Concept Art World is a wordpress-based blog about, well you name it, conceptual art. There are posts about videogames and movies concept art and artists as well as various artistic projects like Exodyssey or BATTLEMiLK. The structure is simple and neat so you won’t be lost under the piles of text. There are also few small sections with information on books, training and studios. Here is an example on Star Trek 2009 concept art feature:
Another cool blog I’ve just discovered Eavesdropping with Johnny have tons of info on Star Trek, including photos and concepts from the recent Star Trek 2009 movie. If you’re sci-fi fan or futuristic designer don’t miss this one.
Whoa! Finally we’ve got a little glimpse on James Cameron’s epic. Over 1,000 European Industry attendees at CinemaExpo International in Amsterdam were able to experience 24 minutes of footage from Avatar. There are lots of hype around this movie but yet nobody have seen anything except few production shots and concept arts. So after the screening in Amsterdam that image were cycling around the globe:
Beautiful night shot from Pandora with Na’vi spices. Somebody says it’s just another concept art but looks like it’s not. After all the expectations for Avatar are super high and by reading the feedback from screening it goes even higher.
Another thing that attracted my attention was the trailer for The Last Airbender. I have absolutely no idea about that world and Avatar animation series so the movie footage were quite refreshing.
http://www.thelastairbendermovie.com/
Ballistic Publishing just launched a brand new, large-format, fantasy graphic novel based on the Utherworlds universe created by Philip Straub. Utherworlds combines a fully-fledged novel with written and spoken languages, maps, and stunning paintings with hidden messages that provide layers of detail not seen in other graphic novels.
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Hey guys, here are some concept art by James Clyne he did for Star Trek 2009 movie:
Make sure to visit his website www.jamesclyne.com for more cool stuff from film projects.
You can also check another gallery on evolution of space cruiser design. There are more than 150 photos and renders of various space ships from 1950’s up to modern space hot rods:
Actually there are many ways how you can sketch digitally and I’m still discovering new methods and tools.
For the sketching the ideal tool is your good old wooden or brand new mechanical pencils. They are fast, flexible, light and so on. Oh and you have a very precise control over your tools behavior. That’s the most important thing actually! Digital tools are fun but sometimes unpedictable or hard to control. The only problem with analog pencils is when you scan them into computer and your lines looks messy. Sometimes it’s not a problem if you need only guidelines for the painting (you’ll cover them with paint after all) but for the comic or manga style you need sharp and crisp lines.
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Wow… E3 is blowing up with tons of cool stuff. Here are the things that impress me the most (in terms of visual design, look and feel) in no particular order:
The Last Guardian
Originally known as Project Trico – a new game by Fumito Ueda and Team ICO (creators of Ico and Shadow of the Colossus) rising the bar for storytelling and visuals even higher. The design is unique and fits the setting thus creating an exotic, tribal atmosphere. The griffin-like creature is amazingly animated and looks totally alive. Don’t forget about the emotional relation shown between characters in the debut trailer.
Final Fantasy XIV Online
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Since discovering Hyung-Tae Kim works in 2002 or so I’ve been fascinated by korean artists. These guys (and girls!) got a crazy imagination, bold skills and tremendous endurance. Most of them are working in the game industry, producing concept art, 3d assets and promotional illustrations for various korean MMORPG. Because of the government support, 100% of the korean games are MMO.
The good example of successful visual design is Lineage II. Those dark elfs are probably the most effective and attractive creations (taking into account polycout and texture limitations). But the upcoming next-gen MMO’s would be better! Besides the others, Aion is the most anticipated game got a great visuals and stunning artwork. Aion posters and illustrations are just wonderful and I finally discovered the guy behind some of them.
Ryu-Hun Yong is a korean artist, conceptual designer and illustrator. He specialized in character concepts, costume design, illustration and so on. Armed with Photoshop, Painter, Illustrator and 3d studio max he creates stunning posters, interesting characters and even graphic novels. Basically I discovered him by searching for the guy behind Fox Spirit manhwa, published in Apple vol.2 artbook.
He’s amazing artist and his website truly reflects that. The only problem is that it’s not user-friendly webpage. The blog is skewed in Firefox (all I see is a tiny stripe) and you can’t save images in just one click. Honestly I don’t know why artists doing such things.
Ryu-Hun Yong website: http://rewhy.com/
I have absolutely no idea if anyone is ever reading this… so chances are it’s totally useless to post anything here but I’ll keep experimenting for a while until completely abandon that blog.
I’ve many paintings in my work in progress folder and here is a recent one. Princess Ameli from King’s Bounty videogame. Before you proceed keep in mind that it’s a w.i.p. and beware of the nudity (NSFW).
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Finally did some touch-ups on blog appearance. Make it brighter, vivid and colorful – thanks to Selena, an elven girl you see above.
Looking for concept art from videogames? Well make sure to bookmark Creative Uncut website.
Creative Uncut or CU for short is dedicated to bringing together concept design works from a wide variety of games to one place where people can easily access and enjoy them. The title “Creative Uncut” is partially derived from a poor fan translation of a Star Ocean 2 music track that was incorrectly translated as “Let’s Creative”. Every image on CU is watermark-free, out of respect for the original artists and for those wishing to collect artwork or use it in personal design projects. The project were launched in 2003 and since then goes pretty well serving almost 12,000,000 unique visits to date.
In Video Game Art Galleries section you’ll find tons of artwork from various videogames released in media or manually scanned from imported artbooks or sometimes strategy guides. The most viewed gallery on CU to date has been Soul Calibur IV, which also held the top spot for more than six months straight.
CU also feature a selection of Video Game Art Books on the site. These aren’t artbook scans but info page with short description of each book including specs and direct links to Play Asia online store. And if you need some wallpapers to decorate your desktop make sure to check Wallpaper Gallery Selection.
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