Jack Burtenshaw - Concept Art

PURE

Pure is the concept for a sci-fi/dystopian film.

The story follows a young girl's journey with her adoptive family who are being hunted by the ruling, evil and purist civilization. This malicious society has been crippled over the past generations, as they’ve lost the ability to reproduce. This has led to the ‘child tax’ where children are taken at random from the communities outside the purist civilization by vicious and powerful soldiers. These children are then brainwashed to fit into and serve the ‘purified’ world.

The following artwork is a mixture of key story moments, along with world building concepts and prop designs.

Star Wars Fan Art

Passing Patterns

A new project I've been working on has been heavily inspired by the Netflix series Mindhunter. This show currently only has 2 series with no plans for any future ones. I find this extremely frustrating as it's a beautiful show in almost every way, especially the way cinematography and music are used to affect viewers emotions.

The artwork I created was multiple keyframes for a similar show. My goal was to study shots from similar films and shows as well as other work from David Fincher (the director of Mindhunter) before applying it to my own work. This allowed me to approach my work from more of a cinematographer point of view, which opened up new techniques to assist in storytelling.