Advances in the Art of Being

Last year Chris Barnardo from The Wand Company asked me to design and illustrate some key moments from his upcoming scifi novel.
Loved workig with this guy, I did a lot of cool shots for the story!
Here is a selection of some of them.

Mothership explosion

Mothership explosion

Keyframe for the lab 1

Keyframe for the lab 1

Sketch for the lab 1

Sketch for the lab 1

I wanted to make some interiors more interactive thus I designed the space in 3D, we then could discuss, adjust and tweak things on the go before proceeding with final keyframe

Keyframe for the lab 2

Keyframe for the lab 2

Sketch for the lab 2

Sketch for the lab 2

After initial sketch I pushed some of the choosen locations in 3D so we could have interactive spaces and make things as believable

Sketch for the lab 3

Sketch for the lab 3

The Scrapyard keyframe

The Scrapyard keyframe

The Scrapyard location was tons of fun.... I did scan some of the machinery at the friend's factory and used elements to populate the hangar area with wreckages and machinery.

Future Kairo angle 1

Future Kairo angle 1

Future Kairo angle 2

Future Kairo angle 2

Shopping mall sketch

Shopping mall sketch

Action sketch

Action sketch

Idea for the Cover sketch

Idea for the Cover sketch

Author in his capsule sketch

Author in his capsule sketch