Jonathan Bach, concept artist at Lightstorm Entertainment on the Avatar Sequels, Founder & Managing Member of COUNTERCHANGE, LLC.
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These are the final approved images of the Windtraders Gondola from Avatar: Fire & Ash. The first is a design image done as a key frame exploring the Tlalim clan’s dressing of one of their ships. Being wide ranging travelers & traders, the items they use to decorate the ship are
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The Tlalim shuttle the Sully family away from their adopted home to get Spider help. This was an illustration done after much of the Windtraders Gondola ship development to detail the different deck levels of the ship & give a sense of daily life. As the Windtraders go about
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their duties traveling to the next village to trade, scouts look ahead & survey the landscape while another crewman pulls up a hanging provision. Others take advantage of a quiet moment to catch up & consider their next moves.
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A Tlalim crew member takes in the view as they travel to High Camp. After finally doing a ton of heavy lifting with modeling & texturing the Windtraders Gondola, I spent some time doing paint overs of renders detailing the ties that hold the ship together & the decorations the
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different locations would have made that necessary.
To check out more about the artistic development of the film, pick up The Art Of Avatar Fire And Ash.
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a brilliant job creating the clothing for the Tlalim. At the time of this illustration I hadn’t seen the total result of their work, but tried to give the crew some cold weather clothing & even furs—though that was a little controversial—as the temperature at altitude & in
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age. Their compact deck top commons, being the heart of social life during festivals & gatherings would hold some stores of supplies while also being a place of rest where the crew could relax & eat or craft with each other while not working. @debscottcostumes & her team did such
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Tlalim had applied over generations of travel to every corner of Pandora. We were inspired by the colors of Morroco & the markets of Marrakech as well as Bedouin tribal decoration & equipment among many others. I wanted to overlay the art & engineering of the people with life &
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“Sullies never quit.” The kids try frantically to evade Varang & her scouts as they do their best to hide after their gondola is downed in a savage aerial firefight. I envisioned this as a quiet moment in the cool predawn air filled with the tension of the kids’ possible
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That would have been a great addition!
To check out more about the artistic development of the film, pick up The Art Of Avatar Fire And Ash.
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capture. This key frame was done early on in the project before I knew it was specifically Varang on the hunt. I later updated the image with her as its focus & it had far more presence. This was also before the Nightwraith (aka “Ashley”) was developed by @zacharyberger.
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These are the last two images that I’d like to share of alternate designs for Varang’s yurt. I was really liking these for a while for their simplicity & presence, the second version of which was deemed to have gone too far into Flintstone’s territory, haha. I did like that
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happy with the final design that was chosen.
To check out more about the artistic development of the film, pick up The Art Of Avatar Fire And Ash.
#avatarfireandash #avatar3 #ashpeople #varang #mangkwan #jamescameron
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the inner portion of the entry held a complex tapestry perhaps made up of trophies from Varang’s enemies which was created by the incredibly talented @artistdaphneyap. The space inside would have been a bit less exciting, but a lot easier to design around. In the end I’m
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Before the final version of Varang’s yurt, I did some sketches covering different design directions. We were still figuring out what a structure should look like for the village & took some time to see if Varang’s place could help define that. Although we settled on a
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became attached to some, but weren’t quite there yet. We needed to find something that could really help reinforce Varang as a character.
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