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Concept Art Awards 2021 Nominations

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Find out the 2021 nominees for the Concept Art Awards!

Pre-production concept illustrations have been an integral part of film-making for decades. In recent years there's been a spotlight on the art form. 

Recently the Concept Art Association has released the nominees for the third annual Concept Art Awards for 2021. While there are many awards that feature film-making the group describes it as the "only awards show just for Concept Artists". 

Among the categories and nominees are several live-action science fiction projects. So I'll focus on those for this post.

Disney scored a leading 7 nominations with best live-action film and television nominations for character and environment. At last year's awards, Disney was nominated three times for Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.Mandalorian won 1 award and Rise of Skywalker won 2. 

This year Niki Caro's live-action remake of the classic animated movie Mulan has 2 nominations. Showrunner Jac Schaeffer's WandaVision limited series about Wanda Maximoff and Vision scored 2 nominations for awards including character and environment by Andy Park and Jackson Sze. Shane Baxley is the lone concept art nominee for Loki

Netflix follows close behind with 3 nominations for the superhero drama Jupiter's Legacy and Brave New World based on the classic 1932 novel of the same name by Aldous Huxley. In 2020 Netflix picked up an award for the post-apocalyptic animated series The Last Kids on Earth.

Amazon Prime's well-received time-traveling film The Tomorrow War earned 2 nominations for character and environment.

After winning an award for Kong: Skull Island last year Warner Bros picked up a nod for Zack Snyder's Justice League thanks to Jerad Marantz.

Showrunner Steven S. DeKnight's Jupiter's Legacy picked up 2 character design nods for work by Luca Nemolato and Phillip Boutté Jr.

Marvel concept artist Andy Park leads the pack with 2 nominations for director Cate Shortland's Black Widow and WandaVision

Here is the full list of 2021 science-fiction Concept Art Awards nominations:

Live-Action - Film - Character:

  • "Black Widow White Costume Design" by Andy Park, Black Widow (Marvel/Disney+)
  • "Batman Tactical Suit" by Jerad Marantz, Zack Snyder's Justice League (Warner Brothers)
  • "Early Witch Design" by Andrew H. Leung, Mulan (Walt Disney Studios)
  • "Alien Pilot Pods" by Ehsan Bigloo, The Tomorrow War (Amazon Prime)

Live-Action - Film - Environment:

  • "Deepswell-9 Whitespike Attack" by Victor Martinez, The Tomorrow War (Amazon Prime)
  • "Battle Scene" by Andrew Leung, Mulan (Walt Disney Studios)
  • "Volcanic Valley Battle Scene" by Alistair Gillies, Mulan (Walt Disney Studios)
  • "Santa's Workshop" by Fernando Acosta, Christmas Chronicles 2 (Netflix)

Live-Action - Series - Character:

  • "Scarlet Witch" by Andy Park, WandaVision (Marvel/Disney+)
  • "Amalia" by Karla Ortiz, The Nevers (HBOMax)
  • "Bobby" by Luca Nemolato, Jupiter's Legacy (Netflix)
  • "Ectoplex" by Phillip Boutté Jr., Jupiter's Legacy (Netflix)ea

Live-Action - Series - Environment:

  • "Brave New World Environment" by Ulrich Zeidler, Brave New World (Netflix)
  • "HEX Transition" by Jackson Sze, WandaVision (Marvel/Disney+)
  • "Lovecraft Country Environment" by Vicki Pui, Lovecraft Country (HBOMax)
  • "Escape Lamentis" by Shane Baxley, Loki (Marvel/Disney+)
Which nominee will take home the awards? 

The Concept Art Awards will air live on Saturday, September 11th, 2021 at 6pm PST. The Concept Art Association will be live streaming from Gnomon School of VFX and Animation presented by LightBox Expo. 

Check out the full list of nominations and get more information on the 2021 Concept Art Awards nominations page.


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