Daniel Xiao’s Beautiful Concept Work
Daniel Xiao is a concept and matte painting artist who has worked for Pixar Animation Studios, Dreamworks Universal and Fantasy Flight Games, among others. Xiao paints digitally in Photoshop, as well as working with 3-D applications like Maya and Sketchup Pro. His fantastical landscapes have a wonderful sense of scale and atmospheric perspective, the qualities … Read more
Pixar’s Brave Concept Art And Sculptures
I’m still a little upset that Pixar replaced Brave’s original director (and writer of the script), Brenda Chapman, with Mark Andrews (Pixar’s first female director directing Pixar’s first female protagonist = win!), but se la vie. There’s a rolling exhibition of concept art and development pieces on display at Disney’s Hollywood Studios park at Walt … Read more
