Armenelos, Capital of Númenor
Honour and Privilege to be entrusted in bringing Armenelos from page to the screen!
When I looked at the concept art and the scope of what we had to do, needless to say, I was gobsmacked.
2 years later, assembling, supervising the most talented and bravest fellowship of artists, we did it!
Art Direction by Julien Gauthier
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Alyssa Blake for keeping us sane!
Texture and Lookdev Artists:
Clint Rea
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June Lee
Zhiyang Rong
Joana Garrido
Yingtong Woo
Abdul Rahman
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Cristian Bolivar
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Tremendous amount of thought and work went into designing Elendil's statue, with references from Crazy Horse Memorial to The Statue of Fuxi
Greater Numenor, no matte painting or projection here, every building was built and uved and shaded automagically.
The royal Palace textured by Zhiyang, June Lee and shading by Clint Rea.
If you ever get a chance to look at the Palace Mural up close, It is the crew that worked on the city. I am the 8th person on the Mural riding a horse.
Courtesy of Clint Rea, who was Lead Environment Artist on the city.