Ryan Church

Ryan Church Official

Ryan Church (born July 18, 1971 in Long Beach, CA) is a concept designer best known for his designs of vehicles, planets, and architectures.

"In the Spring of 2005, I relocated back to Southern California to start the next chapter of my career as a freelance concept artist. I still have strong ties to Industrial Light + Magic and Lucasfilm, and my client list keeps growing and now includes Paramount Studios, Universal Pictures, Mattel, Sony Pictures, Blue Sky Studios, Bay Films, Lightstorm Entertainment, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Dino de Laurentiis Company, and Electronic Arts. I have been lending my skills on many bid projects as well as high profile film projects such as John Carter of Mars, Star Trek (2008), Barbarella (2008), and James Cameron's Avatar (2009)."

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Star Trek (2008) Director: J.J. Abrams, PD: Scott Chambliss, Paramount Pictures
April 2007 - present. Concept Designer

Avatar (2009) Director: James Cameron, PD: Rick Carter, Twentieth Century Fox
June 2006 - present. Concept Designer

unannounced project Director: Stephen Sommers, Paramount Pictures
September- January 2007. Concept Designer

unannounced project Walt Disney Animation Studios
November 2005 - September 2006. Concept Designer

Transformers (2007) Director: Michael Bay, PD: Jeff Mann, Paramount Pictures
December 2005 – March 2006. Concept Artist

John Carter of Mars Director: Jon Favreau, Kerry Conran, Paramount Pictures
December 2004 – March 2006. Concept Artist

Outlander (2007) Director: Howard McCain
June - September 2005. Senior Concept Artist

Hot Wheels, the Movie Columbia Pictures / Mattel, Inc.
January – March 2005. Concept Designer

War of the Worlds (2005) Director: Steven Spielberg, Paramount Pictures
July - October 2004. Creature Designer (Tripods)

INDUSTRIAL LIGHT AND MAGIC June 1998 - April 2005. Senior Art Director

Star Wars Episode 3 - Revenge of the Sith (2005) Director: George Lucas, Fox / Lucasfilm
May 2002 - April 2005. Concept Design Supervisor, Senior Visual Effects Art Director (ILM)

Star Wars Episode 2 - Attack of the Clones (2002) Director: George Lucas, Fox / Lucasfilm
December 2000 - May 2002. Concept Design Supervisor, Senior Visual Effects Art Director (ILM)

Syd Mead

Syd Mead Official

Syd Mead is one of the most celebrated concept designers of our time, having been responsible for many memorable designs from feature films to interiors and even toys. His most well-known works include production designs for Blade Runner, TRON, Aliens and 2010, the pivotal science fiction movies that got many budding visual effects artists inspired to enter professional careers in this field.

Ideas come from stimulation provided by challenge: from clients, from idea starters I invent myself or am 'inspired' by something I notice, think about or read about. I find that 'future' stuff I read about happening 'now' I either illustrated twenty or thirty years ago, or have thought about and inserted, visually into a painting.