#mehrdad isvandi

[capturingdisney]

Concept art for the City of Avalonia and the Windy Jungle from Strange World, by Larry Wu and Mehrdad Isvandi (click for full quality)

#Larry Wu #Mehrdad Isvandi #concept art #Strange World #strange world 2022 #disney #disneyedit #disney edit #capturingdisney #*

[visdevart]

Concept art for Raya and the Last Dragon by Mehrdad Isvandi

#disney #wdas #raya and the last dragon #keyframe #Mehrdad Isvandi

[thenerdsofcolor]

'Strange World' Creators on Modernizing Classic Pulp Action-Adventures

‘Strange World’ Creators on Modernizing Classic Pulp Action-Adventures

The legacy of Walt Disney Animation Studios has built its rich history of films on innovative animation technology and bold storytelling. And while we’ve seen hit animated musical features, Strange World leans heavily into the action-adventure genre while also telling timeless stories about family legacy. And as the 61st animated feature, Strange World takes much of its inspiration from the pages…

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#action adventure #Amy Smeed #Disney #Disney Animation #Don Hall #Interview #Justin Sklar #Mehrdad Isvandi #Qui Nguyen #Sean Jenkins #Strange World #Walt Disney Animation Studios #YouTube

[awardseason]

21st Annual Visual Effects Society Awards — Film Winners

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature Avatar: The Way of Water – Richard Baneham, Walter Garcia, Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, JD Schwalm — WINNER Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore – Christian Mänz, Olly Young, Benjamin Loch, Stephane Naze, Alistair Williams Jurassic World: Dominion – David Vickery, Ann Podlozny, Jance Rubinchik, Dan Snape, Paul Corbould The Batman – Dan Lemmon, Bryan Searing, Russell Earl, Anders Langlands, Dominic Tuohy Top Gun: Maverick – Ryan Tudhope, Paul Molles, Seth Hill, Bryan Litson, Scott Fisher

Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature Death on the Nile – George Murphy, Claudia Dehmel, Mathieu Raynault, Jonathan Bowen, David Watkins I Wanna Dance With Somebody – Paul Norris, Tim Field, Don Libby, Andrew Simmonds The Fabelmans – Pablo Helman, Jennifer Mizener, Cernogorods Aleksei, Jeff Kalmus, Mark Hawker The Gray Man – Swen Gilberg, Viet Luu, Bryan Grill, Cliff Welsh, Michael Meinardus The Pale Blue Eye – Jake Braver, Catherine Farrell, Tim Van Horn, Scott Pritchard, Jeremy Hays Thirteen Lives – Jason Billington, Thomas Horton, Denis Baudin, Michael Harrison, Brian Cox — WINNER

Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio – Aaron Weintraub, Jeffrey Schaper, Cameron Carson, Emma Gorbey, Mad God, Chris Morley, Phil Tippett, Ken Rogerson, Tom Gibbons — WINNER Strange World – Steve Goldberg, Laurie Au, Mark Hammel, Mehrdad Isvandi The Bad Guys– Pierre Perifel, Damon Ross, Matt Baer, JP Sans The Sea Beast – Joshua Beveridge, Christian Hejnal, Stirling Duguid, Spencer Lueders Turning Red – Domee Shi, Lindsey Collins, Danielle Feinberg, Dave Hale

Outstanding Animated Character in a Photoreal Feature  Avatar: The Way of Water: Kiri – Anneka Fris, Rebecca Louise Leybourne, Guillaume Francois, Jung-Rock Hwang — WINNER Beast: Lion – Alvise Avati, Bora Şahin, Chris McGaw, Krzysztof Boyoko Disney’s Pinocchio: Honest John – Christophe Paradis, Valentina Rosselli, Armita Khanlarpour, Kyoungmin Kim Slumberland: Pig – Fernando Lopes Herrera, Victor Dinis, Martine Chartrand, Lucie Martinetto

Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio: Geppetto – Charles Greenfield, Peter Saunders, Shami Lang-Rinderspacher, Noel Estevez-Baker Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio: Pinocchio – Oliver Beale, Richard Pickersgill, Brian Leif Hansen, Kim Slate — WINNER Strange World: Splat – Leticia Gillett, Cameron Black, Dan Lipson, Louis Jones Turning Red: Panda Mei – Christopher Bolwyn, Ethan Dean, Bill Sheffler, Kureha Yokoo

Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal Feature Avatar: The Way of Water: Metkayina Village – Ryan Arcus, Lisa Hardisty, Paul Harris TaeHyoung David Kim Avatar: The Way of Water: The Reef – Jessica Cowley, Joe W. Churchill, Justin Stockton, Alex Nowotny — WINNER Jurassic World Dominion: Biosyn Valley – Steve Ellis, Steve Hardy, Thomas Dohlen, John Seru Slumberland: The Wondrous Cuban Hotel Dream – Daniël Dimitri Veder, Marc Austin, Pavan Rajesh Uppu, Casey Gorton

Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio: In the Stomach of a Sea Monster – Warren Lawtey, Anjum Sakharkar, Javier Gonzalez Alonso, Quinn Carvalho — WINNER Lightyear: T’Kani Prime Forest – Lenora Acidera, Amy Allen, Alyssa Minko, Jose L. Ramos Serrano Strange World: The Windy Jungle – Ki Jong Hong, Ryan Smith, Jesse Erickson, Benjamin Fiske The Sea Beast: The Hunting Ship – Yohan Bang, Enoch Ihde, Denil George Chundangal, John Wallace Wendell & Wild: The Scream Fair – Tom Proost, Nicholas Blake, Colin Babcock, Matthew Paul Albertus Cross

Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a CG Project ABBA: Voyage – Pär M. Ekberg, John Galloway, Paolo Acri, Jose Burgos Avatar: The Way of Water – Richard Baneham, Dan Cox, Eric Reynolds, A.J Briones — WINNER Prehistoric Planet – Daniel Fotheringham, Krzysztof Szczepanski, Wei-Chuan Hsu, Claire Hill The Batman: Rain Soaked Car Chase – Dennis Yoo, Michael J. Hall, Jason Desjarlais, Ben Bigiel

Outstanding Model in a Photoreal or Animated Project Avatar: The Way of Water: The Sea Dragon – Sam Sharplin, Stephan Skorepa, Ian Baker, Guillaume Francois — WINNER The Sea Beast – Maxx Okazaki, Susan Kornfeld, Edward Lee, Doug Smith Top Gun: Maverick: F-14 Tomcat – Christian Peck, Klaudio Ladavac, Aram Jung, Peter Dominik Wendell & Wild: Dream Faire – Peter Dahmen, Paul Harrod, Nicholas Blake

Outstanding Effects Simulation in a Photoreal Feature Avatar: The Way of Water: Fire and Destruction – Miguel Perez Senent, Xavier Martin Ramirez, David Kirchner, Ole Geir Eidsheim Avatar: The Way of Water: Water Simulations – Johnathan M. Nixon, David Moraton, Nicolas Illingworth, David Caeiro Cebrian — WINNER Black Panther: Wakanda Forever: City Street Flooding – Matthew Hanger, Alexis Hall, Hang Yang, Mikel Zuloaga Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore – Jesse Parker Holmes, Grayden Solman, Toyokazu Hirai, Rob Richardson

Outstanding Effects Simulation in an Animated Feature Lightyear – Alexis Angelidis, Chris Chapman, Jung-Hyun Kim, Keith Klohn Puss in Boots: The Last Wish – Derek Cheung, Michael Losure, Kiem Ching Ong, Jinguang Huang — WINNER Strange World – Deborah Carlson, Scott Townsend, Stuart Griese, Yasser Hamed The Sea Beast – Spencer Lueders, Dmitriy Kolesnik, Brian D. Casper, Joe Eckroat

Outstanding Compositing & Lighting in Feature Avatar: The Way of Water: Landing Rockets Forest Destruction – Miguel Santana Da Silva, Hongfei Geng, Jonathan Moulin, Maria Corcho Avatar: The Way of Water: Water Integration – Sam Cole, Francois Sugny, Florian Schroeder, Jean Matthews — WINNER The Batman: Rainy Freeway Chase – Beck Veitch, Stephen Tong, Eva Snyder, Rachel E. Herbert Top Gun: Maverick – Saul Davide Galbiati, Jean-Frederic Veilleux, Felix B. Lafontaine, Cynthia Rodriguez del Castillo

Outstanding Special (Practical) Effects in a Photoreal Project Avatar: The Way of Water: Current Machine and Wave Pool – JD Schwalm, Richie Schwalm, Nick Rand, Robert Spurlock — WINNER Black Adam: Robotic Flight – JD Schwalm, Nick Rand, Andrew Hyde, Andy Robot, Mad God, Phil Tippett, Chris Morley, Webster Colcord, Johnny McLeod The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power “Adrift” Middle Earth Storm – Dean Clarke, Oliver Gee, Eliot Naimie, Mark Robson

Emerging Technology Award Avatar: The Way of Water: Depth Comp – Dejan Momcilovic, Tobias B. Schmidt, Benny Edlund, Joshua Hardgrave Avatar: The Way of Water: Facial System – Byungkuk Choi, Stephen Cullingford, Stuart Adcock, Marco Revelant Avatar: The Way of Water: Water Toolset – Alexey Dmitrievich Stomakhin, Steve Lesser, Sven Joel Wretborn, Douglas McHale — WINNER Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio: 3D Printed Metal Armature – Richard Pickersgill, Glen Southern, Peter Saunders, Brian Leif Hansen Turning Red: Profile Mover and CurveNets – Kurt Fleischer, Fernando de Goes, Bill Sheffler

#visual effects society #visual effects society awards #ves awards #ves awards 2023 #winners

[giylieace]

THE ONLINE ART COLLECTIVE

Do you want to be a creative artist? Likes to make art and illustrations? Amateur or professional, newbie or experienced? Do you enjoy animated videos, films, and video games? Well, same! So, read along!

ICON MANILA is an annual event that brings together the brightest minds in animation, film, gaming, illustration, and visual effects. The speakers are professionals that have decades of experience in their respective fields, they share their collective knowledge in the event to inspire and motivate other aspiring, amateur, and professional artists all throughout Southeast Asia.

Icon Manila 2022 was held online because of the pandemic and travel restrictions. The Online Art Collective is a free live event that features four sessions of live drawing collaboration, each with two artists talking about art and life. The speakers are: Charles Lee, Qui Fang, Armand Serrano, Mehrdad Isvandi, Neysa Bove, Kristina Vardazaryan, Aaron Blaise, and Rich Moore.

At first, I attended this event because I needed to do a live blog about it, but as I listened to the speakers’ shared experiences on being an artist and how they started on their careers, I became intrigued. The session one speakers, Charles Lee and Qui Fang answered questions while they drew on magma.com, they shared the art that made them into art, shared experiences about creative block and how they overcame it. The first session was chill, the speakers were telling stories of their experiences as artists.

The session two speakers, Armand Serrano and Mehrdad Isvandi also answered questions from the viewers while they collaborated on a digital dinosaur-themed art on magma.com. Both shared their experiences working with Disney, talked about burnout and passion in careers, and how to deal with creative differences in working with a production team. I liked the second session because they talked about their journey and work process in making famous Disney characters and environments for animated films.

Unfortunately, due to a power interruption, I was unable to attend the second day of the event. Overall, I enjoyed this event. Today's famous and professional artists taught me a lot. Because of the artists' shared experiences, I got more driven and encouraged to do more art.

If you want to watch the recorded live sessions, you can watch them on YouTube. https://youtu.be/XE-nOe5bfjY

[gebo4482]

Encanto by Bill Schwab / Camille Andre / Mehrdad Isvandi / Zane Yarbrough

#encanto #bill schwab #camille andre #mehrdad isvandi #zane yarbrough #animation #fantasy movies #musical movies #concept art #character design #environment design #artwork

[scurviesdisneyblog]

Raya and the Last Dragon concept art by Mehrdad Isvandi

#disney #raya and the last dragon #mehrdad isvandi #disney concept art

[thesims4blogger]

The Sims 4: Children’s Hospital Concept Art

Mehrdad Isvandi, former concept artist to The Sims 4, has released a children’s hospital “waiting room” design that he worked on back in 2014.

Digging through old works. And found this :). Waiting room for the childrens hospital that I was designing for EA games Sims 4 pic.twitter.com/1tQWzmtWIS

— Mehrdadisvandi (@mehrdad_isvandi)

May 16, 2017

#pictures #ts4 #sims 4 #the sims 4 #sims 4 concept art

[swan2swan]

Was linked to these super-awesome concept images for Camp Cretaceous by Mehrdad Isvandi. 

I wonder if this cliff-climbing scene will come up in the next season...I love how closely the designs in the art match the final product for the show. 

#jurassic world #camp cretaceous #he also has a ton of cool Raya concept art and behind-the-scenes stuff! #jw:cc #go give him likes and support! #there's so much good art on his instagram

[bassfanimation]

Lightbox loves Daenerys

So...

I kind of bought a shitload of Daenerys art at Lightbox Expo, LOL.  There wasn’t much fanart because all these people try to promote only original stuff, seeing as how they’re all professionals and working on many of their own IPs :). Still, there was plenty of GOT art to be had.  You can see the reach these characters had because of how many artists were inspired to paint and draw them.  GOT was one of very few consistent fanarts I saw at the show, and needless to say, Dany was the most prevalent one I saw. (there may be some confirmation bias here as I was actively looking for my girl)

I bought all of Lorelay Bove’s Dany art.  I feel bad because her helper picked up the Jon Snow one and I was like “NOOO, just the Dany ones!”  LMAO I’m still bitter at Jon, sorry.  Her Jon is pretty cute though.

Another guy I talked to had this amazing children’s book he made with his wife.  He was trying to show me and I was like “That’s incredible, but I need this Daenerys fanart.”  His name is Mehrdad Isvandi, here is his Instagram where you can see his GOT art, as well as his other amazing stuff.  He does visual dev for Disney as well as other major studios. Incredible.

I also bought these 3 amazing prints from Patrick Ballesteros that he did to illustrate his feelings on S8. He asked me, “So what did you think of the last season?” My coworker was like OH GOD NO DON’T OPEN THIS CAN OF WORMS!  I was like *inhales deeply with eyes closed* “I’M STILL MAD, YOU HAVE NO IDEA!”.  Patrick laughed and said he kind of felt the same, and that’s why he made these illustrations.  He wanted to draw it out and make it fun again, to sort of heal the wounds.  I got the cutest little illustrations from him of Dany and Jon talking on coffee cans.  I think that made the whole show for me.  I want them framed in gold.

Next I bought some Dany stuff from Steph Lew!  I’ve followed her forever, omg, I was so happy to get to meet her and buy some of her stuff.  I saw this and almost fell over.  Her Satanic Majesty, HUEHUEHUE!  Also picked this sexy Dany pic up, and this super cute GOT pic because everyone looks so happy...except Jon.   XD~~~~

I got a few more odds and ends, but as you can see, I scoured for Dany art at this thing.  A lot of people had it, too, which warmed my still-cold heart.  What was amazing to see is how many female artists had drawn many interpretations of Dany.  You could find her at all the stages of her story, from beginning, middle and end.  To me this says that the whole of Dany’s story was so powerful for women and female creators.  There wasn’t any feelings of “Oh she’s bad now I won’t draw her.”  Instead, it was like female creators said, collectively, “No, we don’t accept what you did to her, and you won’t take her away from us.”  It just made me really happy to see.

Be sure to check out the links above.  I’m sorry I didn’t post the pics myself but I don’t want to repost all these amazing people’s works.  Trust me, go see!!!

#GOT #Game of Thrones #Daenerys Targaryen #art #I was so happy to see so much Dany art #especially from female creators #it was like a collective rejection of what S8 did to her #and like I said there were depictions of every part of her story #I think it speaks to the psychology of her impact on women #the differing facets of Dany are all of our facets too #it just made me really happy

[capturingdisney]

Visual development of Bruno’s tower by Camille Andre and Mehrdad Isvandi.

#Camille Andre #Mehrdad Isvandi #Encanto #encanto 2021 #mirabel madrigal #disney #disneyedit #disney edit #concept art #visual development #capturingdisney #*

[innerartisanpolice]

Just Pinned to environments and atmosphere: The Art Of Animation, Mehrdad Isvandi http://ift.tt/2oFKpGb

#Pinterest #environments and atmosphere

[gebo4482]

Encanto by Bill Schwab / Mehrdad Isvandi / Camille Andre

#encanto #bill schwab #mehrdad isvandi #camille andre #animation #musical movies #fantasy movies #adventure movies #concept art #character design #environment design #artwork

[scurviesdisneyblog]

Jerry Huynh’s animated short “Jing Hua” or “Flower in the Mirror” follows a woman practicing kung fu in front of a shrine dedicated to a departed loved one. The film’s sweeping score left no need for dialogue as the woman in the film uses martial arts to battle intense feelings of loss and grief reflecting Huynh’s own. 

The film will premiere on Disney’s newly-announced short film program Short Circuit on Disney+ in 2020.

#disney #jing hua #flower in the mirror #Disney Short #short circuit #disney+ #disney concept art #James Woods #mehrdad isvandi

[theartofanimation]

Mehrdad Isvandi

#Art #Illustration #Digital art #Painting #Mehrdad Isvandi

[armellotesian]

Mehrdad Isvandi is an Iranian-born artist studying illustration in the US who is already being recognized as a huge talent. Mehrdad's vision of Armello is probably the darkest yet, and those Rot-filled eyes in the background are giving me major chills. I'm really curious; who are these guys, and are they masks or actual faces?

Check out more of Mehrdad's work here mehrdadisvandi.blogspot.com.au.

As always, help back this project on Kickstarter, and support great art at http://bit.ly/ArmelloKS

#armello #art #mehrdad isvandi #game #iPad #PC #anthro #painting #concept #kickstarter