Conventional wisdom says that you’re bound to see some crazy shit if you fly through the vacuum of space long enough, but there’s a moment in Solo: A Star Wars Story that you can really only describe as being... how to put it? Horrifically shocking.
Reimagining one of the most iconic ships in all of pop culture is something of a daunting task, but that’s what James Clyne, the design supervisor for Solo: A Star Wars Story, and his team had to do.
When it comes to protecting secrets, Disney and Lucasfilm are always extra careful. For example, concept art of Han Solo’s death wasn’t included in The Force Awakens Art Of book. It was included two years later in The Last Jedi Art Of book. So, if we go by that, what you see below may just be your first look at the …
Concept artist James Clyne is one of our favorite artists of all time. And this newly revealed concept art for Star Trek Into Darkness reveals why. It's amazingly dynamic and just burns with energy and excitement. And it's really beautifully rendered, to boot.
Concept artist James Clyne began working in video games and then turned his sights towards designing films like Avatar, Transformers, Star Trek, and War of the Worlds. Clyne filled io9 in on his favorite designs and projects.
The best concept art tells a story, all by itself. But what's the difference between creating concept art for movies, versus drawing comics or illustrating books? We asked some of our favorite concept artists, and here's what they said.
James Cameron's Avatar required many technical miracles, including next-gen 3-D cameras and motion-capture, but it also needed years of sketching and brainstorming from a platoon of concept-artists and designers. We talked to five designers, and learned Avatar's secret design history.
The Romulan mining ship Narada hurtles into a black hole as the valiant U.S.S. Enterprise speeds away at maximum warp, in this new Star Trek concept art from artist James Clyne. He posted tons of amazing art — including a different Starship bridge — and our favorites are below.
Click to viewAn aircraft carrier morphs into a massive robot and goes on the attack, in this gorgeous piece of Transformers concept art by Tim Flattery. We already showed you some of James Clyne's amazing Transformers concept art a while back, but Flattery's images of giant robots striding through water eruptions and…
Click to viewScience fiction is all about creating strange and incredible worlds, whether they're the future of Earth or a far-off planet. And the key to the most breathtaking science fictional worlds always starts with the work of production designers and concept artists who create brilliant and freaktastic worlds,…
Why he rules: Looking at James Clyne's huge cityscapes and alien worlds, it's easy to get lost in all the details as well as the hugeness of everything. Clyne started out doing conceptual designs and set designs for Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas, Titan A.E., Galaxy Quest, Mission To Mars, and Mystery Men. He started…
Artist James Clyne, who already wowed us with what turned out to be a racer lost in Antarctica, also has a gorgeous vision of what it would be like if we started modifying and hacking the moon into a place to live and do business. But what's up with that giant ball in the middle of downtown? City-to-city low-gravity…
The multi-spiked item in the artwork above may be some sort of high-tech craft touching down for directions, or it could be a very advanced research station set up over a crevasse in Antarctica. Probably outfitted with scads of sensors, heated seats, and a fancy beverage dispenser as well.
