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After active duty in the U.S. Air Force, he earned a BFA degree in painting and drawing from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design in and an MFA in..
TYRUBEN ELLINGSON
TyRuben Ellingson
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Concept designer and artist TyRuben Ellingson began his career as a visual effects art director at Industrial Light & Magic, making significant contributions to Jurassic Park, Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope (Special Edition) and Disclosure.
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He then went on to collaborate with directors including Guillermo Del Toro and James Cameron. Ellingson is currently Chair and Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Arts at Virginia Commonwealth University.
View of Scorpion aircraft twin-rotor-attack vehicle for James Cameron’s Avatar.
“This was fairly early in production,” says Ellingson, “and these renderings were about the actual scale, functionality, and silhouette of the vehicles – as opposed to surface de