Darin Hilton Art and Design

STAR TOURS

Concept art and matte paintings

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Star Tours station docking bay concept

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render of the docking bay, the final environment used photos from Nasa and hand painted elements.

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Still from the final shot

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Mon Calamari concept design

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Docking bay model, lighting and texturing was done by Ryan Jones.

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Still from the ride

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Another still from the Mon Calamari docking bay in the final ride film.

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Death Star docking bay model based on set photos matte paintings and original concept art.

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First pass texture and lighting before hand off.

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Still from the final ride film, texturing, lighting and additional props/models by Ryan Jones.

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Another view of the Death Star docking bay

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View looking over Kashyyk, this is a 3d projected matte painting with full 3d trees and layered clouds.

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Interior Slave1 mode based on set pictures provided by John Knoll.

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Matte painting of the interior, since there wasn't a lot of confidence in full 3d renders I used photos and hand painted details.

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Star Tours

Seeing Star Wars as a kid set me on the path to want to pursue a career working in film and visual effects. After joining ILM and completing my shots on Indiana Jones 4 I was given the opportunity to work on the new iteration of the Disneyland Star Tours ride. Working with veteran vfx supervisor Bill George (a model builder on The Empire Strikes back and Bladerunner) was a great experience, I loved hearing all his stories from back in the practical effects days and really appreciated his always fabulous feedback.

I modeled the docking bay for the Mon Calamari cruiser and the docking bay from the new Death Star in ROTJ. I also built the interior of Boba Fett's Slave 1 and jungle pitons and landscapes for the Wookie planet Kashyyyk. With a pretty small team, we took a production line approach to the work, with modeling completed by some artists and texturing and lighting completed by others in ILM's proprietary Zeno software using Renderman.