Concept ship art from legendary artist John Berkey

I know I've already posted this but I started doing the weekly header and Mr. John Berkey must have one. It should be a smooth ride from here on up!

This guy is a legend and this work is STILL way ahead of its time. I love the loose portrayal of complexity in the work.

More hard core spaceship art from John RIGHT HERE!










John Berkey conceptships weekly header #3 March 14th-21st, 2008

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The last starfighter (1984)

The last starfighter had some ambitious computer generated spaceship art scenes for its time. I think the design of the ship still holds up and the model would make the front page on just about any modeling forum, even today.

Somehow, the recruitment of soldiers and pilots through video games doesn't seem so far fetched today... That must have been somewhat of a novel concept back in the early eighties when the script was being developed.

I was amazed at how well this sequence of the Gunstar ship looped. The breaks in the loops is from the 24 frames per second to 29.97 conversion or the 3:2 pull down. I think?







There is a rumor of a remake of this classic sci-fi film. It's also on HD DVD now.

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Conceptships humor

A little brake from the insane art and artists featured here on concept ships as of late with some sci-fi spaceship humor.

This zombie George Jetson vector illustration comes from my good friend Rich Barry. Rich and I graduated the same year from Platt college tech. He is a master of the Illustrator to Toon Boom to Flash work flow. Check out some of his animations at Right-Hemisphere laboratory.



Hahahahahaha... The starch ship "plate-o-fries" by Rick Wawiernia and Ivy Hill.







Here's something I made a while back for CG Society's Lucas vs. Jackson theme.



Thanks for supporting CONCEPTSHIPS. More tight concept ship art and animations on the way... Stay tuned!

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Concept ships by James Zhang

Check out more work by James Zhang.





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Star Wars episode III Revenge of the Sith concept ships

A frame from Revenge of the Sith.



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Concept ship art by Ryan Church

The legend, the man, the myth... Ryan Church.


















Ryan Church conceptships weekly header #2 March 7th-14th, 2008

Way more concept artwork in the art of STAR WARS Episode III Revenge of the Sith book.

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3D concept spaceship models by Greg deSantis

Check out museum of the improbable.

There is a Cinema 4D gallery RIGHT HERE!





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Atmospheria concept ships

Digital concept ship art by Emrah Elmasli. Check out his cgportfolio.







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Concept ships by Chris Foss

CONCEPTSHIPS is on fire, yo!

Another legend... Chris Foss.








Chris Foss conceptships weekly header #1 March 1st-7th, 2008

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Close encounters of the third kind (1977)

I saw this in Communist Czechoslovakia with my dad when I was seven years old in 1978. For some reason, Close encounters was shown in selected theaters there and then while Star Wars was not. I wonder if Lucasfilm never licensed the film for European release or it was just that the Communist government was against showing a movie where "ordinary" good people rise up against tyrannical oppressive rule.

Either way, this is the movie that introduced me to quality special effects for film and showed me what was possible from American film producers/directors.



I love the use of lens flares in this movie... I use a lot of lens flares in my artwork because of Close encounters and Bladerunner.



This movie has been airing lately in high definition on HDnet.

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Anime concept ship illustration

On a little anime kick. From an old Japanese Newtype magazine. Not sure who made it.



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Robotech sdf1

Is it me or... Will this piece of art be good forever.

I think entertainment concept wise, you'd be hard pressed to find anything more original than the Robotech franchise. More Robotech stuff on conceptships in the future for sure.

Hard core Robotech site.



macross zero concept ship art



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Concept ship art from hipper

This guy here... Work by Jaecheol Park. Just incredible stuff. More on his website paperblue.net and here are a few links to conceptart.org. A must check.

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Concept ship art from Reloaded studios

Some amazing digital concept art from Reloaded studios.
Check out high res versions of these featured ships and other work from these guys RIGHT HERE! The site takes a minute to load... Give it a chance... It's waaaay worth it.






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Concept ship art from John Newall

See more of John's work RIGHT HERE!





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concept ship digital artwork from Francis Tsai

Another nice concept ship image from Francis Tsai.



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Concept ships scenes designed by Theo Prins

Looooose but tiiiiiight. artbytheo.





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Concept ships by Warren FU

Here is a very low key pro concept artist Warren Fu. Has has worked on the Star Wars prequels and his most notable contribution to the galaxy far, far away was the initial design of General Grievous. Warren lets his work do the talking... Check out his portfolio.





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Concept ship art from Ray Lederer

Ray's website portfolio.



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Space cruiser Yamato style concept ship

Not sure who made this or what it's for... But it's nice. Kind of a Starblazers Yamato concept.



Any info on this piece of art would be appreciated.

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Concept ship art by Darren Bacon

Nicely rendered concept ship by concept artist Darren Bacon.



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