Pacific Rim ILM photo :)

Here's a shot of Guillermo del Toro, myself and VFX supervisor John Knoll at my desk at ILM while working on Pacific Rim (which comes out on DVD Oct 15). One of GDT's many visits to ILM during production of the film. He really enjoyed coming up and seeing the artists at work and also checking out all the toys that cover our desks :). I had a blast on that show and I hope it all shows in the film and translates to the small screen, although I recommend you watch it on the biggest TV you can with the biggest sound system for full impact! See more of the art in the book Man, Machines and Monsters.
     Thanks to ILM for posting this photo on their Industrial Light and Magic facebook page.
-Alx

The "JAEGERWERKS" 305 ALX ROD

here's a hot rod I did that started as a pen sketch and then cleaned it up in Sketchbook pro and rendered it in photoshop. You can see the various stages here on my CGHub page. Be sure to check out my gallery there and pass it on!
thanks
-Alx

The JAEGERTECH CRS-XX??

So I decided to do a test to see what the FRS-XX body would look like as a car. So I simply dropped it onto a Le Mans cars chassis without much change at all. Seems to work, just need to do some integration and custom wheels and wings etc...
  More to come!
-Alx

Senna tribute FRS-XX

Did a tribute piece for Ayrton Senna, the man was a racing legend in his ...and our time. read more about it over at JAEGERTECH

JAEGERTECH FRS-XX in action!

Here's the first action shot of the FRS-XX running in Martini Racing livery in the Norwegian forest.
JAEGERTECH has been working hard to prep for this seasons stages. Be sure to follow here or Jaegertech for more updates.
thanks
-Alx

'Pacific Rim' director Guillermo del Toro in Studio Q

GREAT interview with Guillermo del Toro on PACIFIC RIM and why he made it the way it is.
(and it IS AWESOME, GO SEE PACIFIC RIM, it opens tomorrow!!!)

'At the edge' ...of your seat, trailer for Pacific Rim.... awesome

Check out the latest great trailer for Pacific Rim! Turn up your sound!

New JAEGERTECH designs in 'Pure Form'

I recently finished work on some new JAEGERTECH designs for the second volume of the Nuthin but Mech series from Design Studio Press. These 2 new designs are part of the JAEGERTECH family of mechs. The all new TR series drone mech is the S.A.R.X search and rescue drone. With multiple capabilities including climbing into tunnels and vertical shafts, extreme environment running and powerful non-optical, multi vision mapping technologies, the S.A.R.X saves lives of both victims and rescue workers.
      Second in this group is the flagship of JAEGERTECH Sport division, the FRS-XX racing mech. This is mech may be familiar yet it's entirely new. Sporting a 6 limb chassis and 2 pilot seating, the XX is poised to champion the WMRC.
     I chose to post these 'pure form' images as they show off the pure design shapes and details. The final colored, textured images will be show in the book later this year. To keep up to date with JAEGERTECH please follow this blog, the JAEGERTECH

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      Cheers!
-Alx

Parka Blog reviews the art of Pacific Rim Book!

Parka blog, which does book reviews and many early peeks at new books, posted an early review of the art of Pacific Rim book recently(man, machines and monsters). They talk about what is in the book and mention a few names including mine as one of the many artists involved. Head on over and check it out and pre- order the book from amazon!
Cheers!
-Alx

Latest release of the cover of the Art of Pacfic Rim book!

And this one features one of my concept art pieces from the film that was used as the main guide for the Hong Kong battle sequence by Industrial Light + Magic (ILM did the majority of the visual effects work on the film). Color, lighting, rain and atmosphere where all tweaked to get what Guillermo was going for as a style for the sequence. I started with a VERY rough pre-vis frame to match the shot perspective, then painted in the buildings, signs, Gipsy Danger, Kaiju (Otachi), rain and lighting effects, reflections, textures and damage, as well as the 'baseball bat oil tanker' in photoshop. Guillermo had me push the colors for this sequence to keep it different and fun. See the rest of the amazing artwork for this film in this book, including work from Ryan Drue and John Giang from ILM and all the great artists who worked in preproduction with Guillermo.
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(it's cheaper on Amazon, although they picture the stand in cover on the site)
-A. Jaeger