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Neill Blomkamp rips the current state of the concept art industry.

And I agree entirely with his assessment. Here it is:

“A lot of the stuff I see now – I mean, the whole industry in general – is this kind of revolting, disposable approach to everything. The films are disposable. The marketing is disposable. And I feel the way the artwork within the films is created is disposable. A lot of that is because in 1979 there was Syd Mead and Ron Cobb and now there are probably 5-6,000 concept artists using Photoshop and banging out 300 images a day. There’s a formulaic, non-thought process element to that that really gets under my skin and drives me kind of crazy, because they are on autopilot. You’re like "design me a robot”, and they give you something that looks like you’ve seen it in 50 films. With Syd Mead, he will think about things. He was the person that started that process that now yields 5,000 concept artists, so he comes from a different place. He comes from, “Let me take your request and actually think about what that would look like, or what that would be”, and then hand it back to you. That was the main thing I wanted [referring to designing the space station in Elysium]. Something that didn’t feel like the disposable artwork that is so prevalent now.“

So basically, this is a middle finger to the "Brain Trust" concept that lazy, uninspired producers like Kevin Feige employ. Notice how all of the "Art of” Marvel films look completely the same? It’s because they’re trying to achieve the quickest and simplest result possible. They know they have a built-in fan base that will flock to their films no matter how lazily they’re put together. it’s partially responsible for the current decline in quality blockbuster cinema right now. The sci-fi genre is currently on life support, and Neill Blomkamp is one of a VERY small handful of filmmakers trying to keep it alive and kicking right now.

And for anyone that takes issues with Blomkamp’s words – or question his artistic merits – just go take a peek in the D9 and Elysium art books and gander at some of the incredible illustrations and 3D work of his own that he’s contributed to his films so far. The guy can do it all. If there weren’t any time constraints on pre-production, this guy could definitely design his own films entirely on his own, from front to back.

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Aile Strike Gundam watercolor

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(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KO7IY_5Ax5o)

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Mil Mi-8 of the soviet air force flying past one of the Buddhas of Bamiyan, destroyed by the Taliban in 2001.

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STS-134 Shuttle Mission

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Urotsukidoji

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Ernst Haeckel, Kunstformen der Natur (Cephalopods, Octopuses & Cuttlefish collected from Oceanic Islands during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger; 1872-1876), Lithographic and Autotype prints; published in sets of ten between 1899 and 1904.

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Sketches by Dan Hogman

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Dillon Aero M134 Gatling Gun

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