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:

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

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

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

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

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  5. 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. :(

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

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  7. Fantastic! So inspirational!

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

    -Hans

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  9. 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.

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

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

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  12. Nice concepts tho, too bad about the picture.

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

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  14. 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

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  15. 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?

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

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  17. @all: Thanks for the comments.

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

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

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  19. 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)

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

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  21. ur works really inspire me

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

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

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