Nuthin' But Mech Vol 2 is SO close!

Be sure to pick up your copy soon or pre order it now for late June!

And see the new full color versions of the latest JAEGERTECH mechs!

The FRS-XX racing mech and the S.A.R.X Search and Rescue drone!

JAEGERTECH featured on Gizmodo's new SPLOID site!

check it out! And big thanks to Jesus Diaz for the cool write up!

Dressed in (Keyshot)Black

Playing with the JAEGERTECH FRS-XX in Keyshot. Only had a few hours to play with it so far, but thought I'd share some early images. Still messing with it.

Transformers 4 new trailer

Here's the new full trailer for Transformers 4, a project I am currently VFX Art Director on.
Enjoy!

and here's the new poster I also worked on:)

New Superbowl trailers of 2 of the projects I've been working on.

First there's Captain America: The Winter Soldier, of which I did some VFX art direction and concept art for...

and then there's Transformers 4: Age of Extinction which I am currently VFX Art Director on. This is my 4th Transformers film and 6th or 7th Michael Bay film since being VFX Art Director on Pearl Harbor. He keeps us busy!

Some of my work on Pacific Rim featured in WIRED.com!

Several of the behind the scenes videos have been surfacing online this week. There's this one from WIRED that focuses on the building of the Jaegers.
      And there's a second one that features the all digital Hong Kong we had to build in order to accomplish the big city fight in the film.

     Although the film was massively overlooked (snubbed if you will) by the Academy, it's up for the BAFTA's for best Visual Effects and several nominations by the Visual Effects Society (VES) including my self for the category of best models in a motion picture. This is my third nomination by the VES and if we win would be my second award.

     I would like to congratulate fellow ILMer's Tim Alexander for his nomination for The Lone Ranger VFX and Roger Guyett and Pat Tubach for Star Trek: Into Darkness VFX. Good luck, it's a tough year for this category!

Art of Pacific Rim @ Gnomon Gallery!

Last night was the opening of the Art of Pacific Rim Exhibit over at Gnomon Gallery. Be sure to check it out soon during the week, it's open Mon-Fri 10am-6pm and it's free! Tons of art bueatifully printed large and a few props from the film as well!
      I hope to make it down to see it in person soon. Thanks to Gary Deocampo for these photos.
Cheers and Merry Christmas!
-Alx

Gnomon hosts the Art of Pacific Rim exhibit!

The Gnomon Gallery at the  Gnomon School in LA is hosting a mix of art and images from this summer's biggest blockbuster film Pacific Rim. Starting on Dec 7th the free gallery will be open to the public to see lots of behind the scenes artwork and images that helped shape the epic film. Including a few of mine which are posted as the main images on the splash page for the site :) As well as many others listed on the site and hopefully a few more that art not listed. I hope you can make it over there and see the art big!... like the movie :)
cheers
-Alx

don't forget I have some instructional DVD through Gnomon as well!
DVD #1
DVD#2

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