Hollywood Gone Wrong

I started with a longlist of the most famous movies and TV series ever made. From this list, I looked at which popular characters or renowned scenes I could combine with another film. Then I could start planning where all the stories had to take place in the image. “Which recognizable buildings are needed? Does the scene take place in the air or on the water? Which characters should be depicted very large and which ones smaller?” Another challenge was to give every puzzle piece something interesting or recognizable for the puzzlers. Otherwise it would be nearly impossible to make te puzzle.

The puzzle had to be full of references, but I didn't want to lose my typical flat illustration style. In the end this all came together in a huge landscape by layering everything in a top-down perspective.

This was one of the most intensive projects I've ever worked on, but I really love the result.

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Can you find all 140 movie references?

101 Dalmatians – A Christmas Story – A Clockwork Orange – A Nightmare on Elm Street – The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn – Alice in Wonderland – Alien – The Angry Birds Movie – Apocalypse Now – Aquaman – Austin Powers – Avatar – Avengers – Babe – Back to the Future – Batman – Bean – Belle and the Beast – The Big Bang Theory – The Big Lebowski – Birdman – The Birds – Borat – Breakfast atTiffany’s – Breaking Bad – The Blues Brothers – Captain America – Casablanca –Castaway – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Charlie Chaplin – Chicken Run – The Dark Knight – The Devil Wears Prada - Die Hard – Doctor Who – Don Quichote – The Dukes of Hazzard – Dumb and Dumber – E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial – Edward Scissorhands – The Exorcist – Face/Off – The Fast and the Furious – Finding Nemo – Forrest Gump – Free Willy – From Dusk Till Dawn – Frozen – Game of Thrones – Ghostbusters – Godzilla – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly – The Grand Budapest Hotel – Hannibal – Harry Potter – Herbie – How the Grinch Stole Christmas – Ice Age – The Incredible Hulk – The Incredibles – Indiana Jones – IT – James Bond – Jaws – Joker – Jurassic Park – The Karate Kid – Kill Bill – King Kong – Kung Fu Panda – Lady and the Tramp – Le Fabuleux Destin d’Amélie Poulin – Life of Pi – The Lion King – The Little Mermaid – The Lord of theRings – Love Actually – Mars Attacks! – Matilda – The Matrix – Mickey Mouse – Minions – Moana – Monsters Inc – Monthy Python and the Holy Grail – Moulin Rouge! – The Muppets – My Neighbor Totoro – The Nun – Paulie – The Pink Panther – Pinocchio – Pippi Longstocking – Pirates of the Caribbean – Pocahontas – The Polar Express – Psycho – The Rescuers – The Ring – Saving Private Ryan – Saw – Scarface – Schindler’s List – Scooby-Doo – Scream – Sesame Street – Seven – The Shawshank Redemption – The Shining – Shrek – Signs – The Simpsons Movie – Singin’ in the Rain – Sister Act – The Smurfs – The Spongebob Movie – Star Trek – Star Wars – Suicide Squad – Sweeney Todd – Ted – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Teletubbies – Terminator – The Texas Chainsaw Massacre – Thunderbirds – Titanic – Toy Story – Transformers – Tweety – Up! – V for Vendetta – Wall-E – Who Framed Roger Rabbit – Winnie the Pooh – The Wizard of Oz – Zoolander – Zootopia

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