A piece of conceptual artwork done for Freedom 4.
I love looking at concept art. They offer sneak peeks from behind the scenes, invaluable artwork that narrate the birth of characters and settings that are often presented in a much more detailed form than the finished product.
When I joined the Freedom Project team in November last year, I was handed thick volumes of concept and development art on my first day, which I pored through excitedly from cover to cover like a kid with a shiny new toy. Sure I’ve read many animation Art of books, but to receive one that I was actually involved in is quite a different experience. My respect for concept artists took on a whole different level.
There’s just so much unreleased artwork and concept sketches for Freedom, I really hope they’ll publish an Art of Freedom book when the series finishes.
I’m probably going to camp in the studio for a few days now – the schedule for Freedom 5 is just insane.
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Freedom Project Blu-ray box
Freedom Project Japanese novel
Freedom Project vehicles
Freedom Screenplay + Art Book 01
Freedom Project goes HD
August 24th, 2007 at 1:15 am
Oh wow! This is just so amazing! I LOVE looking at concept art and production designs and pretty much hunger to look at them, except that as a student I still don’t have the money to afford nearly all of them… having said that thank you so much for these two pictures. I really love how they point out every detail and in drawings like these the skill’s so good.
Good luck with Freedom 5! Nearly every anime production has a crunch period where people live in the studio for a while to finish everything, don’t they… But I’ve always wondered, do you guys have a bath in the studio or something? It must smell a bit after some time 😉
August 24th, 2007 at 1:51 am
I agree totally with your comment about concept art and artists. These are the guys that create the vision out of nothing.
When I was in animation, I always preferred to look at the pencil animation reproductions rather than the finished cel work. The pencil drawing tended to show the animators thought process which I liked to study.
August 24th, 2007 at 5:51 am
Do let me know if you want some Bak Kwa to complement your Nissin Cup Noodles. I will send some over.
August 24th, 2007 at 10:20 am
w – Luckily for us, we have a public bath situated just nearby. :] Thank goodness.
Roy – My sentiments exactly. If a piece of cel work looks good when seen in playback, the animation test reproduction is going to twice as beautiful.
Zero – Very, very tempting. BTW I just read on Straits Times that Pacnet won the court case on the Odex saga. Seems like events are taking an interesting turn.
August 24th, 2007 at 2:35 pm
Thats some nice concept artwork. Concept art is important to production, it really helps the animators and CG fellas. It would be cool if there is a FREEDOM Artbook with all the concept art. I like pictures ^^
August 27th, 2007 at 7:07 pm
Me too ! I really hope they will publish the artbook !
August 29th, 2007 at 3:31 pm
you must make them publish the artbook!!!!!!
and pencils always are the best..
August 30th, 2007 at 2:16 am
Hello Yonghow!
Thanks for visiting my site too! Do you still remember your long lost primary school friend? I was very lucky to have visited Sagrada… But it was a pity I couldn’t visit Casa Mila, another beautiful work from Gaudi… Keep in touch ok? Sorry… This comment isn’t relevant to your post…
August 31st, 2007 at 10:23 am
Tiny Red Man – Give it my best shot. :]
Hello Yongbeng ! I almost couldn’t recognize you ! Will be reading your blog ! :]
September 12th, 2007 at 8:27 pm
looks great man… what draughtsmanship!