The BFG: Exile Island
Concept for a digital set extension at the end of The BFG, where the giants are banished to Exile Island.
Sculpted the island’s primary form in ZBrush from real-world reference. Integrated cliff and rock assets to build coastal detail, scale, and silhouette, helping define the overall layout. Placed and posed characters, and prepared lighting/atmosphere passes for paintover.
Rough comp of passes in Photoshop before handoff for final concept paintover
Final film shots
Various lighting and utility passes rendered out
Kitbashed island form using rock and cliff assets to establish silhouette
Base sculpt in ZBrush, matching the perimeter and topography of Eilean Mhuire island
I used photo ref from various angles to sculpt the topography. Later in the pipeline the island would be LiDAR scanned, but sculpting from ref was good enough at the concept stage
Island perimeter converted to a vector and extruded to form a base mesh
Satellite view of the island
Director's sketch, describing the brief for the set extension concept
Director's sketch showing the existing island - Eilean Mhuire, Shiant Islands, Scotland