■ Photoshop Compositing 293
Neville Page: Creature Designer
Here we see a series of expression studies for a character design by concept artist Neville Page.
Neville’s work is consistently both stunning and inspiring.
In addition to being one of the leading concept artists in the fi lm industry, Neville is a toy/film/
automotive designer as well as an accomplished educator.
Nevile’s work has been seen in James Cameron’s AvatarAvatarAvatar, JJ Abram’s , JJ Abram’s Cloverfield, Zach Snyder’s The
Watchmen, Louis Leterrier’s The Incredible Hulk, and JJ Abram’s Star Trek 11, as well as in Universal Studios’
Men in BlackMen in BlackMen in Black ride, and the feature films ride, and the feature films Minority Report, Planet of the Apes, X-Men 2 and 3, The Lion The Witch
and The Wardrobe, and Superman.
One of the things that lets Neville do such consistently strong work is his core understanding of
drawing, sculpting, perspective, light, shadow, and composition. Coming from such a well-developed
artistic background, Neville is bring-
ing all that experience to the program
to create such exciting imagery.
Neville is a great example of how if
you understand the core principals of
good ar t and design you can make com-
pelling images no matter what medium
you happen to be using. It is all about
mastering the core lessons. Neville has
a full range of educational DVDs, which
I highly recommend! These are available
from http://www.thegnomonworkshop.com,
and I use some of his techniques when I
paint the eyes in this ver y chapter.