your copy on newsstands or get your subscription HERE

2009 has been an amazing year for me in the fine art watercolor world, having not only been juried into the American Watercolor Society 142nd International Exhibition with my painting Never Known, Never Forgotten, but also winning the "Dong Kingman Award" and then it being 1 of 40 paintings selected from the American Watercolor Society Annual to tour through 7 states in their 2009-2010 Travel Show. See pictures from the 2009 AWS Awards Dinner in New York, NY - HERE.

Then in 2008, I won Best of Show at the 24th Annual Illinois Watercolor Society Open Exibition for Never Known, Never Forgotten.

Now I am looking forward to 2010 and am excited for all the creative endeavors the New Year will bring!!

Watercolor Artist Magazine Dec 09 Cover & Article © 2009 F+W MEDIA, INC.
Never Known, Never Forgotten © J. Anthony Kosar.
Second Thoughts © J. Anthony Kosar.
All Rights Reserved.

FANGORIA Issue #287 - SATANIC PANIC MASK

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This is so cool!! Though I have been in a few articles on Fangoria.com, this is my first time ever in the actual magazine!! Pictured is my Satanic Panic Halloween mask I designed and sculpted for Zagone Studios based of the silicone creature suit I designed and created (pictures coming soon) for the independent Horror film of the same title. The part where I am mentioned is highlighted. If anyone in interested in purchasing a signed Satanic Panic Halloween mask, send me an email!! The mask is pictured below:

MORE PRESS ON THE MASK:

"The mask, which you can see in all its badass glory . . .

was sculpted by J. Anthony Kosar, a young kid who's got
a helluva lot of promise if his website’s any indication."
~ Johnny Butane (DreadCentral.com)

Read the entire article from DreadCentral.com - HERE
Read the Dec 13, 2008 article from Fangoria.com - HERE
Read the July 2, 2009 article from Fangoria.com - HERE
Read another article from TheHMA.net - HERE

Click HERE to see the Mask Making Process.

It was also cool this Halloween season to see my mask hanging up in Halloween USA seasonal stores (BELOW)!! What can I say, I got geeked-out when I saw my mask on the rack!

Also, on October 13, 2009, SATANIC PANIC the movie was released worldwide on DVD and Blu-Ray. There is Making of the Satanic Panic Monster featurette in the special features section featuring the work of Kosart Effects Studios for the film with a cameo by Tony Zagone of Zagone Studios. The featurette was done by my sister, Melissa Kosar of Kos for Three Productions (check out her website and blog). This Creature FX featurette will be posted soon online so all who don't have the film can see. And separate from this feature is a slide show featuring my designs and drawings for the Toby creature.

If you are in the mood for a real independent, low-budget horror movie, order yours today on Amazon.com HERE

Fangoria #287 Cover & Article © 2009 Fangoria Entertainment. Zombieland © its respective owners.
Satanic Panic Mask © 2008 J. Anthony Kosar & Zagone Studios, LLC.
Satanic Panic Poster © 2008 Marc Selz Productions, LLC.
All Rights Reserved.

Daily Warm-up 12/18 - Werewolf

Here is my daily warm-up for today. For these warm-ups, I am practicing on creating without any references. Again, spent too much time getting carried away with the details... BUT IT'S SO MUCH FUN!!! Below is a detail of the face... click images to see them larger:

Vampire Creature Daily Warm-up

Here's my second daily warm-up done in Photoshop. Spent a little more time on this one, but had fun!

First Daily Warm-Up: FRANKENSTEIN'S MONSTER

I still have a whole bunch of updates I haven't had a chance to post... but for now I will post this daily warm-up I did this morning. I want to start doing these, hopefully at least one every day. This is the first one. So check back often for new quick sketches and studies. This one is of one of my favorite monsters, Frankenstein's Monster!