The Style and Purpose of Four Chosen Concept Art

Concept art has many purposes; it allows someone to show a visual representation of any ideas they have so that it is easy for people to visualise for themselves. People imagine things differently but concept art means that everyone can see the same thing and work on the same idea. Also when creating concept art, it allows people to tell a story, whether it is a story line for a film, or just the story of how a character came to be. 

Creature -

This image is an adaptation of one of the characters called Metapod in the Pokemon anime series. I chose this image because it is an amazing interpretation and rehash of something very familiar and non-realistic and it has made this character come to life and gives the idea of what it could look like if it were real and 3D. The artwork is very eye catching because of the bright colours used and the style used to create it. This character is insect based and the artist has made it look very grotesque with the choice of colours and the use of line and shape. Insects are seen to be both very different and alien to humans, which may be why the artist has portrayed this character in this way.

The style it has been created in is similar to the work of Carlos Huante whose work is shown to the left. The image is of an adapted humanoid and as you can see it is very grotesque and bulbous and appears as if it has growths all over its body. The bumps combined with the unnatural red of the skin makes it look very alien, just as the Metapod has various bumps on it and has a bright unnatural colour. 

The Metapod also bares a very strong resemblance to the electromechanical head of the Alien drone within the Alien franchise, both baring a very similar structure and curvature. Along with this the tubing along the side of the head gives a relatively same impression of the segmentation at the abdomen of the Metapod.

Environment:

This is concept art for a place than someone has imagined. The image is very eye catching because of the contrasts within the piece. There is a big contrast between the structures and the bright sky in the distance and between the bright red grounds. The image gives the feel that it is a deserted place and that it is a bit sinister. 

The structures in the image resemble those of stalagmites as they are uneven and are thinner at the top than they are at the bottom. They also resemble termite mounds in that respect, and because termite mounds are full of life, it could mean that the structures in the image are full with colonies as well meaning that it is a city.

 This image is concept art taken from the Return of the King by Gary Russel. It resembles the image in that the colours are very similar with the dark structures and the light sky in the distance, and it also has red highlighting main points in the image. This style is very similar as well in which the structure is the main focal point next to that of the dragon.

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