Thursday, 22 May 2014

Adventure Quest - Being an Indie Film Concept Artist

At the beginning of this year I was put on a temporary contract to create concept art for a group of indie film makers who needed designs for a variety of different aspects of their work.
There were roughly a 100 other artists competing for the chance to work with them and each of us had to meet with the director, Myron, to show our portfolios and discuss our prospects and ideas.

After meeting with Myron and doing some preliminary art tests I was chosen to be the solo artist in charge of all concept art and designs that were to go into the film.
From there on out I was tied into a contract to produce not only the character concept art but also the poster designs, environmental designs and other assets that would be involved in the film itself and with very little time to get it all done I had a lot of work cut out for me.

Im not entirely sure where I stand as far as putting the artwork up online to show but I can show some of the things that aren't integral to the films actual story:


Ok so these are 4 separate images that I've compiled into one and were part of the poster design process that I had to do for the films production.
These posters are actually used in the film but are only seen very briefly. The actual concept art that I made for the film I'm not entitled to show as the minute I designed it it then became property of the director and the company which I wan't a permanent part of. It sort of sucks a bit but at the same time Its something that I need to get used to because a lot of concept artists in the industry aren't able to show their work for years at a time to the public in order to avoid leaking problems to the media.

It was really hard work but I did enjoy working with the film makers. The film is being shown this year in various indie film festivals and I'm quite proud to say that I get my name in the credits! Thats something at least. I didn't get any pay for the work that I did but I wasn't doing it for money as it was primarily for the recognition and the chance to raise the word of mouth about the work that I can do.

Hopefully I'll be able to use this to my advantage when I apply for other companies in the future and I may even ask the director if I could use him as a reference to back up any future prospects.

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