What Ego Almost Looked Like in "GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2" (2017) Concept Art by Kevin Chen

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 concept art by Kevin Chen

Check out Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 concept art by Kevin Chen!
The latest sequel to the hit Marvel movie "Guardians of the Galaxy" (2014) is currently in preproduction. Recently James Gunn revealed that the script for "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3" (2023) left Karen Gillan - who plays Nebula and her co-star, Pom Klementieff - who plays Mantis - in "floods of tears." So big things are on the way.

Back when the second movie was released it featured the little-known villain Ego the Living Planet played by Kurt Russell. In the comics, he's literally a planet that achieves sentience. In the movie, he's a primordial being that learned to manipulate the molecules around himself and create a life-like planet. Ego is able to create a human-like entity for himself which impregnates Peter Quill's mother.

The costume designer Judianna Makovsky talked about creating the costume for Russell. "We wanted something where he was kind of a space frontiersman mixed with a little bit of western because that's Kurt Russell's style," Makovsky shared in the production notes. "I didn't want to do a typical, superhero where it's molded and hard. So it's actually all leather like a frontiersman would be, and we laced it all together. It's layers and layers of different leathers on top of each other that are laser-etched and dyed to make an almost medieval/renaissance detail all over it.

"When we first talked about it with Kurt, he looked at some of the sketches and really got it. It's kind of like a space conquistador like Don Quixote. We looked at actually how conquistador clothes were made and we went in that direction, but made his pants and boots very modern."

The path to Russell's movie costume went through many iterations and concept artist Kevin Chen shared some of his illustrations for the film on his site. He also shared some artwork for the incredibly elaborate costumes for Ayesha the Golden High Priestess of the Sovereign.

Chen is a professional concept artist who's worked on major motion projects like Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), The Amazing Spider-Man (2012), and Ender's Game (2013).

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Here's what Ego looks like in the film


Here's the concept art for Ayesha



See more of Kevin Chen's portfolio at http://catapusdesign.blogspot.com/ Click on the links if you want to see more of Kevin Chen's work or Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 artwork on my blog.

About Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)

Official synopsis: "Set to the all-new sonic backdrop of Awesome Mixtape #2, Marvel Studios' GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2 continues the team's adventures as they traverse the outer reaches of the cosmos. The Guardians must fight to keep their newfound family together as they unravel the mystery of Peter Quill's true parentage. Old foes become new allies and characters from the classic comics come to their aid as the Marvel Cinematic Universe continues to expand."
Directed by James Gunn
Cinematography by Henry Braham
Production Design by Scott Chambliss
"Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" stars Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Michael Rooker, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, Sylvester Stallone, Kurt Russell, Elizabeth Debicki, Chris Sullivan, Sean Gunn, Tommy Flanagan, and Laura Haddock
"Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" was released on May 05, 2017 (United States) 

What do you think of the concept art? If you've seen Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 what do you think of the look? 
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