Is this really Avatar concept art?
These photos have been showing up all weekend and it's rumored that these are concept pics of the Na'vi in James Cameron's Avatar, however, recent word from the artist has come out and he says these pics are not concept photos and are from his own collection. He sent this email to MarketSaw.com:
I’m Jonay Bacallado, the author of the images. They are part of my artwork, my personal artwork, and it has nothing to do with the actual concept art of the film. The interview will be removed from www.plansiete.com as well, I’ve spoken aboput his incident with responsibles of the program, becuase information it’s not accurate, and things can be misunderstood. Please, I have to ask you to remove this information, because the images shown are part of my own portfolio, no one has asked for authorisation, and of course,and most importantly, those designs have nothing to do with the real concepts and designs. I spoke during the interview about my experience, images were taken from my website, and they asume they are real concept art, but is not. The editing odf the video is quite confussing and may lead people to think it’s the real concept art done, but it’s not!!! Just to emphasise what I’m trying to explain mention that the design of characters have been done by another team, and we only get invlolved in costume, and as I said before, Avatar is far from this personal creation of mine included in my portfolio. This would get me into trouble, and without a reason, because this is NOT AVATAR CONCEPT ART. So please, people who follows Avatar news deserve to know that this concepts are FAKES, they are my creation, but have nothing to do with the work done in pre-production. Thank you, Jonay Bacallado.
Jonay Bacallado Martin
Illustrator/Concept Artist
The bottom line is this; Avatar is still a year away and unless someone tells us that this concept is legit, than it really doesn't matter because of the fact the film is still a year away. Are these photos cool? Yea, they sure are but I don't think it really matters right now but some people are skeptical of the artists' email. In the end, if you've been following the production of Avatar, it will be up to you to decide if these photos are legit and if the artist is trying to cover up this leak but in my mind... I don't care; They're cool, but whatever ends up on screen next year, I'm sure will be different and with luck Avatar will be James Cameron awesome all around.
-Phil
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