Prison Break

The job 1 for ILM Art Department challenge
Director’s Notes: “There is a prison break scene in Kurosawa’s Hidden Fortress – let’s use that as a template for scale and energy. There needs to be a diversion that happens and allows the Rebel fleet to gain some distance. Maybe some wild animals running"
Crowd is hard!!! As I paint I also wonder what weapons the Rebel will be using. SOme could have stolen weapons from snowtroopers, others can throw rocks? or picking up any remains of the damage vehicle parts from the battle of Hoth earlier on. I imagine this prison to be a quick temporary set up, so the wall and all is just very simple.

Then for the animals and diversion. I was thinking what if the Rebels stayed in Hoth long enough to know that whistle blow will trigger the giant yak go wild and bang onto the walls, and that is how the Rebels got out.

As you can see there are 2 at the back of the broken wall, they have 2 pairs of horns and they are huge!