See What the Giants Could Have Looked Like in JACK THE GIANT SLAYER Concept Art by Dermot Power

Check out Jack the Giant Slayer concept art by Dermot Power!

Last week I showed you some of the brutal designs for Jack the Giant Slayer by Dominic Lavery and this week I wanted to show some more great work on the film by Dermot Power.

Power is a professional concept artist and set designer who's worked on big budget films like Batman Begins (2005), Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002) and V for Vendetta (2005).

Check out the rest of the brilliantly demented pictures after the jump (click to enlarge).

Power said the following, "I'm proud to say that not a single one of my designs was chosen by the director  Brian Singer or the VFX art director for that matter. It was this project that made me realise I had to learn zBrush and 3d modelling - a lot of directors go for the most realistic illustrations as opposed to the best designs.  Frustrating, because I love drawing but I don't want to be like King Canute."

See more of Dermot Power's work at www.dermotpower.comand his blog dmoxia.blogspot.co.uk

Click on the links if you want to see more of Dermot Power's work and  Jack the Giant Slayer on my blog.

What do you think of the illustrations?

Official Jack the Giant Slayer Synopsis
Jack the Giant Slayer tells the story of an ancient war that is reignited when a young farmhand unwittingly opens a gateway between our world and a fearsome race of giants. Unleashed on the Earth for the first time in centuries, the giants strive to reclaim the land they once lost, forcing the young man, Jack, into the battle of his life to stop them. Fighting for a kingdom, its people, and the love of a brave princess, he comes face to face with the unstoppable warriors he thought only existed in legend—and gets the chance to become a legend himself.

Directed by Bryan Singer
Starring:  Nicholas Hoult,  Eleanor Tomlinson,  Ewan McGregor,  Stanley Tucci,  Ian McShane,  Bill Nighy and  John Kassir
Cinematography by Newton Thomas Sigel
Production Design by Gavin Bocquet

Official Site: jackthegiantslayer.warnerbros.com

Release date: March 1, 2013

© Copyright 2013 New Line Cinema, Legendary Pictures, Original Film. All rights reserved

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Can You Really Make A Bat-Signal Out Of The Body Of a Gangster?

A key scene in the film Batman Begins (2005) is when Batman leaves the body of a gangster on a search light and creates the silhouette of the Bat-Signal against the sky. But, could that really happen?

Not even Dermot Power, the concept artist, believed it. Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins was a visually stunning film and one of the artists that helped shape that vision was Dermot Power. He also worked on Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones, V for Vendetta and Alice in Wonderland.

In the scene, crime boss Carmine Falcone (Tom Wilkinson) is left on the search light for the police to find. It later inspires Commissioner Gordon to create the Bat-Signal.

Here's the scene from the script:

Gordon looks up. The uniformed Cop is POINTING. At a HARBOR
LIGHT trained on the heavens. Gordon RISES, walks towards
it. Two Cops stand there, STARING:
Falcone is STRAPPED to the LIGHT, UNCONSCIOUS, arms spread.
Coat RIPPED, hanging from his arms in a STRANGE PATTERN.

COP 1
Th hell is that? Looks like...

Gordon follows their gaze up to where the BEAM of light CATS
FALCONE’S SHADOW onto the CLOUDS.

COP 2
Like a bat.

Gordon stares at the projection. It is a BAT SYMBOL.

Although it sounds cool, it's kind of goofy. Would that work? Let's look at the concept art and see if it makes more sense. I've included the artist's comments as well for context.

Falcone on the spotlight ...costume not based on anyone elses [sic] design despite what the books say (not that it's original)

Bit of a cheat with the horizontal city windows...suits the pic though. Colour variation knocked in with GEL layers.

The classic Bat Signal...maybe you could believe it's formed from bad guy on spotlight? maybe not

So, besides the fact that the heat from the searchlight would have fried him to a crisp, there's very little chance it would have made anything like a Batsignal.  Glad to know I agree with Power.

Here are a couple more great Batman Begins concept paintings I love. There are a lot more on his site here.




To see more moody concept designs check out his portfolio at DermotPower.com

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Want To See Concept Art from 'Star Wars: The Clone Wars?' Check Out the Prequels

Much of the concept art for the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars is based on unused concept art for the Star Wars  prequel films.

After watching the series and reading the books I knew some of the designs looked familiar. This has been confirmed by the supervising art director Dave Filoni in an interview.

"Quite often we use concept art from the original films or from the prequels, stuff that was developed but didn't make it into any of the films."

This was also referenced in the Star Wars Blu-Ray DVD. Here are some that I've noticed, but I'm sure there are more.

The design for the leaders of the "Nightsisters" on season three was based on this concept art for the "Sith Witch" from Star Wars Episode II. One of the artists designing the character of an evil Sith Lord thought they should be a woman and designed many illustrations around this idea.

It eventually became the design for Clan Mother Talzin the home of the evil apprentice for Count Dooku A Ventress.

Source: starwars.wikia.com

Ahsoka Tano's design looks familiar. It was the design of an unused Jedi head and costume for Star Wars: Episode I.

The design of Agajj Ventress herself was based on another concept illustration for the Sith assassin from Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones nicknamed the "Sith Witch". Artist Dermot Power based her on samurai clothing.

Here's how Dermot described the design.

It started with a Sith...was thinking about African tribal scarification. Also wanted to use two light sabres.Great to see a character take on a life of it's own as this one did when she evolved into Asaj Ventress.

So, the next time you enjoy Star Wars: The Clone Wars remember a lot of it came from the movies.

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