Transformers One: Concept Art

For Transformers One, the art department aimed to create shapes and silhouettes that appeared clean and simple from a distance, yet included intricate, purposeful details up-close, such as cut lines in the panels, smaller inset geometry, and layered panel work. Given that iconic Transformer designs often stem from their helmet shapes, the art department worked...

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The Acolyte: A Design Case Study

From lightsabers and starships to alien creatures and ancient temples take a look at more than a dozen conceptual artworks and designs made by ILM’s team of artists in collaboration with Lucasfilm.

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Transformers One: A Design Case Study

How do Transformers emote? That’s the challenge that the ILM Art Department had to design. Working with Director Josh Cooley and Production Designer Jason Scheier, the team decided to embrace the clean and simple charm of the 1980s animated characters. To accomplish this, artists created faces free of panel breakups and used mechanical details that...

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Wicked: Concept Art

Jon Chu’s vibrant vision for Wicked required the design and realization of numerous characters, environments and props that would fill the lush continent of Oz. The ILM Art Department played a vital role supporting the VFX of the film by creating imagery to help visualize this vast world.  

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CREATURES + CHARACTERS

From the cuddly best friend, to Earth invading aliens, ILM brings to life the everyday and the unimaginable. Our team continues to collaborate with studios and directors to bring characters to life and create movie memories

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KEY FRAMES + ENVIRONMENTS

In the ILM Art Department, every piece that is created is targeted towards bringing a filmmaker’s vision to life. The mantra; “Each image must tell a story, and ask questions,” What happened before? What is happening now? What is going to happen in the future? Those are the questions that make a key frame or...

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LEGACY

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VEHICLES + HARDWARE

In the ILM Art Department, every piece that is created is targeted towards bringing a filmmaker’s vision to life. The mantra; “Each image must tell a story, and ask questions,” What happened before? What is happening now? What is going to happen in the future? Those are the questions that make a key frame or...

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