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The Wolverine (2013) Viper (Svetlana Khodchenkova)

Check out The Wolverine concept art by Joshua Min!
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Joshua Min is a professional concept artist who's worked on big budget projects like Project Almanac, The Amazing Spider-Man, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Here are some more pictures of what Madame Viper / Ophelia Sarkissian looked like in the movie.

See more of Joshua Min's portfolio at http://joshuamin.com/

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About "The Wolverine" (2013)

Official synopsis: "In modern day Japan, Wolverine is out of his depth in an unknown world as he faces his ultimate nemesis in a life-or-death battle that will leave him forever changed. Vulnerable for the first time and pushed to his physical and emotional limits, he confronts not only lethal samurai steel but also his inner struggle against his own near-immortality, emerging more powerful than we have ever seen him before."
Directed by James Mangold
Cinematography by Ross Emery
Production Design by François Audouy
"The Wolverine" stars Hugh Jackman, Tao Okamoto, Rila Fukushima, Hiroyuki Sanada, Svetlana Khodchenkova, Brian Tee, Hal Yamanouchi, Will Yun Lee, Ken Yamamura, Famke Janssen

"The Wolverine" was released July 26, 2013 (United States)

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Rampage (2018) Davis Okoye (Dwayne Johnson)

Check out Rampage concept art by Aaron Sims Company!

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The recently released artwork shows the insanely detailed designs of the giant monsters from Rampage": George, Ralph, and Izzie.

Many talented artists worked on the blockbuster hit "Rampage". Recently the Aaron Sims Company shared some concept art from the film by several artists including Matt Millard, Daniel Edery, and Didier Konings as well as others.

Matt Millard is Look Dev Lead / Asset Supervisor at Aaron Sims Creative. Daniel Edery and Didier Konings are professional concept artists as well.

You can enjoy more of Aaron Sims Creative's portfolio at aaronsimscreative.com. See more of Matthew Millard's portfolio at https://mattmillard.artstation.com/. You can see more of Daniel Edery's work at http://3dery.com. Didier Konings' work can be seen at https://www.didierkonings.com.

Click on the links if you want to see more of Aaron Sims Creative, Mattew Millard's work, Daniel Edery's art, Didier Konings art or Rampage artwork on my blog.

Make sure you check out the book "The Art and Making of Rampage".

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About Rampage (2018)

Official synopsis: "Primatologist Davis Okoye (Johnson), a man who keeps people at a distance, shares an unshakable bond with George, the extraordinarily intelligent, silverback gorilla who has been in his care since birth. But a rogue genetic experiment gone awry transforms this gentle ape into a raging monster. To make matters worse, it's soon discovered there are other similarly altered alpha predators. As these newly created monsters tear across North America, destroying everything in their path, Okoye teams with a discredited genetic engineer to secure an antidote, fighting his way through an ever-changing battlefield, not only to halt a global catastrophe but to save the fearsome creature that was once his friend."
Directed by Brad Peyton
Cinematography by Jaron Presant
Production Design by Barry Chusid
"Rampage" stars Dwayne Johnson, Naomie Harris, Malin Åkerman, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Jake Lacy, Joe Manganiello, Marley Shelton, P. J. Byrne, Demetrius Grosse, Jack Quaid, Breanne Hill, Matt Gerald, Will Yun Lee, Urijah Faber, Bruce Blackshear

"Rampage" was released April 20, 2018 (United States)

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Check out Avengers: Infinity War concept art by Andrew Reeder!

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"Avengers: Infinity War" has made over a billion at the box office but it's still going strong. Part of its success is owed to the amazing art design on the film. One of the talented artists shared some concept art for the film. It includes an apparently unused scene with Iron Man destroying what looks like the engine of Thanos' Q-Ship.

Andrew Reeder is a professional concept artist who's worked on big budget movies like Avatar, Star Trek, and Star Trek Into Darkness.

"I wanted to share some concept artwork I did for the movie," Reeder said on his site. "In these scenes, Ebony Maw talks to Thanos and is later attacked by Iron Man and Spiderman. I built our 3d production model and rendered in Keyshot and painted over in Photoshop."

"This is a keyframe illustration I did of the Q-ship Engine Room," Reeder added. "The sequence was ultimately not shown but was a lot of fun to work on!"

See more of Andrew Reeder's portfolio at https://reederdzn.artstation.com/

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Deadpool 2

Check out Deadpool 2 concept art by Joseph Cross!

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Deadpool 2 is a blockbuster hit and one of the biggest and best scenes in the film is the introduction of X-Force. There are many artists that worked together to bring the film to life. One of the talented artists working on the film, Joseph Cross, shared some artwork of the X-Force team on his site. Specifically Bedlam (Terry Crews), Shatterstar (Lewis Tan) and Zeitgeist.

Joseph Cross is a professional concept artist who's worked on big budget movies like Ghost in the Shell and Kong: Skull Island.

"Deadpool 2" Bedlam Concept Art

Here's what he looked like in the final film.

"Deadpool 2" Shatterstar Concept Art

"It’s funny that his costume is still very 90s looking but he also has a modern look with the leather jacket," Tan told TheWrap. "I love the costume and I think it’s awesome."

Here's what he looked like in the movie.

"Deadpool 2" Zeitgeist Concept Art

Here's what Zeitgeist looks like on film

See more of Joseph Cross's portfolio at https://www.artstation.com/josephacross

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About Deadpool 2 (2018)

Official synopsis: "After surviving a near fatal bovine attack, a disfigured cafeteria chef (Wade Wilson) struggles to fulfill his dream of becoming Mayberry's hottest bartender while also learning to cope with his lost sense of taste. Searching to regain his spice for life, as well as a flux capacitor, Wade must battle ninjas, the Yakuza, and a pack of sexually aggressive canines, as he journeys around the world to discover the importance of family, friendship, and flavor - finding a new taste for adventure and earning the coveted coffee mug title of World's Best Lover."
Directed by David Leitch
Cinematography by Jonathan Sela
Production Design by David Scheunemann
"Deadpool 2" stars Ryan Reynolds, Josh Brolin, Morena Baccarin, Julian Dennison, Zazie Beetz, T.J. Miller, Leslie Uggams, Karan Soni, Jack Kesy

"Deadpool 2" was released on May 18, 2018 (United States)

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Check out Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi Slave Leia concept art by Nilo Rodis-Jamero and Aggie Rodgers!

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It's "Flashback Friday" and 25 years ago today on May 25, 1983 "Return of the Jedi" premiered in the U.S. In honor of that occasion I'm sharing artwork and designed for the iconic "Slave Leia bikini".

In "Return of the Jedi", Carrie Fisher is kidnapped by Jabba the Hutt and forced to wear a metal bikini style outfit. Costume designers Nilo Rodis-Jamero and Aggie Rodgers designed the costume.

Nilo Rodis-Jamero was the assistant art director of visual effects for Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope, Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back, and costume designer on Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi. Aggie Rodgers is a professional costume designer who worked on Hollywood projects like Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983), Rent (2005), and Willow (1988)

George Lucas told them he wanted something similar to the work of fantasy artist Frank Frazetta. He made an iconic cover for Edgar Rice Burroughs' book "A Princess of Mars" in 1917 that has a woman in an outfit very similar to Princess Leia's.

They created a number of costumes for different scenes that she and stuntwoman Tracy Eddon could wear comfortably.

Here's the final costume:

Here are the early designs

You can see they wanted a much more ornate costume with flowing lines and fabric, but technical difficulties forced to simplify it. The costume still looks lovely.

Click on the links if you want to see more of Nilo Rodis-Jamero's work or Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi artwork on my blog.

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Check out Avengers: Infinity War concept art by Sean Hargreaves!

The movie "Avengers: Infinity War" has made over $2 billion and is still going strong. Part of the success of the film comes from its sweeping visuals. The New Yorker says the movie has "a realm of sheer visual complexity waiting to be parsed in detail on repeating viewings". One of the skilled artist on the film - Sean Hargreaves - has shared some concept art on his website. It features some key scenes like the battle in Wakanda, Thanos' Q Ship and more.

Sean Hargreaves is a professional concept artist who's worked on major motion pictures like Star Trek: Beyond (2016), Thor: Ragnarok (2017), and Godzilla (1998)

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Q Ship

Thanos

Thresher

Vormir

Battle of Wakanda

Landing Craft

Doctor Strange's Sanctum

See more of Sean Hargreaves's portfolio at https://www.seanhargreavesdesign.com

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Check out Avengers: Age of Ultron concept art by Phil Saunders!

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"Avengers: Infinity War" is lighting up the box office, but it follows in the success of the last Avengers film "Avengers: Age of Ultron". I recently got in touch with one of the talented artists who designed for the movie and he kindly agreed to answer a few questions. He talks about the final climactic battle cut from the film and the biggest change working on the movies for Marvel Studios.

Phil Saunders is a professional concept artist who's worked on major motion films like Captain America: The First Avenger, Iron Man, and Spider-Man 3.

1) What’s it like working on Marvel movies today versus when you first started?

Well, there’s certainly a lot more scrutiny to what we do, and a lot more awareness of the exposure we will get. When we first started on Iron Man it was just another movie, albeit with some of the coolest characters to design, but we had no idea it would have the impact it did. Now that we’re ten years in, we’re ready for the onslaught of attention.

We always do our concept art with one eye to the design of the movie and one eye to the “Art of” books, knowing each illustration will be scrutinized by fans rather than staying behind the scenes. It’s really forced us to hone our crafts as artists as well as designers.

It’s nice that Marvel is one of the unique studios that’s aware of the value of good art beyond the expedience of getting the movie done and gives us the time to do art we can be proud of.

2) You’ve designed many Iron Man suits. What’s the key to giving them a cohesive look?

As with all of my design, I’m always striving for simplicity. That may seem oxymoronic as each iteration of the Iron Man suit has gotten more visually complex.

But the goal is to find a simple, singular design theme and form language and allow it to flow across the suit, tying all of the areas of concentrated detail together. I spend a lot of time just working a cutline to make sure it flows well from any angle and ties into other lines across the suit.

The other major goal is to create an abstract sculpture of idealized human anatomy disguised within the recognizable artifacts of the technology. So you get the sense of a heroic figure without being hit over the head with blatant pecs, abs, and biceps, but instead panels, intakes, foils and sleeves that feel natural to the function of the machine.

3) Do you have a favorite piece of artwork from the MCU that may or may not have been used?

I’m always focussed on the suit designs, so I rarely have the opportunity to do a keyframe illustration. I did on Age of Ultron, for a climactic battle in one of the early versions of the script that would feature thousands of the Ultron “bots” interlocking to form a giant “MegaUltron.”

Josh Nizzi did the early concepts for it and I took it a bit further in this illustration suggesting more structure to the way they would be linked.

Ultimately the idea was axed before I even finished the shot, but I liked it so much I completed it on my own time.

See more of Phil Saunders's portfolio at https://philsaunders.artstation.com/
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Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) - Rocket (voiced by Bradley Cooper)

Check out Guardians of the Galaxy concept art by Ryan Meinerding!

It's "Flashback Friday" where I share concept art or storyboards from a classic science-fiction movie or show. This week we're flashing back to 2014 with "Guardians of the Galaxy".

One of the most talked about characters in the movie is Rocket aka Rocket Racoon. When he was being developed for the film James Gunn said they spent a lot of time working on him. "[Rocket Raccoon]’s more of a grounded, real little creature as opposed to a cartoonish thing," Gunn told, "Hey U Guys". "I’ve done a lot of studying with real raccoons, and we had real raccoons come in. We’ve done photography with them, I’ve played with raccoons, and fed raccoons, and dealt a lot with real raccoons to get some of the behaviour down, because it’s really, really important to me that Rocket Raccoon, who is the heart of the movie, is not a cartoon character, it’s not Bugs Bunny in the middle of The Avengers, it’s a real, little, somewhat mangled beast that’s alone. There’s no one else in the universe quite like him, he’s been created by these guys to be a mean-a** fighting machine."

Many artists worked on the look of the film and one of the talented artists recently shared some early development work for the film.

Ryan Meinerding is a professional character designer, concept artist and head of Marvel Studios Visual Development who's worked on Hollywood projects like Iron Man, Captain America: The First Avenger, and Watchmen.

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Early Rocket Racoon Concept Art for "Guardians of the Galaxy" (2014)

"This image was first shown very briefly at SDCC in Hall H when Guardians was announced," Meinerding said on his Instagram page. "It was one of the first attempts at figuring out what Rocket could look like. The final design was done by the awesome Charlie Wen.

Early Rocket Racoon and Star-Lord Concept Art for "Guardians of the Galaxy" (2014)

"[Throwback] to a very early painting I did of Star-Lord and Rocket," Meinerding said. "This was done before [James Gunn] was brought on when we were coming up with ideas on our own. This was exploring what Rocket could look like if he was an alien."

See more of Ryan Meinerding's portfolio at his Instagram account.

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About Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

Official synopsis: "From Marvel, the studio that brought you the global blockbuster franchises of Iron Man, Thor, Captain America and The Avengers, comes a new team–the Guardians of the Galaxy. An action-packed, epic space adventure, Marvel’s “Guardians of the Galaxy” expands the Marvel Cinematic Universe into the cosmos, where brash adventurer Peter Quill finds himself the object of an unrelenting bounty hunt after stealing a mysterious orb coveted by Ronan, a powerful villain with ambitions that threaten the entire universe. To evade the ever-persistent Ronan, Quill is forced into an uneasy truce with a quartet of disparate misfits – Rocket, a gun-toting raccoon; Groot, a tree-like humanoid; the deadly and enigmatic Gamora; and the revenge-driven Drax the Destroyer. But when Quill discovers the true power of the orb and the menace it poses to the cosmos, he must do his best to rally his ragtag rivals for a last, desperate stand–with the galaxy’s fate in the balance."
Directed by James Gunn
Cinematography by Ben Davis
Production Design by Charles Wood
"Guardians of the Galaxy" stars Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Lee Pace, Michael Rooker, Karen Gillan, Djimon Hounsou, John C. Reilly, Glenn Close, Benicio del Toro
"Guardians of the Galaxy" was released on August 01, 2014 (United States)

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Check out Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi storyboards by George Jenson!

This past weekend Deadline reported that the legendary George Jenson had died May 25, 2018 at 87. The Oscar-winner's career spanned four decades and is influential to millions of artists. Here are some rare storyboards of his work from the second "Star Wars" film "Return of the Jedi". They include the scene where Leia chokes Jabba the Hutt and swings with Luke from the sand barge.

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George Jenson is a professional concept artist who's worked on big budget movies like 2010 (1984), Dune (1984), and Masters of the Universe (1987).

See more of George Jenson's career at https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0421453/

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Check out Ant-Man and the Wasp concept art by Tully Summers!

"Ant-Man and the Wasp" is still breaking box office records and opened up a whole new world with a unique villain and an adventure in the microscopic "Quantum Realm". The Quantum Realm is a different dimension that can be reached by shrinking between the molecules of matter and is the place the original Wasp, Michelle Pfeiffer’s Janet van Dyne, was trapped for decades.

One of the talented concept artists, Tully Summers, has shared his artwork on his site. Summers is a professional concept artist who's worked on films like Thor(2011), The Dark Knight Rises, and Avengers: Infinity War (2018).

The images show some strange microscopic creatures never seen in the film and alternate looks at Ghost' (Hannah John-Kamen) costume.

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Ant-Man and the Wasp: Early Microverse Ideas - Nano MedBots

"As cool as all the native microverse critter encounters were, I thought it would be interesting to introduce a man-made threat sent from the outside world," Summers said on his site. "In this case, Nano Medbots originally designed to heal the human body, now re-purposed and sent by nefarious folk to end our heroes."

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Early Microverse Predation Mite

"Before we had a finalized script, we were asked to generate images to inspire and facilitate writing. At the time the movie was imagined as Heroes against nature but in the Microverse. A sort of Quantum Realm Skull Island. I'd still love to see that movie!" - Tully Summers

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Early Ghost Images

"I had the exciting opportunity to work with all my friends over at Marvel Vis Dev on Ant-Man and the Wasp under supervision by the great Andy Park. These are some early Ghost images. I was fascinated [by] the technological/haunting aspect of the character." - Tully Summers

"My design for Ghost. I'm very happy with the excellent job the costume department did in fabricating the suit and thrilled that Ghost was played by the wonderful Hannah John-Kamen! The look was directly inspired by the classic comic images." - Tully Summers

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Ghost power exploration.

"Early on we had not defined Ghost's power set. This was an image where I proposed her ability to phase others by touch, not just herself, allowing her to sink people into the ground or fuse their head into a girder. I thought this could give her an extra creepy factor...'don't let her touch me!!'" - Tully Summers

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Ghost early Rejuvenation chamber

"My early take was like a Dracula techno-coffin, also my nod to Metropolis. Production eventually took this to a more 'home made tech' look that used Fresnel lenses.'" - Tully Summers

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Ghost early phase claws

"Early on, I took the 'ghost' moniker literally and had her floating through walls. Keying of some of the comic images I gave her long phase claws that would 'cut' reality and allow her to phase through things. Eventually deemed too visually similar to Wolverine claws." - Tully Summers

"An alternate version of the phase claws, intended to phase surfaces by touch. The phase pads exist on the final costume, but production opted for the much quicker full body phase, more suited to the high paced fight scenes." - Tully Summers

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Ghost overload idea

"When we decided Ghost's suit was containing her, not granting her powers, I became fascinated with the idea that the more her suit was damaged, the more powerful she became. More chaotic and more dangerous." - Tully Summers

See more of Tully Summers's portfolio at http://www.tullysummers.com

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See the incredible stealth Ant-Man suit in "Ant-Man And The Wasp" (2018) Concept Art By Andy Park.

Check out Ant-Man and the Wasp concept art by Andy Park!

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Ant-Man has an amazing set of tools, but he almost had one more. Concept artist Andy Park shared some designs he had for an invisible suit that never made it into the films. One of the amazing artists in the Marvel movie shared some artwork on his personal Instagram page.

Andy Park is a professional concept artist who's worked on Hollywood films like Black Panther, Ant-Man, and Avengers: Age of Ultron.

"An idea I’ve had since day one on the [first] Ant-Man film & that I revisited again on Ant-Man & the Wasp was the idea that he could go into stealth mode using his Pym particles (or some other particles/chemicals) to turn his suit dark/essentially invisible," Park said on Instagram. "It furthers his stealth abilities. Both Edgar Wright & Peyton Reed liked the idea. But both times there was no real story moment to make this happen. Oh well... Maybe one day. So here’s the simple animation I did to help sell the idea."

See more of Andy Park's portfolio at http://www.andyparkart.com

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About Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)

Official synopsis: "From the Marvel Cinematic Universe comes a new chapter featuring heroes with the astonishing ability to shrink: “Ant-Man and The Wasp.” In the aftermath of “Captain America: Civil War,” Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) grapples with the consequences of his choices as both a Super Hero and a father. As he struggles to rebalance his home life with his responsibilities as Ant-Man, he’s confronted by Hope van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly) and Dr. Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) with an urgent new mission. Scott must once again put on the suit and learn to fight alongside The Wasp as the team works together to uncover secrets from their past."
Directed by Peyton Reed
Cinematography by Dante Spinotti
Production Design by Shepherd Frankel
"Ant-Man and the Wasp" stars Evangeline Lilly, Paul Rudd, Hannah John-Kamen, Michelle Pfeiffer, Judy Greer, Walton Goggins, Michael Douglas, Michael Peña, Abby Ryder Fortson, Laurence Fishburne, David Dastmalchian, Randall Park
"Ant-Man and the Wasp" was released on July 06, 2018 (United States)

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Check out Star Wars: The Last Jedi concept art by Jake Lunt!
The adorable Porgs from "The Last Jedi" took the Internet by storm. Now one of the talented concept artists working on the film has shared his work on the Porgs and other creatures for the film. He also talked about the design process to StarWars.com.

Jake Lunt Davies is a professional concept artist who's worked on big budget projects like Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Solo: A Star Wars Story, and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.

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The Porgs

"From what I gathered, Rian [Johnson] had gone to shoot this sequence on Skellig Michael, which is the real island location that stands in for Ahch-To, and that island is covered in puffins," Lunt told StarWars. "It’s a wildlife preserve and everywhere you look there are hundreds of birds dotted around the landscape. From what I gathered, Rian, in a positive spin on this, was looking at how can he work with this. You can’t remove them. You physically can’t get rid of them. And digitally removing them is an issue and a lot of work, so let’s just roll with it, play with it. And so I think he thought, 'Well, that’s great, let’s have our own indigenous species.'

"We’d already started work on the Caretakers, which again was a brief from Rian. We’d just been told 'puffin people.' Yeah, there was going to be this race of people and puffins again were a source of inspiration for Rian. The puffins were sort of a big influence on everything, really."

The Caretakers

"They came before the porgs and again, that was a one-word brief: 'puffin people.'" Lunt told StarWars. "Okay, so it was more than a one-word brief…two words: 'puffin people.' And then we were told that they were going to be sort of nuns. They were not necessarily a holy order, by like nuns they were an all-female community of indigenous aliens that lived this slightly monastic lifestyle.

"They had some role that was important to the Jedi, perhaps. That was kind of it, really. We started to look at aquatic animals. The color ways of puffins combined with aquatic animals, I suppose. And I drew lots of things that were riffing off walruses and seals and whales. I’d done a handful of different drawings, and you can sort of see in about three different drawings, elements that came together. So for instance, in one drawing, Rian [Johnson] liked the fact that they’ve got bird feet. But the rest of it he wasn’t that keen on, it had a mask on or something like that.

"So we combined a few different elements, and what you end up with, and what I liked about the Caretakers, is that you have this very chunky and, again, quite simple shaped upper body, and tiny, little, thin legs. You get this great silhouette of the Caretakers."

Bantha

Here are some more designs for Canto Bight aliens and other fun stuff

See more of Jake Lunt's portfolio at http://www.jakelunt.com

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Check out Avengers: Infinity War (2018) concept art by Rodney Fuentebella!

The third Avengers movie is coming soon and it follows on the heels of the blockbuster success of Avengers: Infinity War. The movie takes the Marvel Cinematic Universe in new and unexpected places but features more amazing designs from the previous MCU films. One of the talented artists working on the film has shared some amazing designs on his personal Instagram page.

Rodney Fuentebella is a professional concept artist who's worked on major motion pictures like Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) and Ant-Man (2015).

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See more of Rodney Fuentebella's portfolio at http://www.rodneyimages.com

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Check out Deadpool 2 (2018) concept art by Christopher Brändström!

Deadpool 2 is a blockbuster sequel to the original and even spawned a PG-13 version called Once Upon a Deadpool. There's no art book for the films but one of the talented concept artists has shared his work.

Christopher Brändström is a professional concept artist who's worked on films like Edge of Tomorrow (2014), Thor: Ragnarok (2017), and Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017).

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Deadpool 2 Juggernaut Concept Art by Christopher Brändström

"Over the course of a couple of days I did a bunch of different variations on Juggernaut for Deadpool 2," Brändström said. "We knew he was going to be in a prison convoy, have some form of ability 'locks/clamps' and he was going to be quite large. Most likely 'CG large'. These versions show different X-Men type suits with different types of ability clamps I did for ILMs Art Department."

Deadpool 2 Colossus Concept Art by Christopher Brändström

"Did some very early and basic size and suit explorations on Colossus for Deadpool 2 on behalf of ILM," he added "He was supposed to be less bulky and more ripped/defined than he was in the first movie. [The final] version of Colossus for the movie with the individual segmented moving parts looked really nice I think."

See more of Christopher Brändström's portfolio at https://chriscross.artstation.com/
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Check out Captain Marvel concept art by Jackson Sze!

Captain Marvel is close to joining the "billion-dollar-club" of Marvel Studios films. It's an amazing achievement and a lot of its success comes from its breathtaking visuals. That takes a talented team of artists and several have shared early artwork on social media. One of those skilled artists is Jackson Sze.

Jackson Sze is a professional concept artist who's worked on big budget movies like Ant-Man(2015), Thor: Ragnarok (2017), and Guardians of the Galaxy (2014).

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