Black Terminator Design-01

I worked on T4 Salvation early on the project, while the script was in a state of flux. Unfortunately I had to leave the project to finish a commitment illustrating a book, and was unable to stay on for much of the final design work. However, often the earliest stage of a script is where the most fun is to be had!

This design was for a singular Terminator robot we referred to as ther 'Black Terminator' or the 'Assasin'. He was to be a special robot dispatched to hunt down our hero relentlessly, much like the Terminators of the previous films. He was to be very tall, made of anodized, black, chromed, titanium, and to be outfitted with special weaponry. He was to be unique in some way, yet similar to the T-600. Here, in this drawing, I have borrowed elements from one my my favorite yet underrated movie villian designs, to try to give him a more interesting and menacing silhouette. Though I painted this in Photoshop, I don't think the director had much of a response to it. It seems that the only thing that gets a rise out of modern directors (and everyone else for that matter) is design by image-collaging, which gives the art a more 'photo-realistic' look. Ultimately, this is how most everything for the film, including the costumes, were designed.