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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. More »
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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. More »
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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. More »
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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. More »
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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 jets of flame convey an incredible sense of scale. They're like a giant robot rock-concert lightshow for your brain. More »
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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, like James Clyne's concept art for Transformers, above. Or Warren Manser's original art for Stanley Kubrick's version of A.I.: Artificial Intelligence, below the fold. Here's our roundup of the 10 designers whose work is exciting us the most right now — and whose forthcoming projects you should watch out for. More »
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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 volleyball? Find out the answer, along with details of http://www.jamesclyne.com/artist's vision, after the jump. More »
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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. More »
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