Game of Thrones - season VII
For season 7 of HBO's Game of Thrones I worked as a VFX concept artist designing locations such as Dragonstone island and Eastwatch-by-the-sea.
Dragonstone had to be consistent with the little we had seen in a previous season as well as the various real-life locations that had been scouted.
I started by taking 3d scan data of the scouted locations and puzzling them together to create a 3d island where the scale and sea level were consistent and the different places lined up in a believable way. After establishing this base I concept modeled the fortress on top. The advantage of this workflow was that I could place cameras in the scene and show the director and VFX supervisor exactly what shots in these locations would look like, before painting them up.
Daenerys' fleet arrives at Dragonstone island.
Daenerys and Tyrion arive at Dragonstone island.
Daenerys leaves for the North.
The end of the Wall and Eastwatch-by-the-sea.
I concepted many variations for how the Wall could end in the sea, but in the end we settled on this stepped down version.
Eastwatch-by-the-sea was described as a semi abandoned fortress hugging the end of the wall.
The Army of the Death stops marching at the invisible barrier of the Wall.
The Night King and undead Viserion finally break through the wall, sending debris falling down on Eastwatch.
The Army of the Dead pours through the gap in the destroyed Wall.
Closeup shot of an undead giant marching with the Army of the Dead.