martyn pick

Selected clips from my Ultramarines Movie...

2011-12-30T13:58:00.000-08:00

http://vimeo.com/33058664
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demo board for the end title sequence of Ultramarines...

2011-12-05T14:53:00.000-08:00

feature project in development

2011-11-09T13:23:00.001-08:00

warhammer test storyboard

2011-11-03T09:04:00.000-07:00

Preview of "The Haunting of Harry Payne" trailer

2011-10-25T15:45:00.000-07:00

http://vimeo.com/31082631

"Siege" A graphic novel by Martyn Pick (limited edition)

2011-10-18T12:32:00.000-07:00

"SIEGE" by Martyn Pick. This is an original graphic novel printed in a limited edition of 120. Drawing on true stories of Russian revolutionaries in London a century ago "Siege" creates a myth of powerful contemporary relevance. Digital paintings, hand artwork and photographs create a rich expressionistic world. A4, Full Colour, Perfect bound, 128 pages.

artwork for commercial by martyn pick and sharon pinsker

2011-09-21T16:05:00.000-07:00

pencil doodles

2011-09-05T09:40:00.000-07:00

Interview in Imagine Magazine Summer 2011 edition

2011-07-30T07:41:00.000-07:00

Harry Payne Artwork

2011-06-26T15:29:00.000-07:00

Imagery created for the "Harry Payne" movie: a live action low budget horror feature. I have recently completed directing the shoot. It was shot (very nicely) on Red with strong performances, over an intense 4 weeks.

Prince Nobutura

2011-06-15T04:14:00.000-07:00

These are images from my contribution to "Spirit of Hope" which is a compilation of contributions from top comic book/graphic novel talent in aid of relief for the Japanese Tsunami victims. My inspiration were the Shakespeare films of the great Japanese director Akira Kurosawa "Throne of Blood"(Macbeth) and "Ran" (King Lear)where he had to dispense with all of Shakespeares verbal poetry because of the language translation and replace it with lean strikingly composed visual poetry. Its a standout example of how expressive cinema can be when it works on its own terms. I did a homage by imagining Richard 111 in the same style through a set of iconic visions. The book is on sale on June 18th through the Comic Book Alliance and should be available through comic book shops via Diamond. There will be a display at the upcoming London and Film con over the weekend of July 8th.

artwork from my graphic novel short story in aid of japanese tsunami

2011-04-06T16:42:00.000-07:00

new expanded and updated website

2011-03-26T12:57:00.000-07:00

www.martynpick.com

"The Haunting of Harry Payne" feature project in pre-production

2011-03-15T03:01:00.001-07:00

Concept Art for the "London 2012" film (Film London)

2011-03-13T14:06:00.000-07:00

feature project in development...

2011-03-09T12:08:00.000-08:00

Concept Art For "Meat and Electricity" film

2011-03-06T14:40:00.001-08:00

Director of Ultramarines

2011-03-05T15:37:00.000-08:00

Martyn Pick, has directed his first feature length film, Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie.

Martyn’s 24 years of experience as an animator and his individual visual style was key to creating the specific look of the film. Producer Bob Thompson commented: “We worked very closely with designers from Games Workshop and we really tried to make not only the look and feel of the film authentic, but also the mood, the atmosphere and the experience. Having worked with Martyn on promos before, he was a natural choice. He’s extremely skilful with a great deal of expertise in this area, and his style is angry with a fantastic painterly quality that I just found really natural for making this movie. I think he’s really brought the game to life.”

Martyn studied film and fine art at St. Martins School of Art and the crossover of painting and cinema has driven his work ever since. Over the last two decades he has experimented with introducing live action CGI and digital compositing into the expressionist flow of his work. Most recently, he worked as animation director on Franny Armstrong’s highly acclaimed climate change documentary feature, The Age of Stupid and he was commissioned by Film London and the London Development Agency to make London, a five minute film which premiered at the Beijing Olympics to celebrate the capital’s diversity leading up to the 2012 Olympics. As a commercials director, Martyn has made numerous commercials, TV idents and promos for the BBC. He won commissions from Filmfour and Channel 4 and has been awarded with the Gold Plaque for Animation at the Chicago Film Festival. He joined Amazing Spectacles when it was formed in 2010 and Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie is his first feature length film.

“I’m not from a gaming cgi background, but I have a huge amount of experience in fine art and animation,” said Martyn. “This project was a fantastic opportunity to use that experience and develop it for a different genre. I’ve always been a big fan of action cinema and with such a quality script containing a strong sense of atmosphere and imagery, I could easily fit my visual style around it.”

The film which is set in the 41st Millennium at a time of total war, demonstrates contemporary face capture technology, which allowed Martyn and his team to film the actors and transplant their motions. This then enabled the animated movement. The result is very life-like performances created by Martyn and the production designers. The project was completed in 14 months by global teams.

Martyn said: “This was a really was a fantastic project to be involved with both creatively and in terms of the complicated technology that we used so effectively”

www.martynpick.com

martynpick@hotmail.com

vampire rebirth concept art

2011-02-25T15:46:00.000-08:00

Comissioned concept art for a horror film.

Tiananmen Square

2011-02-25T15:34:00.000-08:00

An image taken on my phone in Tiananmen Square during the Beijing Olympics (2008). It was then painted into and manipulated digitally in painter.

Blitz Thriller

2011-02-22T12:07:00.001-08:00

new website coming soon

2011-02-13T16:19:00.000-08:00

My new much expanded website is coming soon. As well as my recent cgi feature film epics I am going to be featuring work from when I started out pure hand drawn materials. These life drawings, still lifes and landscapes are from my days as a fine art student at St.Martins School of Art.

EURO 2004 concept art

2011-02-08T13:45:00.001-08:00

"Chicago 10:concept art"

2011-02-08T13:12:00.000-08:00

CONCEPT ART FOR "THE AGE OF STUPID"

2011-01-20T11:54:00.000-08:00

"TABOO OF DIRT" CONCEPT ART

2011-01-16T10:01:00.000-08:00

"THE AGE OF STUPID" LIVE ACTION CONCEPT ART

2011-01-15T13:44:00.000-08:00

I created this to previsualise the filmic look for the live-action shoot of the late Pete Postlethwaite. With colour and lighting it would combine with the animated/matte painted dystopian world around it.

MISSISIPPI TOILET SCENE

2011-01-11T16:26:00.001-08:00

SKULL SKETCHES

2011-01-10T12:31:00.001-08:00

STORM OVER BATTLE (2010)

2011-01-02T13:40:00.000-08:00

STORM OVER BATTLE (2010). I made this digital painting based on the battle flashback in the ULTRAMARINES movie. 19th century romantic painting with 21st century tools.