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Today is the 59th birthday of the extremely talented Doug Chiang. Happy Birthday to a great artist who influences modern design!
So get ready for the #DougChiangDay !pic.twitter.com/ALRgv7TFcn
“I’ve been enamored with film for as long as I can remember, and also with art. But I wanted to combine art with film. I wanted to do something else with art and make it move.” Sketch & painting at 13/15 years old + still from his short "Mental Block" (1984) when he was at UCLA:pic.twitter.com/80FM9CbaIR
Mid-80s, Doug was an illustrator (and art director) for UCLA student newpaper Daily Bruin.pic.twitter.com/6NCp1b0p4z
In 1987, he worked as an animator on this Pee-wee's Playhouse scene. Then he spend the end of this decade at Rhythm & Hues (VFX) Studios.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlQr0F1Nt6w …
He will soon join the legendary ILM VFX studio, where he will become visual effects art/creative director: Ghost, Terminator 2, Death Becomes Her (Oscar & Bafta!), Forrest Gump (Bafta), the Mask, Jumanji...pic.twitter.com/Ll9QPF9ofA
In 1995, he began his Star Wars adventure. Without knowing that he will become an essential part of the license. While working with George Lucas on The Phantom Menace (1999), he participated in the visual creation of the multimedia project Shadows of the Empire (1996).pic.twitter.com/xw4EjF87M3
The Outrider, art by Doug Chiang. "I took what I thought was unique about the Millenium Falcon, which is this kind of an asymmetrical cockpit that is basically a sphere with two prongs on it, and played around with different variations on that theme."pic.twitter.com/kOyaQBqlQq
Note: his Shadows of the Empire design were created first for SW Special Edition (1997). But the game was released before.pic.twitter.com/9ACs0L6pQ1
Then Doug Chiang was Design director, leader of the Lucasfilm art department (as...now), for The Phantom Menace (1999)...pic.twitter.com/TIiApnIohM
...you know, just fantastic, iconic work by Doug Chiang...pic.twitter.com/CTTPBpE6x6
...then, Design director for Attack of the Clones (2002).pic.twitter.com/iAnX0DXwZe
Then he left George Lucas to work as production designer for Robert Zemeckis' ImageMovers (The Polar Express. Beowulf, A Christmas Carol + Monster House & Mars Needs Moms).pic.twitter.com/Iav4p5UfBA
He worked on War of the Worlds (2005) and The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015) too but here is a pic with true stars (Ray Harryhausen, Doug Chiang. Ralph McQuarrie).pic.twitter.com/GmueiYjKdO
Resurrection of my fridge, I can continue to share Doug Chiang's talent. So in 2003, Doug created with Orson Scott Card (Ender's Game) Robota, an illustrated book introducing a new mysterious exotic planet in the solar system. It's splendid.pic.twitter.com/PJAx5zqi1l
"Robota is beautiful. While reading I would find myself dreaming about seeing all this up on the big screen." Ralph McQuarrie Other artists have worked on this project (or the revised 2016 edition), including Emmanuel Shiu @_darrenbacon & Eddie Del Riopic.twitter.com/FsClgkO9W9
Wonderful book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrZ3FQDPjEQ …
A few years ago, they even tried to make a Robota game, but the crowdfunding campaign failed.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDYwDZQsYM0 …
This account is not the place to go to talk about Robota in detail, I'll do that later and begin a return to Star Wars. Because after the takeover of Lucasfilm by Disney, Doug Chiang returns in the galaxy far away in 2013 and offers us some magnificent artworks.pic.twitter.com/6v9gZtZJTm
The quest for the U-wing (a design ultimately nailed by Ryan Church).pic.twitter.com/cVvgPpMvbp
Doug Chiang did an amazing job for Rogue One, but no wonder, right?pic.twitter.com/pXmkMRCkFx
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