Watch the train attack storyboards by artist Federico D'Alessandro. One of the most exciting scenes in Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) was the attack on the Hydra train.

Born in Uruguay and raised in Littleton, Colorado, Federico D'Alessandro is the head storyboard artist and Animatics Supervisor at Marvel Studios, and has worked on films like Thor, Captain America: The First Avenger and The Avengers.

The boards have a lot of action. An interesting difference between the storyboards and the movie is James "Bucky" Barnes (Sebastian Shaw) loses his arm during the fight. This is very significant in Captain America: Winter Soldier (2014), but I guess they cut it.

Check after the jump to see all of the boards and feel the adventure!



Here's the scene as it was filmed.

Here are the storyboards


See more of Federico D'Alessandro's work at thefilmartist.com.

Official Synopsis:
Marvel Studios’ Kevin Feige will produce CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER. Alan Fine, Stan Lee, David Maisel and Louis D’Esposito will executive produce. The film will be released in the US on July 22, 2011 and distributed by Paramount Pictures.

CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER will focus on the early days of the Marvel Universe when Steve Rogers volunteers to participate in an experimental program that turns him into the Super Soldier known as Captain America.

Born during the Great Depression, Steve Rogers grew up a frail youth in a poor family. Horrified by the newsreel footage of the Nazis in Europe, Rogers was inspired to enlist in the army. However, because of his frailty and sickness, he was rejected. Overhearing the boy’s earnest plea, General Chester Phillips offered Rogers the opportunity to take part in a special experiment… Operation: Rebirth. After weeks of tests, Rogers was at last administered the Super-Solider Serum and bombarded by “vita-rays.” Steve Rogers emerged from the treatment with a body as perfect as a body can be and still be human. Rogers was then put through an intensive physical and tactical training program. Three months later, he was given his first assignment as Captain America. Armed with his indestructible shield and battle savvy, Captain America has continued his war against evil both as a sentinel of liberty and as leader of the Avengers.
 Director: Joe Johnston
Writers: Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely
Stars: Chris Evans, Hugo Weaving, Samuel L. Jackson, Hayley Atwell

D is for D'Alessandro, Federico
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Some new concept art has shown up for G.I. Joe Retaliation (2013) online thanks to Jerad S. Merantz.

I don't mind telling you my heart jumped when I saw Jerad's blog post. Aaron Simms Company released G.I. Joe Retaliation concept art last week, but not all the artists were named. These sleek vehicle designs blew me away.

See what Cobra's HISS tank and Firefly's motorcycle could have looked like in the film. Check out the rest of the pictures after the jump.

First, images of the H.I.S.S tank as filmed



Now Jerad's concept art

Now, an image of Firefly's motorcycle.

Here are Jerad's designs.

See more of Jerad S. Merantz' portfolio at jeradsmarantz.blogspot.com.

Check out more G.I. Joe Retaliation concept art on my site and read my interview with Jerad here.

Official Synopsis:
A follow-up to the 2009 release of G.I. JOE: RISE OF THE COBRA, which grossed over $300M worldwide, Paramount Pictures, MGM and Skydance Productions, in association with HASBRO and di Bonaventura Pictures, commences production on G.I. JOE: RETALIATION. In this sequel, the G.I. Joes are not only fighting their mortal enemy Cobra; they are forced to contend with threats from within the government that jeopardize their very existence.


@ Copyright 2013 Paramount Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Skydance Productions. All rights reserved

C is for Conveyance
This one's kind of a cheat, but I had to change my schedule when this came online.

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Benton Jew's PowerPoint Slide show for last year's ADG (Art Directors Guild) at Comic Con 2012 called "The Design Process for Film and Television" has some great stuff in it.

Benton's a Professional illustrator/storyboard artist/comic artist living in Los Angeles, CA. He's worked on blockbuster films such as Thor, Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace and G.I. Joe: the Rise of Cobra.

BENTON JEW Comic-Con 2012 from Award Productions on Vimeo.



Official Description
"Film starts with an idea that must be brought to life by a team of creative men and women. The illustrators and storyboard artists use their skills and imaginations to develop the transcendent visuals of the big screen, be it adventure to distant worlds or earthly hovels. Meet the artists as they discuss their craft and answer questions: moderator Tim Burgard (Rise of the Planet of the Apes), Benton Jew (G.I. Joe: Retaliation), Dave Lowery (Oz the Great and Powerful), Derek Gogol (Pirates of the Caribbean franchise), Trevor Goring (Real Steel), and Chris Baker (War of the Worlds)

See more of Benton Jew's portfolio at bentonjewart.blogspot.com



B is for Benton Jew
This post is part of the month long "A-Z Challenge." For 26 days, I'll be choosing a letter from the alphabet and crafting a post around it. To read more of the posts in the series click here. To find out more about the challenge go here. Check the Facebook page and follow on Twitterusing the hashtag #AtoZChallenge.

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@ Copyright 2012 ADG, Benton Jew. All rights reserved

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See a whole slew of designs for the blockbuster film G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013). The Aaron Simms Company is one of the leading concept design companies in the industry.

His company has workd on blockbuster films like The Amazing Spider-Man, X-Men First Class and Transformers Dark of the Moon.

The site posted a bunch of new illustrations for the G.I. Joe sequel. Most of these illustrations were done by other artists, even though Aaron Simms is in the credits as having designed for the film.

Check out a bunch of costume designs for Snake Eyes, a comic book style version of the Cobra Commander, some truly lethal looking vehicles and more multi-colored ninjas than you can shake a stick at.

As always, click on the pictures to enlarge them. Now you know...and knowing is half the battle. G.I. Joe!

Images via io9

Official Synopsis:
A follow-up to the 2009 release of G.I. JOE: RISE OF THE COBRA, which grossed over $300M worldwide, Paramount Pictures, MGM and Skydance Productions, in association with HASBRO and di Bonaventura Pictures, commences production on G.I. JOE: RETALIATION. In this sequel, the G.I. Joes are not only fighting their mortal enemy Cobra; they are forced to contend with threats from within the government that jeopardize their very existence.

See more of Aaron Simms Company's work at http://www.aaron-sims.com/ and his personal portfolio at aaronsims.com

A is for Aaron Simms
This post is part of the month long "A-Z Challenge" blog fest. For 26 days, I'll be choosing a letter from the alphabet and crafting a post around it. To read more of the posts in the series click here. To find out more about the challenge go here. Check the Facebook page and follow on Twitterusing the hashtag #AtoZChallenge.

Hosted by The Madlab Post (Nicole Ayers), Tossing it Out(Arlee Bird), Amlokiblogs (Damyanti Biswas), Alex J. Cavanaugh (Alex J. Cavanaugh), Life is Good (Tina Downey), Cruising Altitude 2.0 (DL Hammons), Retro-Zombie(Jeremy Hawkins), The Warrior Muse (Shannon Lawrence), The QQQE (Matthew MacNish), Leave it to Livia (Livia Peterson), No Thought 2 Small (Konstanz Silverbow), Breakthrough Blogs (Stephen Tremp) and Spunk on a Stick (L. Diane Wolfe)

What do you think of the illustrations?

@ Copyright 2013 Paramount Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Skydance Productions. All rights reserved

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