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#designgeniuses
10 Hollywood Designers To Watch Out For
Science 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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#spidermanwebofshadows
First Vertigo-Inducing Screenshots From Spider-Man: Web Of Shadows
The huge innovation of Sam Rami's Spider-Man movie was its CGI web-slinging, which really made it look as if Peter Parker was bouncing around the skyscrapers of New York by his web thread. But movie CGI still isn't up to the task of creating an airborne battle as breathtaking — and air-sickness-causing — as this fight between Spider-Man and the Wizard, from the forthcoming xBox game Spider-Man: Web Of Shadows. The first Web Of Shadows screenshots just came out, and they show the range of Marvel heroes and villains you can play in the game, which is all about Spidey and friends fighting an alien invasion that's using Manhattan as its beachhead. Click through for a gallery. More »
