There’s an artist on Deviant Art that has drawings that are very clearly Narnian characters. Included are Reepicheep, Caspian, Lucy, a Minotaur and a Dragon. The dragon is what separates the set from being from Prince Caspian, as well as the title “Narnia 3 Sketches.” The drawings feature very stylized versions of the characters, and I really like the work. You can see it below, and click on it to go the the deviant art page of the artist pnutink.
It’s been more than a year since the release of Prince Caspian, and it’s just been nominated for an award. More specifically, concept artist Justin Sweet has been nominated for Best Product Illustration for The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. The Chelsey Awards are given for excellence in science fiction and fantasy art or illustration. The awards have been presented since 1985 and are run by the Association for Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists (ASFA). The awards were named after the artist Chesley Bonestell after his death in 1986. They are presented at the World Science Fiction Convention. The convention will take place in Montréal, Québec, to be held Thursday 6 August – Monday 10 August, 2009.
A new Narnia fan site has just launched and they have an interview with John Dickenson, who worked as a concept artist for Prince Caspian. He also spent some time working on The Voyage of the Dawn Treader:
How goes work on the Dawn Treader?
“It’s been over a year since I worked on it up in L.A. They are now shooting it down in Australia. It was my highlight so far in my career to be a part of. The 3 of us(Justin, Vance), got to work with Director Michael Apted, who was amazing to work for. We really liked the way he went about making a movie. And we also got to work with an amazingly talented Production Designer named Jan Roelfs. He had some great takes on the way this film should look and feel. We also met with Wetta’s Richard Taylor for an afternoon. He was a great inspiration. We hope to get the chance to work with him in the future. He left when we did, so I have no idea how the new PD will do on it. But the work we created was some of our best I feel. Once the movies out, I’ll post all my art on my website.”
This morning a message came to me from Salembr on Twitter, about some concept art that was found for The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. It is artwork by Spalenka, and is brilliant artwork.
The art appeared on the website, MundoNarnia, but has been removed at the request of the artist. We apologize for any trouble this may have caused, we meant no harm, and truly felt the art to be beautiful.
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader movie director Michael Apted says of the artist: “Greg is highly imaginative, with a real understanding of how to create magical images out of the beauty of the natural world.”
Link removed at the request of the artist.
The artist also did work on The Ant Bully, among other.
Here are two pieces of concept art from The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. The first features the Dawn Treader itself, the second is when Lucy is exploring the Magician’s house. The images come from the Prince Caspian DVD and Blu-ray releasing next week.
We’ve got a gallery for Voyage of the Dawn Treader, where you can see any pictures and art that comes out until the movie hits, or we get a new gallery.
Thanks to FilmChatBlog for the images. There, you can also see a couple of videos with a dragon flying over the water and other such things. The dragon might have something to do with Eustace’s journey during the film, but you’ll have to read the book to find out more about that.
Weta Holics has posted all new design illustrations from the Weta design files for the upcoming film in the Narnia series, Prince Caspian!
Weta Designer Nick Keller, created this artwork, for the Prince Caspian design and production team, as an example of the final look of Miraz in costume.
We’ve acquired some concept art from Prince Caspian. This art features character designs done by KNB EFX group, I believe. It’s really awesome stuff.
My favorite of them is this Satyr design. Very regal and very thoughtful.
Here is another Satyr.
And another.
Here is a Hag.
Here is a WereWolf.
Narniaweb has interviewed Henrik Tamm. Tamm worked as a concept artist on The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and is currently working on Prince Caspian. You can also see some of his fantastic concept art pieces.
NW: For how long did you work on The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe?
HT: I spent about two years on The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. I worked from the very beginning in January 2003 in Glendale, CA when we were just a few people. I then travelled with the production to New Zealand in early 2004. At that point the production had grown manyfold, and it finally felt like this film was taking shape. We had our offices at an airforce base outside Auckland. Sets started getting built and actors in funny outfits were wandering around. It was all very fun. Every department was busy doing what they do, all working toward the same goal. Somehow all this frenetic creative work came together to make the film. Andrew was very involved through the whole process, guiding all the departments to shape one unified vision. Let’s just say the man was very busy!
We returned to Los Angeles for post production in January 2005. At that point a lot of the work still remained. Much of the film had to be created digitally with Visual Effects, since so much of the story involved talking animals and fantastic, huge scale sets. At that point my position had changed from Concept Artist to Visual Effects Art Director, essentially carrying the look of the film through into the Visual Effects portions. The design for both Cair Paravel and the White Witch’s castle still remained to be finalized. We had gone through several renditions at that point, never quite hitting on what Andrew wanted. I spent most of my remaining time on those two locations. My engagement finally ended in April 2005. At that point I believe only the editor was left, besides Andrew himself, who had started on the project before me and was still there.
Ciboule writes: Here in Paris, a Narnia/John Howe exhibit has just begun, and Elbakin.net has some pics of the event! There are pictures and concept art from The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe created by artist John Howe.
Après avoir évoqué hier son lancement datant du jour même (et jusqu’au 15 décembre prochain), les photos de l’exposition des dessins de John Howe pour Le Monde de Narnia, Chapitre 1 – Le Lion, la Sorcière blanche et l’Armoire magique à la Fnac Saint-Lazare – à Paris – n’auront pas tardé à arriver !
Au passage, on remarquera que les “simples” photos du film se taillent une belle place face aux dessins ou croquis du maître…
Mille mercis à Dalsk pour sa contribution essentielle ! Et merci à ceux qui voudraient relayer cette information de nous citer directement. 
Ci-dessous, les photos donc ! N’hésitez pas cela dit à nous envoyer un mail si vous en avez d’autres !
Daan Almighty sent us a load of new concept art images. He took photos of them at a recent Narnia event in Amsterdam (at which, he said, the lighting was terrible, sorry for that). SPOILERS!
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