Untitled Ridley Scott Project | Disney/20th Century Studios

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Fran Ferriz draws the universe of Ridley Scott - With the imprint of the leading actor of In search of the Lost Ark in hand – “I did not wash it for three weeks” – he presented himself and was selected from 200 candidates. This is how the illustrator and designer from Villena has sneaked into the universe of the creator of emblematic tapes such as Blade Runner o Alien, «Which are references for me and a source of inspiration for illustrators».

Ferriz assumes this job “very happy and also very afraid” due to the responsibility of being the “concept artist”, that is, the person in charge of illustrating and designing “everything that will appear on screen, from sets to costumes, vehicles , a spaceship or a creature so that later in each department they are in charge of making it real; anything that does not exist I have to create.

Little can be said of Scott’s production. You do not know all the details, but the ones you do know you cannot tell. “I am a grave,” says the designer, who found out who the director was after passing the tests, since “very fat confidentiality contracts are handled. “They did several interviews with me about my experience and what I had done, but being an illustration work, what you can teach is what ends up speaking for you.”

Therefore, they put him to draw. «What they did to me was for several days to sit at a table, with a paper and a pencil, and they gave me 15 minutes to think about something, another 15 for this … It was about doing it under pressure because the way of working it will be like this. It was necessary to be decisive ».

Fran Ferriz, who is now living in his home in Villena, has had several meetings in London and Madrid with the producers and shortly «I will start doing my work and drawing because we have a limited period of time, we have to go with clear ideas and quite fast; There is no margin for error”.

It already has dates. «My work has to be finished before the end of the year; at the beginning of 2022 they have to start setting up stages, preparing costumes, casting actors … and if all goes well, shoot in the next year and release in early 2023 ». [+]

P.S.: the article doesn't mention it, but Ferriz is a senior concept artist for Disney/20th Century Studios. There's a chance this might be related to the Alien TV series, in which case, in due time, this post should be merged with the existing thread.