Anthony Francisco
United States
Marvel Studios Senior Visual Development Artist
for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 1,2,3 Thor:Ragnarok
Black Panther 1,2 Infinity War, EndGame , etc.
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Looking forward to seeing everyone's portfolio !
These concepts are so amazing! !! They're very prominent with their mood.
Did you design these for just the films or were they also for games, posters and others? (Would you say the design process change depending on what medium you were making concept for) also what would you say is the key to creating well designed sci-fi armor (I especially love the yellow captain marvel? ones)
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Thank you so much for the kind words! The yellow armor concepts were done for Nova Corps. I was kinda channeling some Caterpillar construction equipment for some reason haha, but making it more futuristic. I usually like thinking of design like cooking. Adding ingredients and making a balanced design. Also thinking in terms of percentages that represent , main structure , secondary elements(genre/style) , and texture (color/material) this is interchangeable . But I try to keep one more dominant. Like is it 80% astronaut suit, 10% caterpillar construction machines and 10% star wars.
When you say medium, what do you mean about that? traditional or digital?
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Guardians of the Galaxy Concept Art - Character Design3yr
When I first started working at Marvel Studios Visual Development, these were some of the characters I worked on. This is a variety of level of finish that I would turn in. Sometimes you have to generate a lot of ideas and keep it clear. It's something I have learned to get better though my career.
If you have any questions please ask away :)
XD yurg, I don't want to meet them in person, the "gelatin" texture of the skin is so well rendered ! It give a little shiver
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awesome! The reaction We want you to feel :)
I try to always keep in mind to design with my intended reaction and feeling. If I feel it hopefully the audience will !
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🤩 I'm astonished that this community can bring us a little closer to rockstars and such amazing artists as yourself, @Anthony Francisco! Thanks for sharing about your work and congrats! Really awesome.
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Thank you so much for the kind words!
NICE! What a great scene! Your work rocks, brother.
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thank you so much!
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Hi guys,
I think I will still modify this piece. Please give any feedback.
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this is gonna be a fun challenge !
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Obelisk from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 23yr
Hi Everyone !
Here are some designs I did for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2. This is the creature that swallows Drax in the opening sequence of the movie.
I am a senior visual development artist at Marvel Studios. I am one of the staff artist that help with designing the Heroes and Villains of the MCU as well as Keyframe production paintings to help visualize a scene. And sometimes I get to do fun creatures like this one!
I have been at Marvel for 8 years now and usually designing costumes so when I get to design some creatures it's really fun for me because I started my career as a creature designer some 20 years ago :)
anyway, hope you enjoy these crazy critters!
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This is a rough keyframe I did for my first Marvel Film I worked on. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.1 . For this the goal was to show different humanoid aliens mingling with regular people in the space colony of nowhere. The nightlife of a space miner.
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Welcome to the site @Anthony Francisco! I agree with Gannon Beck and would also love to see a breakdown of your process for your professional work if you can share it
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Thank you for the warm welcome Luigi! I replied to Gannon with a link to a quick step by step on my instagram reels. Hope it is helpful
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