Stunning Unused Character Art for OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL

Check out this beautiful collection of unused character design concept art for Sam Raimi's Oz The Great and Powerful. The art comes from Amalgamated Dynamics, Inc. a.k.a. studioADI who made a pitch to work on the film. They didn't end up landing the gig, but it I do like many of the designs they came up with.

We were brought on to design characters for Sam Raimi's OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL and had a big appetite for a combination of prosthetics, animatronics, and digital-enhanced characters. Ours was a different direction than production was headed (it's easy for us to have a big appetite when we're not paying the bills). Ultimately, the job went to our friends at KNB.

I thought Oz was a great movie. I especially enjoyed the design work. Even though none of this work was used, it's still some really cool stuff, check it out!

The concept art below was created by Michael Kutsche.