Shortly after the release of Spider-Man : Across the Spider-Verse in early June, the many talented concept artists who worked on the film ( known collectively as The Art Department ) started sharing their art work on social networking sites like twitter. On Across The Spider-Verse, the umbrella term that we used to describe all the different kinds of art created ( character/props/env design / color keys / production design ) is Visual Development; or visdev/vizdev in short.
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All these amazing visdev art pieces can be explored in detail when the official art book is released on the 3rd Of July ( see cover art above ), but I still wanted to highlight just a few of the many stunning pieces that the artists have shared on twitter, and I encourage everyone to follow them for all the amazing art that they will yet create for future projects. Here we go ! –
One of the reasons why #AcrossTheSpiderVerse looks so darn good ? – the art team is just outta control ?; colorkey/concept pieces by @dbleich & @Chuwenjie.
I cannot recommend enough the upcoming art book, which will showcase the whole art team's work – https://t.co/lA5Nkd5IkI pic.twitter.com/LgEVpniXxC— blauereiter (@blauereiter) June 21, 2023
My concept painting of Gwen’s Manhattan #AcrossTheSpiderverse pic.twitter.com/VBNFmnBgFW
— Kat Tsai (@Chuwenjie) June 21, 2023
Color keys I painted for the hug. #AcrossTheSpiderVerse #GwenStacy pic.twitter.com/oXOal0XwHi
— Kat Tsai (@Chuwenjie) June 16, 2023
#colorscript for Gwen as she returns home from band practice. The goal is to always try to find a palette that supports the emotional part of the story at that moment in the film. #color #animation #film #AcrossTheSpiderVerse #GwenStacy #SpiderVerse ©sonypicturesanimation pic.twitter.com/rda7kS8VJb
— Dave BLEICH (@dbleich) June 21, 2023
Another early assignment was the character paint for Vulture. He was supposed to be a Da Vinci parchment drawing come to life. I used a lot of hand drawn inks to get texture on the line work to avoid it feeling too digital #acrossthespiderverse #vulture #spiderman pic.twitter.com/LjHgZeWQDv
— W C (@willcoyner) June 19, 2023
Early look dev concept for 2099's world. pic.twitter.com/dFETNFf41H
— Hethe Srodawa (@hethesrodawa) June 17, 2023
Some concepts for Pavitr’s world done on #AcrossTheSpiderVerse pic.twitter.com/RT3PvIXnty
— Felicia Chen (@77fchen) June 6, 2023
Spider-Punk. We wanted his world to be an homage to the 70s London punk scene. We tried to recreate the collage imagery of albums covers, zines and posters from that era. #acrossthespiderverse pic.twitter.com/YPfbOVZswS
— Patrick O'Keefe (@okeefe_artist) June 12, 2023
My favorite pieces I did for Across the @SpiderVerse as a visdev artist #visdev #AcrossTheSpiderverse #SpiderVerse pic.twitter.com/PDWxvNYsrg
— Kellan Jett (@kjettpack) June 19, 2023
Early Pavitr Prabhakar’s world exploration. Tried to make it feel like a kaleidoscopic canyon and extremely populated.#AcrossTheSpiderVerse pic.twitter.com/IHQNwgC54g
— Aymeric Kevin (@AYMRC) June 11, 2023
India concept (opposite view of previous image) #acrossthespiderverse? #spiderverse? pic.twitter.com/fyeiIyetSA
— Zac Retz (@ZacDRetz) June 14, 2023
Hobie Brown expression sheet I did for #AcrossTheSpiderVerse pic.twitter.com/3AoxEkW8xj
— Ami Thompson (@AmiThompson_h) June 9, 2023
color key I painted for spiderverse! #SpiderVerse #SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse pic.twitter.com/GMtJqd8EbR
— Laura Price (@lulusketches) June 12, 2023
Nueva York Skyline.
The VFX team took these paintings and turned them up to 11.
#macksztaba #spiderverse? #visdev #nuevayork #spiderman2099? #earth928 pic.twitter.com/CDeWRUJ1OV
— Mack Sztaba (@Mack_Art) June 21, 2023
Chinatown shot I think this was later removed from the opening sequence to another sequence with Miles and Gwen hangout instead #AcrossTheSpiderVerse #Spiderman #MilesMorales character designs: @AmiThompson_h pic.twitter.com/qxu4O8KogK
— Henry Wong (@henrywongdraws) June 16, 2023
This will be my master thread on my work on #SpiderMan2099 #AcrossTheSpiderVerse
These pieces were from my first day on the job. I was asked to do an entirely fresh take on the character, making sure he felt aggressive and bold, a different body build from the other spiders too pic.twitter.com/LD4mlK0FYE
— kris anka (@kristaferanka) June 5, 2023
Closeups of my character paint for Miles’ hero poster. #AcrossTheSpiderVerse #MilesMorales #Spiderman #SpiderVerse pic.twitter.com/LTorSs61Gl
— Yuhki Demers (@yuhkidemers) June 27, 2023
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Just as I mentioned, many of the concept pieces from by the artists I showcased above will be collected in the art book, and I highly recommend it. I’ll of course be reviewing the book after it has been released, so look out for it !
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June 23rd, 2023 at 3:55 am
Outstanding individuals and the art book sure will be worth, it’s weight in gold.