Guardians of the galaxy

Guardians of the Galaxy

Atomhawk

Atom hawk started in a place where all good ideas start .. the pub!

The company started slow, creating concept art for various small business and gradually spreading their name until they hit the big shots, such as: Lord of the Rings: Guardians of middle earth and the recent Guardians of the Galaxy!

Animation is all about taking risks, and Atomhawk gave a good saying that I will stick to, and keep in the back of my mind when I think about taking risks:

"ask for forgiveness, not permission"

just a quirky item that they talked about was the Millano that features in the Guardians of the Galaxy, the ship was built to scale! every last detail was meticulously made to scale from the switches and lights to the trimming on the seats that was done by the UK car manufacturer Bentley! 

But there was one technique that I tried after hearing this talk was the way some of the concept artist go about creating new concepts, it is using a painting method of Photoshop where you grab an image off Google that resembles an element you want to create, and then you use different brushes to completely adjust the image to its bare bones just to give a sense of what element you want to involve in your concept. it is a technique I will practice this technique to improve my concept art skills.