The Industrial Light & Magic senior art director discusses his iconic droid design as well as duties as a concept artist on both ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ and ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.’
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In this interview, ILM senior art director Christian Alzmann talks about his duties as a concept artist on both Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, including his choice of tools, inspiration, integration with previs as well as work designing the new iconic droid, BB-8.
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