Follow 'Thor's' Rainbow Bridge Concept Art To Adventure

A new piece of concept art for the upcoming Marvel superhero film Thor (2011) has been shared showing the "Rainbow Bridge" Bifrost.

According to Wikipedia "In Norse mythology, Bifröst or Bilröst is a burning rainbow bridge that reaches between Midgard [Earth] , the world, and Asgard, the realm of the gods."

This picture really shows the grandeur and scope of the world director Kenneth Brannagh is trying to build.

Here are some of the artists involved in Thor under Production Designer Robert W. "Bo" Welch III.

• James Carson (concept artist)
• Steve Jung (concept designer)
• Vance Kovacs (concept artist)
• Wes Louie (concept artist): Film Illusions Inc.
• Ron Mendell (concept artist)
• Kurtis Richmond (concept artist) Fuel: VFX
• Raj Rihal (concept artist)
• Constantine Sekeris (conceptual designer)
• Craig Shoji (concept artist)
• Tully Summers (concept artist)
• Simon Webber (concept artist)
• Daphne Yap (concept artist)
• Timothy Burgard (storyboard artist)
• Darrin Denlinger (storyboard artist)
• Thomas A. Nelson (storyboard artist)
• Joel Venti (storyboard artist)

Via: joblo.com

Superman's Spiky Concept Sketches

James Carson's Superman concept sketches are awesome with the spiky costume design. It seems like a lot of artists got a chance to work on Tim Burton's proposed Superman film, but James Carson's sketches are some of my favorites.


Superman appears with a reimagined costume enhanced by Kryptonian armor. The costume is black instead of blue and red because they felt the old colors were effeminate.


Superman bonds with Kryptonian robot, The Eradicator.


A closer look at Superman's Eradicator costume.


The reimagined "Fortress of Solitude."


Superman fights the bizarre alien Doomsday.

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Slamming Thor Concept Art

Last week, some new images of the movie Thor (2011) hit the net and a lot of people hated the costume design.

Here are some pictures of the released concept art a while back. I'm skeptical that these images were ever used for pre-production, but, with the industry moving more towards CGI and digital effects it's possible.

Compare to the original costume design by Jack Kirby.

The movie has a ton of concept artists attached to it, so I have no idea who created them. Here's the list from IMDB: James Carson (concept artist), Vance Kovacs (concept artist), Ron Mendell (concept artist), Kurtis Richmond (concept artist Fuel: VFX), Raj Rihal (concept artist), Maury Ruiz (concept artist: Legacy Effects), Craig Shoji (concept artist), Tully Summers (concept artist), Daphne Yap (concept artist).

[Image Source: Collider.com]

Captain America Concept Art

The images below are from Captain America: The First Avenger and feature Chris Evans in costume.

Costume Design by Jeffrey Kurland and Anna B. Sheppard. I'm not sure who did these, but they list James Carson and Rodolfo Damaggio as the concept artists

A couple of things I like are the almost accidental inclusion of Captain America concept elements like the red and white stripes on the tunic. and the muted colors. Most notably missing are the wings on the helmet. This is probably a good idea since they'd get blown off by weapons fire anyway. Overall, it looks good.

I find it interesting that Marvel is using computer graphics to create the "concept art" for their upcoming movies. I hope it's not a trend since I prefer hand-drawn art.