Archive for the ‘ Concept art ’ Category

Shaun Tan: The Lost Thing on DVD

Shaun Tan’s illustrated books have made him famous all around the world, from his Australian birthplace to the UK. He and his dedicated team have adapted Tan’s children’s book “The Lost Thing” as an animated film, which has been winning numerous awards in 2010. It will be available to buy on DVD from November 10th. [ READ MORE ]

Concept art for the original King Kong

From the archives of The Pictorial Arts: some dramatic concept art created up in 1931 as part of the pitch to RKO. Interestingly, the images are collaborative works; as the entry at Pictorial Arts points out, Kong was drawn by Willis O’Brien, the landscape was the work of Byron Crabbe and in the squadron scene [ READ MORE ]

Revisiting: Aurélie Neyret

I’ve been trying to pick a good time to feature Aurélie Neyret (a.k.a Clo/Clochette) again after the first time I posted her work. There’s such a flurry of it on her blog that it’s been hard to pick a good moment, but now is as good a time as any. There is so much that [ READ MORE ]

Rajaya Yogaswara (Machine56) – halftones

Very clever use of middle grey versus middle red to create disintegrating halftone effects in this piece by Machine[ READ MORE ]

The Raven short film – fans of robots, step this way

Shot on a budget of only $5000, this Minority Report-inspired short was shot in Los Angeles in just 2 days. Concept art and storyboards can be seen at The Raven Facebook Page[ READ MORE ]

Aurélie Neyret a.k.a. “Clo”/”Clochette”: illustration and character design

While browsing through Ffffound, I saw a piece of artwork which stopped me in my tracks so I had to search onwards to discover the identity of the artist: Aurélie Neyret. Here is a trailer for her tutorial video, which is on sale at Massive Black. It is best viewed at fullscreen and if you [ READ MORE ]

Jae Liu a.k.a. Gunnmgally at DeviantArt

Jae Liu at Deviant Art and her blog[ READ MORE ]

Willy Pogàny (1882-1955): illustrations for myths and legends

Hungarian-born Vilmos Andreas (“Willy”) Pogàny lived in many locations across Europe before settling in the USA. He died in Manhattan. 1910 – Illustrations for The Tale Of Lohengrin, T. W. Rolleston “Willy Pogàny’s Drawing Lessons”, one of his instructional books (which is still in print as “The Art Of Drawing“) – go to ASIFA’s archive [ READ MORE ]

Mark Molnar 4-stage character development: a tutorial

Yet another good reason to sign up to Escape From Illustration Island‘s feeds and Facebook group: Mark Molnar‘s amazing character development tutorial. He was until recently a concept artist for a computer games company in New Zealand, and now works for a wide range of clients internationally. The video for stage one is jaw-dropping. If [ READ MORE ]

Matt Byle

Matthew Byle‘s work deserves more views For his elegant lines and delightful hues He even designs some custom shoes This has been Matthew Byle news. with apologies to Matt Byle Website – Behance[ READ MORE ]

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