Thor - Frost Giant Concept Art

Frost Giant concept art for "Thor", directed by Kenneth Branagh.
The focus while designing these guys was on the character.

Thor - King Laufey

King Laufey concept art for "Thor", directed by Kenneth Branagh.

The challenge for designing the Frost Giants was to give them a fierce appearance while still evoking a feel of an intelligent, sophisticated race; instead of ending up with a bunch of strong but dumb brutes or the typical movie monsters.

Thor - Odin and Sleipnir

Concept art for "Thor": Odin on Sleipnir, his eight legged horse.

The Art of Thor Book Signing/Panel

With the movie successfully released, I wanted to announce the upcoming artist panel and book signing at Gallery Nucleus. 
I will be present together with my fellow artists who worked on "Thor":

Charlie Wen
Ryan Meinerding
Vance Kovacs

The Art of Thor is a nice collectible for all the peeps interested in how the visual style for the film was created.
It's 240 pages showcasing a great deal of the concept art for the film and comes in a slipcase with a nice spot varnish printing. If you don't get your hands on a signed copy at Nucleus, order here: link

Looking forward to seeing you at Nucleus! 


http://www.gallerynucleus.com/event/312

The Golem

This is a piece I did for the "Transmission: Experience" exhibition in Singapore:
http://www.transmission.com.sg/experience.html
It's kind of a new, rather abstract approach for me so I'm really curious what you guys think about it.
I felt the urge to break out of my daily routine, which is designing movie characters in full detail and life likeness.
I wanted to create some sort of stage with "props" and "actors" that relate to each other in an incomprehensible way, seeming to tell a story, but leaving the puzzle unfinished.
This one is digital, but I'm planning on a series of large oil painted canvases to explore and advance this direction.

Alice in Wonderland - Jabberwocky

Final design of the Jabberwocky for Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland".
I was imagining him a little less shiny than he ended up in the film.

CGSociety Feature

Very detailed interview on CGSociety. Big thanks to Paul Hellard and Barbara Robertson!
http://features.cgsociety.org/story_custom.php?story_id=5599