Josh Nizzi
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Josh Nizzi is a freelance concept artist. A native of Champaign, Illinois, Nizzi is well known among Transformers fans for his Movie concept of Long Haul. According to Nizzi, the design attracted the attention of Hasbro's Transformers design director Aaron Archer, who wanted him to do concepts for the then-unnamed Transformers sequel, and soon after, director Michael Bay's studio hired him on as a concept artist for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. This eventually lead him to doing concept art for multiple blockbuster films, including the Marvel Cinematic Universe films, where his best known designs are the Hulkbuster armors.
His Long Haul design was the first to be approved from any of the artists, and Nizzi was also responsible for Jetfire, the powered-up combined form of Optimus Prime and the redesign of Megatron.[1] For Dark of the Moon, Nizzi continued Megatron's evolution, as well as designing Shockwave, Soundwave and Laserbeak, the Wreckers and Dreads...pretty much everybody except Wheeljack and Brains.
He also designed the King, which he considers to be the best design job ever. Period.
Design work
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
- Jet Optimus
- Jetfire (Body and initial face design, seen on ROTF Leader)
- Megatron
- Long Haul
- Arcee (Head)
- Rampage (Head)
- Sideways (Head)
- Soundwave (Initial head design, seen on ROTF Deluxe)
- Dynasty of Primes
- King
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Transformers: Age of Extinction
- Optimus Prime
- Grimlock (Beast mode)
- Slug (Beast mode)
- Two Head
- KSI Boss
- Creator hand
Transformers: The Last Knight
- Megatron
- Barricade (Body)
- WWII Bumblebee
- WWII Hot Rod
- Nitro Zeus (Body and initial head design, used on toy)
- Infernocon
- Onslaught
- Berserker
- Bulldog
Prime 1 Studios
- Premium Masterline Optimus Prime
- Premium Masterline Megatron
- Premium Masterline Soundwave & Laserbeak
- Age of Time Superior Optimus Prime
- Age of Time Superior Megatron
- All Prime 1 Artprints
- Museum Masterline Power Master Optimus Prime
- Museum Masterline Megatron Overlord
Comic covers
IDW Publishing
- Transformers: Destiny
- Transformers: Alliance #1, #2, #3, #4
- Transformers: Defiance #1, #2, #3, #4
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen #1, #2, #3, #4
Gallery
Notes
- Nizzi also designed an Autobot AH-64 Apache named Longbow, which he entered for a USA Today contest to design a Transformer. Nizzi admitted being a professional, he was slightly cheating and wouldn't mind disqualification, but USA Today still showed off the character.[2][3] The design was later used as an inspiration for Tomahawk in the 2010 Transformers toyline.
References
- ↑ Josh Nizzi interview at News-Gazette.com, June 23, 2009. Article now requires paid archives access.
- ↑ Josh Nizzi, USA Today (dead link)
- ↑ "when in robot mode the jets in his feet allow him to maintain flight. The tail rotor expands and becomes a saw on his right arm. On his left arm is the machine gun from the underbelly. Missiles fire from his shoulders."—Josh Nizzi, Seibertron, 2009/06/20
