Designing the Hulk: An Interview with ILM's Art Directors, Jules Mann and Wilson Tang
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Macs are making moviemakers' lives a heckuva lot easier these days, so it's not surprising that our favorite machine played a major role in developing one of Tinseltown's biggest leading men—the Hulk, a 3D computer-generated creature who's set to star in his first major motion picture, The Hulk, this summer. We took a trip to George Lucas' world-reknown visual effects kingdom, Industrial Light + Magic, and met Jules Mann and Wilson Tang—ILM's art directing duo—to find out how they used Macs to design the Hulk character for ILM's 3D team, and create concept art and pre-visualization sequences to help shape the look and direction of the film.
In this month's staff video, meet the dynamic duo and hear how they used various photos, videos, and a sculpted model as references to conceptualize the Hulk, get a sneak peek at some early renderings of the creature, and see how the character evolved over time. The two also provide some amusing insight on what it's like to work with Hulk director Ang Lee. Jules even whips out his shorts (really!).
