# aj-concepts.net

> Digital Environment Design by Alex Jenyon

The site is static HTML. Project copy and media live in `content/projects/{slug}/project.json`.

## Pages

- [Home](https://www.aj-concepts.net/): project index
- [Gen AI Development](https://www.aj-concepts.net/genai/): I've used various generative techniques and agentic workflows on commercial projects, but all of them are still under NDA. These are my personal experiments …
- [Those About to Die / The Bet](https://www.aj-concepts.net/tatd/): Bunker Digital was lucky enough to be contracted by Dimension Studios to work on Roland Emmerich’s ‘Those About to Die’, which included a stint on set at Cin…
- [Time Bandits](https://www.aj-concepts.net/timebandits/): I’m credited as ‘Virtual Art Department Supervisor’ on this show, and spent several months on set with Dimension Studios and DNEG360 in Wellington, NZ
- [Avatar: The Last Airbender](https://www.aj-concepts.net/avatar/): In 2021, I co-founded the company ‘Bunker Digital’ along with Krystian Guevara and Ariel Lorenzo-Luaces. One of the first large projects we landed was client…
- [Greenhouse](https://www.aj-concepts.net/greenhouse/): ‘Greenhouse’ is my continuation of the work started with the ‘Diorama’ tool at MPC – but in Houdini rather than Unity
- [Technical Art](https://www.aj-concepts.net/techart/): This page gathers together technical art tools, personal projects and development challenges that don’t really fit anywhere else. Older experiments in Unity …
- [Sonic The Hedgehog](https://www.aj-concepts.net/sonic/): ‘Sonic’ was the last show completed by MPC Vancouver, and was led by Scott Russell. The ENV team was slowly reducing in size as contracts came up for renewal…
- [Diorama](https://www.aj-concepts.net/diorama/): One of the pieces of work I’m most proud of from my time at MPC was ‘Diorama’. I had the opportunity to co-present this work at SparkFX in Vancouver, and at …
- [Realtime](https://www.aj-concepts.net/realtime/): Despite starting off as a 2D concept artist, I’ve found a lot of my personal projects have drifted into technical experiments in realtime and VR.
- [Justice League](https://www.aj-concepts.net/justiceleague/): MPC Vancouver was the primary vendor for the 3rd act of ‘Justice League’ – set in the fictional town of ‘Skrunda1’ (a mix of Chernobyl and Pripyat). The Envi…
- [MPC Environment Work](https://www.aj-concepts.net/mpc/): I worked for MPC Vancouver for more than 8 years, 7 of them as head of the 3DDMP / Environments department. As far as I can tell, I hired 154 people into the…
- [Neverland](https://www.aj-concepts.net/neverland/): Two part TV Movie for AnthemFX – meant to be a prequel to the ‘Peter Pan’ story.
- [Sanctuary](https://www.aj-concepts.net/sanctuary/): My first project in Vancouver, for AnthemFX, the company that brought me to Canada. They’re sadly long gone, but they threw amazing parties…
- [Leap Year](https://www.aj-concepts.net/leapyear/): This was my first film at Cinesite, and the one that taught me not to chase projects. I was initially very disappointed to be given this instead of ‘Prince o…
- [The Day of the Triffids](https://www.aj-concepts.net/triffids/): Freelance contract for ‘PaintingPractice’. Work was a combination of concept designs to be sent to Rocket Science VFX in Toronto, and DMPs that were complete…
- [Lesbian Vampire Killers](https://www.aj-concepts.net/lvk/): Freelance contract for ‘Rushes Film and TV’ Not a high-brow project, but very good fun to work on. All the artists had a lot of creative freedom, and the dir…
- [Concepts and Illustrations](https://www.aj-concepts.net/concepts/): Illustration commission for ‘ImagineFX’ magazine. My initial sketch used a regular model T Ford (though still with the Gorilla in the back seat) – but this w…
- [Human Body](https://www.aj-concepts.net/humanbody/): One of the key ‘looks’ of the documentary was to use Scanning Election Microscopy (SEM) images for any shots within the body. As SEM images are basically dep…
- [Champions League](https://www.aj-concepts.net/uefa/): ‘Fish Eye’ matte painting. Used as background for almost every poster, affiliate marketing material and website. Probably the most widely visible painting I’…
- [Architectural Visualisation](https://www.aj-concepts.net/arch-viz/): Freelance contract for ‘Neverstop’. Interior visualisation for a rebranding of ‘TopShop’