Quick sketches for film (kinda big image)

[Dan Milligan]

Late night here in my studio, reading a screenplay and sketchin' heres some stuff.

http://homepage.mac.com/danmilligan/.Pictures/concept%20images/tlhgroup01.jpg

Painter 8

[killing.people]

bottom left is nice dan.

[thomasaurus]

shit, now THATS concept art :chug:

[I.was.ink]

:iws:

[Gray]

Incredible work, I love it.

The lower left is great indeed. Rough and loose at the same time while perfectly protraying a pose and atmosphere. Very nice for what looks to be a fast sketch.

[Johannes]

Always a pleassure to see pros in action. I enjoy the citystreet the most.
Is this some remake of "Castlefreak" btw? ;)

[Dan Milligan]

thanks everybody,

Johannes_ This is a new film in development. The srceenplay is being rewritten so I'm working off an older draft right now. I often do lots of fast drawings while I read . It's kind of like taking visual notes as you go.

Cheers
Dan

[Deth Jester]

looks kinda like underworld.. they already starting a follow up.. hehe

great sketches though!

[tyboogie]

mmmmmm yummy

dan im curious--when storyboarding how much freedom do you have over designing within the frame? do they have all teh shots listed and you have to follow to a tee? or do you have a little leave way to give them ideas on designing shots etc?

ex) that shot of the girl looking through the brick wall is nice. im --how did that shot come about.? they dont list any camera work in scripts right?

[Dan Milligan]

Hey ty,

Sometimes I'm given a screenplay and just cut loose, and your right a screenplay doesn't often contain lensing or camera angles. I will often include drawings that come to mind while reading the script,but are not necessarily in the story. Sometimes they(the production company/director) like them and sometimes they don't. It keeps my job fun. In a case such as this, the production company is asking me to provide some visual support for their script. They may use these to attract investors. When I'm working on a film thats in pre-production the drawing have to be accurate to the directors vision. This is very important if the shot involves special F/Xs etc. The boards give the production team(film) and the post-productions team(CG)the ability to formulate solutions before filming.
It's kind of weird writting out my job discription. My job pretty simple, even this brief paragraph makes it sound more complex then it is. I often compared it to the game "Pictionary". I have very short amount of time to create alot of bad little drawings from a written discription and then a bunch of people sit around and try and figure out what they mean. OMG My job is a parlour game.

Peace
Dan

[Tedsuo]

I have very short amount of time to create alot of bad little drawings from a written discription and then a bunch of people sit around and try and figure out what they mean.



Sounds like modern art. :D

[Sammy]

!!PICTIONARY!!

Yup.. that's what I've alwasy thought of conceptualizing pre-production as!

In general a concept artist should be the best pictionary player in a production group... : )