Here’s a great interview (via MTV) of a dude that has done all sorts of awesome movie/toy related stuff…someone who does exactly what I would LOVE to be doing RIGHT NOW:
Best Job Ever: Sculptor Handles Depp’s Dreads, Chewbacca’s Fur
Check out the excerpt:
How He Got Here: Why does a guy like Brooke get such prime gigs?
Easy — he’s one of the best. The work-at-home dad lives in a rambling
Victorian near the University of Cincinnati campus, which is overrun by
his playfully ghoulish paintings, homemade puppets, handcrafted train
sets and kids’ art projects, got his start drawing as a kid, later
obsessing over the monsters in magazines like Cinefex.
After college, Brooke got work as a “doll-eye specialist” at
Kenner Toys working on Baby Alive, when he discovered his real passion.
“Pretty soon after that I started building models, and they bumped me
up to a full-time model maker, which is when I got into sculpting,”
said Brooke, who used to play bass in local bands Red Math and
Roundhead.
Awesome article – be sure to check it out!!!
Makes me want to go back into toy design SO BAD!!!
