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its got a tank for a face

23 December 2011

Guess where K3loid short filmmakers BLR got their inspiration from? Not that they copied it or anything, they just asked Wellington concept artist Mr Aaron Beck to give them a few ideas and here are the cyborgs drawings the came up with that were then re-used for the SWAT robots.

Aaron Beck artwork for K3loid
Aaron Beck artwork for K3loid
Aaron Beck artwork for K3loid2
Aaron Beck artwork for K3loid2

Aaron is one of the fortunate artists working at NZ studio Weta Workshop (behind the biggest visual effects of some of the biggest blockbusters … Lord of the Rings, Avatar, Hellboy…etc), and when not working on those “super secret film shit” effects, he’s either imagining new versions of Chrysler’s E Platform (Dodge Challenger, Plymouth Barracuda..), working on his car related work “kustoms“, photographing spiders or …

Aaron Beck's Medtech robot artwork - 2006
Aaron Beck's Medtech robot artwork - 2006

… drawing funny robots (a lot of GIT & Evangelion influences here…) that delight and calm our anxiety for a new futuristic animated series. More artworks on his blog.

Aaron Beck's ghost in the shell 'fanart'..
Aaron Beck's ghost in the shell 'fanart'... mmm amazing but in blue would have been cuter 😉
TankHeaded by Aaron Beck
TankHeaded by Aaron Beck
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