Lego Star Wars - Rebuild the Galaxy
Process from Concept to Final #1:
Mos Eisley
Lego Star Wars - Rebuild the Galaxy
Process from Concept to Final #1:
Mos Eisley
1st Pass: Moodboard
I wanted to find the interesting silhouettes of the buildings of the city and translate them to simple Lego shapes. We had lots of reference to pull from paying special attention to layouts from iconic movie moments, and details like spare parts and scrapped vehicles that make this world instantly recognizable. Then we get to flip it on it's head and make it a surf town and prep it for an epic battle and the reveal of Darth Jar Jar!
Lego Star Wars - Rebuild the Galaxy
Process from Concept to Final #1:
Mos Eisley
2nd pass: The Ice Planet
In an earlier version of the script, Tatooine was covered in snow like Hoth. Here are a few rough passes including some WIP Buildings, vendor tents, SW tech / props scattered about, it was fun scouring Lego bits and spare parts to populate this set while I was also starting the building lineup while waiting for feedback.
Lego Star Wars - Rebuild the Galaxy
Process from Concept to Final #1:
Mos Eisley
Building Line Up + Set Dressing
Full Ortho Lineup Mos Eisley buildings. The large one re-purposed from Ep 1 Fenessa that had similar shape language to save some time. We then reverse engineered the iconic Cantina set from Lego and built the other buildings 1-1 using the iconic Mos Eisley building shape language paired with the detailing and color palette already established in the Cantina set.
Lego Star Wars - Rebuild the Galaxy
Process from Concept to Final #1:
Mos Eisley
3rd pass: The Proxy / Rough Pass
Deep dive into the script, calling out key story moments and playing with a few different layout ideas. I also have my proxy buildings complete to start populating and building out this world in Blender, making sure it works for the most important moments across all four episodes.
Lego Star Wars - Rebuild the Galaxy
Process from Concept to Final #1:
Mos Eisley
4th pass: Dialing it in / Renders
Angles have been selected by directors, and we are ready to move forward with the chosen 2 for a clean up/ detail pass. Here are my raw renders laid out with a quick sky mockup. We really like the layout of the falcon pointing at the cantina - but ultimately picked the shot that showed more of the Mos Eisley set and boardwalk and did a separate break out design for the cantina.
Lego Star Wars - Rebuild the Galaxy
Process from Concept to Final #1:
Mos Eisley
5th pass: Full Paintover
Full color / texture paintover to options isolated in previous round. Maisha had this awesome idea that we put "TATOOINE" in Aurebesh up in the hills with a subtle nod to Hollywood that we all thought was super fun! I really feel like we got this California beach boardwalk vibe. <3
Lego Star Wars - Rebuild the Galaxy
Process from Concept to Final #1:
Mos Eisley
6th Pass: Final Approved Image
The team settled on a wooden boardwalk as opposed to the concrete variant. We also pushed the painterly sky and the crumpled paper mountains in the BG. I think the Mos Eisley building shapes are pretty iconic and help sell this location. It was super fun to add in the surfer town tiki elements to shake it up. Also wild to try it as a snow covered area in an earlier iteration of the draft!
Special thanks to my directors Chris Buckley and Maisha Moore for pushing me out of my comfort zone and to Atomic Cartoons for the opportunity to work on one of my dream projects!