Syd Mead

This blog post will be focused on artist Syd Mead. Syd Mead is a concept artist that helped influence the sci-fi world with his realistic sci-fi concepts, particularly in his work on the movies Bladerunner and Aliens. He is responsible for giving us gritty and realistic vision of Sci -fi art that has went on to influence sci art today.

He was enlisted in the US Army for three years, after that he went to art center in Los Angeles   He started his career as a conceptual artist working for Ford motor co. as an car designer for two years then moved onto freelancing work. In 1970 he started Syd Mead inc. in Detroit Michigan, he started the company to accommodate  his larger clients such as Philips; after this point he started doing work for film and worked on movies such as Star trek: the motion  picture, Blade Runner, 2010: a space odyssey,Short Circuit, Aliens, Time Cop, Johnny Mnemonic, and Mission impossible 3("Bio",2011). 

Syd mead is one of the best concept artist of this day and age his work has been one the main influcences of gritty or realistic sci-fi without his work movies such as Blade runner would not have the look and feel that it is know for.He along with Ralph McQuarrie, helped for a new look for sci-fi with Syd creatig the look for Bladerunner and Ralph creating the image for Star Wars. These two men help shape sci-fi to what it is today for us all.

here are some links to Syd's work:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b018CzxbKMY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuMIrHlAf2Q

sources:

Biography | Official Website Of Syd Mead. (2011, May 30). Official Website Of Syd Mead 2013. Retrieved November 8, 2013, from http://sydmead.com/v/11/biography/

Gabriel, P. (2012, March 7). Star Wars Concept Art by Ralph McQuarrie. Abduzeedo Design Inspiration. Retrieved November 8, 2013, from http://abduzeedo.com/star-wars-concept-art-ralph-mcquarrie