Before the Giants
Before the Giants
Before the Giants

A creature feature about a world where nature grew back larger than anyone expected. I created the scale reference scenes showing the first human encounter with the new fauna, built to give the director a cinematic language before a single frame was shot.

Lumen Labs

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Film

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2024

Concept Artist & Visual Director

  • A giant butterfly surrounded by a swarm of smaller butterflies against a glowing sky
  • A diver swimming beneath a massive glowing manta ray illuminated by rays of light underwater
  • A glowing tent pitched in a misty field with a mountain peak rising in the background
  • A group of people standing beneath a massive glowing organic cocoon suspended between towering structures in fog
  • A giant butterfly surrounded by a swarm of smaller butterflies against a glowing sky
  • A diver swimming beneath a massive glowing manta ray illuminated by rays of light underwater
  • A glowing tent pitched in a misty field with a mountain peak rising in the background
  • A group of people standing beneath a massive glowing organic cocoon suspended between towering structures in fog

The model started from a simple blockout focused on proportion and silhouette, then evolved through progressive refinement and mechanical detailing.

Clean UV layouts were created to maintain consistent texel density and support the texturing process.