Artist Profile: Matthew Savage

Dalek and designers Edward Thomas and Matthew Savage.

Matthew Savage is a concept artist and director in the film and television industry.

He's worked on many big budget films like X-Men: First Class (2011), Prometheus (2012) and The Wolfman (2010).

His best known work is on the British show Doctor Who where was a design assistant for Series 1 and Series 2 of Doctor Who. He was also an associate designer and assistant art director for Series 1 of Torchwood.

He also directed the award-winning film Reign of Death.

To see more of his work check out my blog here. See more of Matthew Savage's portfolio at http://www.mattsav.co.uk/

Image from http://www.bbc.co.uk

Ride TARDIS To Stunning 'Doctor Who' Concept Art

D is for Doctor Who
Image: From "The Girl in the Fireplace."
The revamped Doctor Who series is the best thing to come out of Britain since Monty Python, and one of the artists who gave out a fresh new look was Matt Savage (Batman Begins, X-Men: First Class, The Dark Knight).

Matthew Savage was a design assistant for Series 1 and Series 2 of Doctor Who. He was also an associate designer and assistant art director for Series 1 of Torchwood. Outside of televised Doctor Who, he has contributed designs to Doctor Who DVD Files magazine. - tardis.wikia.com

His artwork is vibrant, stunning and alive. You almost feel like his Cybermen are jumping off the page.

So, hold on. Grab your sonic screwdriver and lets look at some of his best artwork for Doctor Who.






Cybermen




You can see more of Matthew Savage's portfolio at http://www.mattsav.co.uk/

Via ConceptArt.org Forums

What do you think of his amazing artwork?

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Orphaned Waif Regenerates in Stunning 'Doctor Who' 'Day of the Moon' Film to Storyboard Comparison

In this storyboard from Season 6 Episode 2 of Doctor Who 'Day of the Moon' a homeless man meets a sick child in an alley. What happens next surprises him.

Go behind-the-scenes and watch a powerful clip from Episode 2, "Day of the Moon" alongside the storyboards drawn for it by James Iles. - BBC America

Excellent layout designs by James Iles. While not all of it is exact to the final scene, the final shot is amazing and I'm glad it made it in-tact.

Iles is a freelance artist from Wales. His website http://www.coroflot.com/jamesiles has a lot more of his quirky stunning work.

BBC America is really stepping up with the pre-production material lately.

Visit the Bizarre Breathtaking Interiors of 'Doctor Who's' T.A.R.D.I.S.

BBC has some concept art of the interior designs of Doctor Who's T.A.R.D.I.S. and they are breathtaking. Some are impossibly large, but there are some really nice close up details.

"Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a mysterious and eccentric billionare known as the Doctor who travels through time and space in his time machine, the TARDIS (an acronym for Time And Relative Dimension(s) In Space), which normally appears from the exterior to be a blue 1950s British police box. With his companions, he explores time and space, faces a variety of foes and saves civilizations, helping people and righting wrongs." - Wikipedia

Matt Savage's design of the T.A.R.D.I.S. control room.

An alternate view of Matt Savage's T.A.R.D.I.S. control room. Notice how the lights seem to come from inside the walls of the ship.

R.S. Williams design for the T.A.R.D.I.S. monitor. I love the 50's style

Another vision of the T.A.R.D.I.S. control room showing Amy Pond and the Doctor.

There are a ton of artists for Doctor Who, but, here are some of the highlights from iMDB:

• Bryan Hitch concept artist (13 episodes, 2005)
• Dan Walker concept artist (14 episodes, 2005-2010)
• Richard Shaun Williams concept artist (2 episodes, 2010)
• Ian Bunting design assistant (12 episodes, 2006-2007)
• Sarah Payne design assistant (2 episodes, 2008)
• Al Roberts design assistant (23 episodes, 2006-2008)
• Matthew Savage design assistant (6 episodes, 2005-2006)
• Rob Dicks design assistant (7 episodes, 2006-2007)
• Dan Martin design assistant (7 episodes, 2011)
• Peter McKinstry design assistant / concept artist (31 episodes, 2006-2010)
• Ben Austin design assistant / set designer (8 episodes, 2005-2010)
• Shaun Williams storyboard artist (27 episodes, 2006-2008)

Do these concept paintings capture the spirit of Doctor Who?
Image Source: BBC