Charlie Becker

3D scanning/modeling of life sized figure of shoe designer John Buscemi and modeling and production of miniature chocolates. Used for Buscemi/Colette window display in Paris to celebrate Valentine's Day and to promote the 100MM | GUTS Shoe. Photo Credit: Teddy Morellec via Buscemi.com

Frontline Design was hired for the super hero costume design used in the Russian Super Hero film Guardians (Zashchitniki), to be released 2017. Based on the rough concept art provided, they tapped Becker to complete the look of the weapons. Becker was in charge of design/modeling & 3D printing of swords and harness/mount to be used in movie . Delivered to Frontline for further molding, painting and finishing for production in the final costume. Sword was used by a main character and prominently shown in an official movie trailer for the film. More information on Guardians and visuals of the weapon can be found in this article highlighting the movie's VFX.

Becker teamed up again with Director Matt Piedmont and Production Designer Mark Snellgrove to work on McCann, Picture Mill and Beacon Street spots for General Mill's reintroduction of French Toast Crunch cereal. The hilarious 30-second spots called "The Tiny and the Tasty" are a soap-opera parody acted out by Barbie and Ken style dolls on miniature sets. Becker sculpted and produced seven heads and one cat for the series. The spots were featured in Adweek's Ad Freak Column for The Best and Worst for Advertising, Branding and Design. Please click screenshots to view each of the five 30-second commercials.

Sculpted and produced the Elf prop for the Missouri Lottery "Magic Elf" holiday spot. Duties included head design, sculpting & production, body and costume design and production. Worked with Director Rami Hachache of Prettybird & Bark Productions. Click screenshot to view final commercial.

Sneakergod® candles commissioned by Jon Buscemi. Scale 1:1. Weight: 10lbs (Final product images via @jonbuscemi)

Figure commissioned by Nike to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Nike Air Force 1 and for the release of The Nike Lunar Force 1: The Future One. Sculpture and life sized cut-outs of the sculpture was displayed at events in Shanghai, London and Berlin.

Commissioned by Stoli Vodka to create a sculpture for their ORGNL.TV campaign. Charlie Becker: Original Scuptor

Sundance Award-Winng Brick Novax's Diary is a 4 part series which aired on HBOs Funny Or Die Presents. Told in voiceover narration, it's the story of a dying man's youthful exploits, acted out with action figures. Art Direction, sculpting, and creation of additional characters, props & sets.  

SS White: The Charlie Becker Project - SS White, a dental burs (drill bits) company was looking for a fine artist to give inspiration to young up & coming dentists. Coming from a family of dentists and familiarity with the company's product made for a perfect fit. Inspiration pulled from family history, father's dental school carvings and from the birth of daughter, Audrey.

Commissioned by Ignition Print to make the Globe/bomb prop for the poster/advertising campaign for Torchwood - Miracle Day on Starz.

Collaborated with GHAVA to help with a video they were producing for AOL. The concept called for a disembodied pair of hands to sculpt a hand out of clay, then interact with it and other virtual tools to be added later digitally. They wanted me to do the sculpting, help animate the sculpted hand and act out the ensuing drama. It was a 1 day shoot and we did two takes. They used footage from both takes to make the final. http://www.aolartists.com/profiles/ghava http://www.ghava.com/Projects/AOLSummer2010ArtAndVideoDirection

Trophy designed and built for Nickelodeon's 'My Family's Got Guts" family competition show, shown mid-construction. Called the "Ice Crag," it is made from hollow translucent SLA resin, and illuminated from within by colored LEDs. The goal was to have a modular design that could be won in 3 stages. Every family that makes it through the first round gets a small trophy. the few that make it past the second round get a larger trophy. And the Winning family gets to assemble those 2 parts together with the final center section, on a base with a name plaque. 3D model created by dxp : designs by people. Physical model produced by Utley's Incorporated.

Sculpture commissioned to celebrate the release of new packaging designed by Jay-Z for Cherry Coke. One of five artists selected to represent the new Brand. Materials: Styrofoam, Aqua-Resin, and acrylic paint. Video showing the piece in progress can be found here.  

Hired by Hunter Gatherer to do character design and sculpting for 3 Holiday ID spots shown on VH-1. The inspiration for the characters were the generic "cute" faces of Disneyland's "It's a Small World" ride. Pieces were to be scanned and animated by computer, but tests were so successful that it was shot as stop motion entirely in camera. Innovations include the creation of a new color, "flourescent beige" used for the mullet and rat-tail hairstyles of father & son in the last sequence.  

An Ice cream bar doesn't hold up well to the heat of motion picture lights, so a set of foam replicas of ice cream bars were used for an advertising shoot for Magnat (aka Magnum in Europe) in various states of consumption.  

A short film made for Hunter/Gatherer to be aired on MTV's Sunday Stew as a bumper. Emoticon plays on the canned expressions used in Instant Messaging, and tries to imagine it in human form, spinning heads and all. The puppet was sculpted by me with my likeness. The scenic backdrop was a color print of a field of Grass. I shot it with a DV camera using iStopmotion, and edited it using Final Cut.

Using various techniques including the pumpkin sculpting inspired by Ray Villafane Studios, pumpkins have brought joy to many trick or treaters over the years. Pumpkins include Little Face Mitt and tribute to Steve Jobs.