Miles Teves
Miles Teves (born 1963, Salinas, California) is a Hollywood artist and conceptual designer who works on television productions, films, and computer games.
Education
[edit]Miles Teves studied sculpture at the Art Center College of Design. In 1982, when Teves was 18, he showed some of his artwork to special make-up effects creator Rob Bottin.[1]
Career
[edit]In 1983, Bottin brought Teves onto the special effects staff for the movie Legend to create the conceptual artwork for the character Darkness.
During this time, Teves co-created the role-playing game SkyRealms of Jorune (1984) with his high school friend Andrew Leker,[2] and also supplied the interior and cover artwork.[3]
With the release of Legend in 1985, Teves turned to the silver screen, working on Explorers, RoboCop, The Witches of Eastwick, Total Recall, Batman & Robin, Hollow Man, Spider-Man, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Reign of Fire, Van Helsing, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, The Chronicles of Riddick,[4] Little Fockers (2010) and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides(2011).[5]
His work has included sculpting pieces as realistic as Tom Cruise's head for Interview with the Vampire and as fantastical as Kong in King Kong.[6]
Reception
[edit]In his 2023 book Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground, RPG historian Stu Horvath reviewed the fantasy science fiction role-playing game Skyrealms of Jorune and noted "Much of the bizarreness is thanks to the fabulous work of illustrator and co-designer Miles Teves, whose realistic style gives Jorune an uncanny verisimilitude. It is on display in his painting for the front of the box, a tableau in Renaissance style, depicting the 'Death Scene of Sho Cora-Tra, Sholari of Tashka.' I don't know what that means, but the painting still transmits great emotional weight, despite the aliens."[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Pinteau, Pascal (2003). Special Effects: An Oral History. New York: Harry N. Abrams. p. 338. ISBN 0810955911.
- ^ Pook, Matthew (March 2011). "Retrospective: Skyrealms of Jorune". RPG Review. No. 11. p. 27.
- ^ Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. p. 201. ISBN 978-1-907702-58-7.
- ^ "Miles Teves - Conceptual Artist". CONvergence. Retrieved 29 July 2008. [dead link]
- ^ Miles Teves at IMDb
- ^ Rickitt, Richard (7 February 2007). "Miles Teves: Character Designer". Adapted from Designing Movie Creatures and Characters: Discover the Creation Process from the Best in the Business (Rotovision). graphics.com. Retrieved 29 July 2008.
- ^ Horvath, Stu (2023). Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press. p. 131. ISBN 9780262048224.
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