But as most always is the case, before motion pictures are put into motion, artists are called upon to be visualists, taking high-flying concepts and bringing them to earth, visualizing a semblance of reality, allowing them to truly take flight. In this case a terrific team of technical artists came together to give life to a new way of making films.
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Final logo design by Syd Mead, using backlight composite technique by Richard Taylor, John Scheele, Marta Russell and Douglas Eby
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An earlier design by Syd Mead
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An even earlier concept by Chris Lane
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Illustration by Richard Taylor of the carrier bridge in Sark's map of domains
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Concept drawing of an electronic cave interior by Harrison Ellenshaw
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A background by Peter Mueller
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A helmet design by Moebius
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And more costume designs by Moebius
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A Peter Lloyd colorization of a Moebius character concept
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A circuit pattern costume design by Syd Mead
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A costume design for 'Yori' by Syd Mead
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A costume design for 'Yori' by Moebius
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A preproduction illustration by Peter Lloyd based upon Syd Mead's design
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Concept design for a Solar Sail by Moebius
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The final design for the Solar Sail by Moebius
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The Solar Sail parked in its hangar
The concepts go on and on, but this is a good sampling
1 comment:
Awesome! I don't think the new movie will accomplish as much visually.
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