SCI-FI SPACESHIPS, CRATES, STUDIES

Some sketches and studies done for fun in my free time. 

 

 Initial line drawings and color before a few tweaks in the above images.

Space crate sketches.

Future Stratos Zero sketch.

Earlier vehicle studies to get warmed up.

VALERIAN - BIG MARKET

Got approval on a small selection of the work i did for the film, will try to get it all uploaded in the coming weeks. :)

http://benmaurodesign.com/VALERIAN 

WORLD OF VALERIAN

They made an interactive website showcasing some early concept art. I was going to wait till next month to post all 400 or so images at once, but i will share a couple images they released.

http://worldofvalerian.com/

Here was one of the many early Pearl designs, this one in particular i had my significant other Yangtian Li help me out on. The Pearls were very much a Luc creation, he had a pretty good idea what he wanted and it was fun helping him bring the idea to life for the film. Looking forward to sharing all the work done for these guys next month! 

 https://www.artstation.com/artist/yangtianli

Early illustration i did of my Ktron robots in the film.

One of my Skyjet images that got released today.

An environment shot of Valerian and Laureline in the Bulan Bator sector of Alpha in the butterfly cave. 

One of the big market illustrations i did, was fun getting to design the interior/exterior of this set along with all the creatures/aliens in this part of the film.

Kortan Dahuk, one of the first aliens to visit Alpha in the film. This was designed almost 10 years ago when i was still a student, really cool to see it in a film after so many years.

Gorilla Tank Model Kit

My Gorilla Tank kit finally arrived! Looking forward to putting this together in my spare time and taking some nice shots of the final assembled unit. :)

Still a few units available here from Industria Mechanika:
https://industriamechanika.com/…/86-ben-mauro-s-gorilla.html

Call of Duty

Finally got approval to show three Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 images done back in 2014. This was for a stealth fighter VTOL seen in the game, was fun working back and forth with Treyarch on this! Hopefully i will be able to show a few more things at some point if/when more stuff gets approved.

Valerian Trailer

What i have been working on the past few years as a Senior Concept Designer and Art Director, looking forward to seeing this next year!