James Clyne is a Conceptual Artist for the film industry currently residing and working in Los Angeles California . After studying Fine Art and painting at the University of California at Santa Barbara, he went on to study Industrial Design at Art Center College of Design, where he focused on transportation design, product design and entertainment design.
Since then, he's had the opportunity to work with companies such as ILM, Warner Brothers, Universal, 20th Century Fox, Sony, and DreamWorks Studios on such films as Transformers, War of the Worlds, X-Men 3, Troy , Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Minority Report, The Fountain, The Polar Express, and the upcoming latest installment of Star Trek.

Conceptual Design and the Digital Process

In this lecture James Clyne will cover the basics of what is asked of a concept artist working in the film industry today and how it pertains to the new digital era. Starting with what personally influences his work such as past films like Blade Runner to the paintings of Hieronymus Bosch, James Clyne will cover the work flow of a concept artist from ruff sketch to the final scene on film.