Monday, April 19, 2010

Neanderthals


        










Some environmental designs from a prehistoric neanderthal/cro-magnon project I was involved in at the studio three years ago that eventually got cancelled after almost a year in active development. Done in Photoshop. All images ©Sony Pictures Animation.

30 comments:

Kendra Melton said...

These are fantastic, too bad it got canned. Really enjoy the variety. :]

C.Deboda said...

Great looking prehistoric environments! Makes me wish I was a caveman.

Alexander said...

great work , I like the rock style and the character. Nice.!!

tek! said...

love the leopard spots on that last rock. awesome work.

Betsy Bauer said...

Incredible work as always! I'm a little disappointed to hear this has been canceled. The teaser material shown during school presentations was looking nice. :(

abhishek singh said...

the third and the fifth are my favorites:)
super work as always

Rob said...

Fantastic! So inspirational!

Hans said...

Aaargh! I would've loved to have seen this! The environments are amazing.

-Hans

robh said...

way fun!

Joe Kresoja said...

Very nice Armand, I remember seeing some stuff that Ron did on this project as well. Man, it looks like it was fun to work on.

Les Carpenter said...

Spectacular as always!

Unknown said...

Excellent work as always!

Marcos Gp said...

Thank you for sharing, I was wondering what happen with that project...Great work!

Tim Dowling said...

really nice! love the designs and textures for the boulders and rocks, particularly the fallic one ;)

Jordan Lamarre-Wan said...

these are awesome man!

Adam Temple said...

Nice concepts tho, too bad about the picture.

Martin Bergquist said...

Stunning work! Would have loved to see this on the big screen :-) How come it was canned?

JDCanales said...

Nice stuff! It's quite sad they cancelled the project. I have see that procedure when I use to work in animation... what a shame

James O'Shea said...

These are incredible! I remember reading about this project a while back. Now I'm curious to see what the character designs look like... ;P ..wasn't it supposed to be directed by Jon Favreau? ;)

may I link your blog to my blog?

fatemeh kashfi said...

woow great desin.I love them.

Anonymous said...

There is so much creativity and awesome ideas, i love your designs.

Armand Serrano said...

@all: Thanks for the comments.

@James: Yes, it was directed by John Favreau teamed up with a visual effects director here in the studio.

Animactor said...

Beautiful concept, great colors and atmosphere! I really love all your works!...

Jose Ramos said...

fantastic and promiser proyect , i hope see it some day in my movie teather.
.I work in painter XI like you , check my blog when you want!, (Im not a professional)

hadi tabasi said...

wooww
great works
i love Sony Pictures Animation :))
thanks

Anonymous said...

ur works really inspire me

santosh jadhav said...

beautyful,awesome art work,concepts,colours,style....i love that

santosh jadhav said...

very nice work

Anonymous said...

Still as brilliant as the day I first saw these . Awesome as ever .

Chromi - Estevao Chromiec said...

Awesome!