I have the art book The Movie Art of Syd Mead: Visual Futurist.
It's a great book. You can see the original production concept art of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Aliens, TRON, Blade Runner, and Blade Runner 2049, among others.
There is one page which is most particularly interesting.
It's a scene from Aliens of the cryogenic sleep pod chamber. It's one of those very rare moments where you can see the concept art behind a specific shot, so you can do an apples-to-apples comparison and see design changes. I notice that there are more cables coming down to the pods in the concept art, and in the movie the wall behind the pods was replaced with machinery. Just in my opinion, I personally like the pods in the concept art better, because the shape language of the front of the pods in the movie is more rectangular.
Sadly, Syd Mead passed away a few years ago. He is legendary. I have watched videos of him teaching, and he is a great teacher.
It's a great book. You can see the original production concept art of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Aliens, TRON, Blade Runner, and Blade Runner 2049, among others.
There is one page which is most particularly interesting.
It's a scene from Aliens of the cryogenic sleep pod chamber. It's one of those very rare moments where you can see the concept art behind a specific shot, so you can do an apples-to-apples comparison and see design changes. I notice that there are more cables coming down to the pods in the concept art, and in the movie the wall behind the pods was replaced with machinery. Just in my opinion, I personally like the pods in the concept art better, because the shape language of the front of the pods in the movie is more rectangular.
Sadly, Syd Mead passed away a few years ago. He is legendary. I have watched videos of him teaching, and he is a great teacher.
