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This Star Wars Art Explores Alternate Scenes From The Original Trilogy

These fan art pieces explore “What if…”. They depict alternate scenes from the original Star Wars trilogy that never happened. They were submissions for the ILM ART Department Challenge, hosted by Industrial Light & Magic and ArtStation. Each one tells a tale that was never seen on the big screen, but suggests a new storyline. It is fun to see what might have been. These pieces are good enough to be honest to God concept art for these non-existent scenes.

via Dorkly

by Scifi Staff — February 1, 2017 in Art 0

Star Wars Reimagined By Top Concept Artists

Recently, ArtStation had a competition with Industrial Light & Magic asking some of the world’s best artists to “imagine key moments, new vehicle designs, character and droid designs, and epic battles within the Star Wars universe”. Well, the winners have been announced, and the art is pretty amazing. Naturally, the best entries came from men and women who work on Hollywood movies and video games. Some of these are a very different take on Star Wars and really make you think. You can check out more at the link below. It is fun to see some fresh takes on this universe.

via Kotaku

by Scifi Staff — September 20, 2016 in Art 0

More Star Wars: The Force Awakens Concept Art

The Industrial Light & Magic website has shared a bunch of art from The Force Awakens. These images are from throughout the film’s development. The most interesting pieces are the ones from very early on in The Force Awakens’ development, when some things looked very different. Check out that weird folding TIE Fighter, which I love. That design actually makes a lot more sense if you ask me. There are lots of other cool things in these images, like two-man X-Wings for instance.

A few are below, but you can hit up ILM’s site for much more.

by Scifi Staff — March 15, 2016 in Art 0

Inside The Visual Effects Of Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Here is a fun video of Wired taking a look at the Visual Effects used in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. It is a fascinating look at how Industrial Light & Magic created those complex action sequences, breathtaking environments, and characters. It packs a lot of info into it’s three minute run time. It’s always fun to see how the magic is done. It doesn’t ruin the magician’s trick, it makes us even more in awe.

by Scifi Staff — January 22, 2016 in Behind The Scenes 0

ILM: 40 Years Of Creating The Impossible

Industrial Light and Magic sure has come a long way since the original Star Wars. They are celebrating with a one-minute video that sums up 40 years of visual effects mastery. But can you name all of the movies shown here? This is an amazing look back at some of the things they have accomplished. Four decades in just sixty seconds.

Yes George Lucas gave us the Star Wars prequels, but just remember, he also gave us ILM. The man influenced movies more than anyone else and that legacy continues to this day.

by Scifi Staff — June 1, 2015 in Movies/TV 0

Behind the Magic: The Visual Effects of Captain America: The Winter Soldier

This comes from the folks over at Industrial Light and Magic. It’s a short peek inside the visual effects work done on 2014’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier. The CGI is amazing.

This short video represents just a small amount of the nearly 900 visual effects shots ILM contributed to the film. It took a crew of over 300 people.

by Scifi Staff — January 16, 2015 in Behind The Scenes 0

Amazing Photos of ILM Building Star Wars Models

While we await more info about Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens, here is a treasure trove of images that will keep you occupied for awhile. A collection of 140 photographs featuring Industrial Light & Magic’s model building process from 1977 to 1983. These images are just stunning and a good reminder of how incredibly talented these folks were.

The detail on some of these models is just breathtaking. THIS is why more filmmakers need to go back to using models. I could look at these all day long and still see things I never noticed before.

via Gizmodo

by Scifi Staff — November 11, 2014 in Behind The Scenes 0