Lizard Man

Lizard man is an idea for a television series, currently in development.

It revolves around a plague doctor, in a plague ridden city, who every night goes on house visits, trying to help his mutated patients.

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It began with all these images and characters that have popped up in my imagination. I started to collect all these visual ideas, and from that a world and a story emerged.

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It is intended to be a surreal work, with very loose ends regarding the rules and logic of the world, and to be experienced more like a fever dream. This isn't a sci-fi idea or a fantasy idea. The show is intended to lure you in without providing clear rules or definitions, with blurry lines between real & imaginary, awake & dream and life & death

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Currently there are around 10 episode concepts, each developed to the level of a loose synopsis.

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I intend to try and produce a short film (around 15 min.) based on the world and characters, that can be seen as a Proof of Concept, or even a pilot.

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Below are some of the illustrations that I did as part of the research process, where I explored different concepts, stories, characters, moods, etc.

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The idea is intended to be shot in live action with live actors, using visual and practical effects to achieve the grotesque and surreal mutations.

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I realize that financially speaking this is a bit ambitious, so as a fail safe "Plan B", if I wouldn't be able to finance this project I will probably do it myself either as an animation or even a graphic novel. But I do hope to do it in live action.