Michael Kutsche served as a character designer on the John Carter movie a few years back. The movie may not have been the success that Disney had hoped, but you certainly can’t blame it on the character and creature design. Kutsche did some amazing and out of this world work.
Check out some of the concept art from his Behance page. In some ways the creatures are even more alive in his art than they were on the screen.
Many consider David Lynch’s Dune to be a messy adaptation of the books, others see it as a visual masterpiece. It is dark, epic and sprawling. And if you watch it enough times, you’ll see that it is carefully painted in layers, with a depth that you won’t find in most Sci-Fi movies. Is it good film? That’s up to you and your own experience with it. It IS a work of art in it’s own right however. I loved the sheer alien-ness of the film back in 1984. It was all just large and foreign and new to my eyes in the way that Star Wars had been years before.
Author Ron Miller was the production illustrator for the film, and has a large collection of sketches, production paintings, and photos of spacecrafts and sandworms and much more. Here we can glimpse a bit of that collection in some concept art and behind the scenes photos.
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You may not be aware, but back in 1995, Irvin Kershner tried to make a remake of Forbidden Planet. Sadly, the project never happened, but Ralph McQuarrie, John Eaves, Mark McCreery, Syd Mead, and Stan Winston were already doing some work on it. We can take a look at McQuarrie and Mead’s work here.
The McQuarrie concept art has immense sets where the humans are like ants and the Mead art shows off the technology that we would have seen. From what we can see here, this would have been quite the epic. We can only dream about how amazing this stuff would have looked on screen.
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These are some really nice behind the scenes photos that show off different alien makeup designs created for Guardians of the Galaxy. You have to love the retro look and feel of this movie and admire all of the practical effects that were used to pull it off. These designs have so much detail!
Dave White, the special effects makeup designer helped to create the designs for Gamora, Drax, Nebula, Yondu, Korath, and other aliens. They are all done practically and are free from modern alien design influences. The end results in the film were simply amazing. You’ll find more at the link.
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People love the men in Black movies because of the amazing creature design. The aliens that Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones encounter are truly out of this world and are truly alien. Remember the little alien creature that lived inside the head of Ambassador Rosenberg? Well, look at the amazing replica that the sculptors at Elite Creature Collectibles are working on.
To say that this is super detailed is the understatement of the year. It really is a breathtaking replica that is a work of art. The prototype sculpt was shown off at this year’s SDCC, but Elite Creature has not set a release date yet. Or a price. I’ll be saving my pennies and waiting eagerly.
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These superhero illustrations show us what it would be like if OTHER famous actors were cast as various superheroes. This is the work of French artist Alex Tuis and he proves that he would make a great casting agent. I think we can all agree that Arnold as Collusus when he was younger would have been perfect.
Christopher Walken as Professor X? I think that would be awesome. A younger Rutger Hauer as Thor is also a brilliant choice. I’m not so sure about a few of the others, but they all look fantastic. It is a fun series of “What if…” possibilities.
Here is a special treat for Star Trek fans. You might remember the movie Free Enterprise from 1999. The film was a comedy focused on a couple of geeks with William Shatner himself as…William Shatner. Well, now they are launching a new pilot based on the film. Check it out on Kickstarter.
One of the rewards for backing the project are these prototype figures from the original movie. Bomber Bill and Beatbox Bill. Awesome. I wish that Shatner had done more movies like this.
Check out these amazing behind the scenes photographs from the classic sci-fi movie Metropolis from 1927. This was a gargantuan production for its time. Looking at all of these images, that is what really strikes you. The entire thing was massive.
Today massive productions are nothing and millions are spent just procuring actors alone. These photos really give you a sense of the sheer enormity of putting this movie together in that era and it really paved the way for many movies that came after it. The story represented in these stills are like a movie behind the movie. Love these.
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Images are from the Hulton Archive via Getty Images.
Check out this photo from the set of Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. It is part of a deleted scene from the film. As you can see, those rebels are having a tough time dealing with a Wampa attack. This scene would have been great on screen.
Originally the Wampas were to play a slightly larger part in the movie as you can see in the scene included below, which is another deleted scene, where C-3PO tears off a warning sign on a door with Wampas inside, to try to trick the pursuing troops. This one may have been a bit too comical for the final cut, but I would love to see the scene where the rebels face some Wampas.
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It has been about two years since Cloud Atlas was released in theaters. Many came away from the film not sure what to think about it, some felt it was just uneven, while others thought it was a masterpiece. Well, whatever you thought of the film as a whole, you have to admit that it was ambitious.
Visually, the best part was probably the future world of Neo Seoul in 2144. These are the scenes that blew me away. Here you can see artist Adam Kuczek’s concept art for Neo Seoul, including weapons and vehicles. You can see why it looked so good on screen.
You can check out more on his website.
