Thom Tenery
@thomtenery.bsky.social
Art Director. Concept Artist. TRON: (Ares) Ascension, Rogue One, Solo, Star Wars: Force Awakens, Oblivion, iD Software, WOTC/D&D, NatGeo, TOR/Orbit
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Concept art from my time on the Disney lot in 2013 working on Joseph Kosinski’s TRON: Ascension with the incredible Production Designer Darren Gilford, David Levy, Annis Naeem, and Kristen Maloney.
October 28, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Concept art from my time on the Disney lot in 2013 working on Joseph Kosinski’s TRON: Ascension with the incredible Production Designer Darren Gilford, David Levy, Annis Naeem, and Kristen Maloney.
I spent 6 months on the Disney lot in 2013 working on Joseph Kosinski’s TRON: Ascension with the incredible Production Designer Darren Gilford, David Levy, Annis Naeem, and Kristen Maloney. It took more than 10 years for it to evolve into TRON: ARES ....
October 22, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I spent 6 months on the Disney lot in 2013 working on Joseph Kosinski’s TRON: Ascension with the incredible Production Designer Darren Gilford, David Levy, Annis Naeem, and Kristen Maloney. It took more than 10 years for it to evolve into TRON: ARES ....
Concept art for Solo: A Star Wars Story. Mimban - trench warfare, ultra-tanks, slave Wookies, desolate vistas - the horrors of war in one dark sequence. We were riffing on historical WW1 photography for this location.
September 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Concept art for Solo: A Star Wars Story. Mimban - trench warfare, ultra-tanks, slave Wookies, desolate vistas - the horrors of war in one dark sequence. We were riffing on historical WW1 photography for this location.
Mega-Cenotes and paddlewheel boats on Gangster Planet, aka ‘Crime Island’ for Star Wars: Solo. We explored every Western trope we could think of for this film. These didn't fly, but I always liked the Apocalypse Now vibe.
September 15, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Mega-Cenotes and paddlewheel boats on Gangster Planet, aka ‘Crime Island’ for Star Wars: Solo. We explored every Western trope we could think of for this film. These didn't fly, but I always liked the Apocalypse Now vibe.
Concept Art for Rogue One: Saw Gerrera's downed ship as resistance hideout. I always liked how 'quiet' these felt. There was strong support from Doug Chiang (PD) and Gareth Edwards for working that way - a very vibes-forward attitude to concept art on that film.
September 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Concept Art for Rogue One: Saw Gerrera's downed ship as resistance hideout. I always liked how 'quiet' these felt. There was strong support from Doug Chiang (PD) and Gareth Edwards for working that way - a very vibes-forward attitude to concept art on that film.
Concept art for Solo, A Star Wars Story: the Imperial Conveyex (train) heist. I remember the crew at ILMxLAB were walking around on top of my train on a virtual stage planning action for scenes as quickly as I could hand off concept models. That use of VR was new-ish tech at the time (2015).
July 8, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Concept art for Solo, A Star Wars Story: the Imperial Conveyex (train) heist. I remember the crew at ILMxLAB were walking around on top of my train on a virtual stage planning action for scenes as quickly as I could hand off concept models. That use of VR was new-ish tech at the time (2015).
Concept Design for Kylo Ren’s Command Shuttle, aka JKShuttle (Jedi Killer), from Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens - From 3d sketch to final. We spent about a month designing this one. I think it was one of the first approved designs for the film.
June 18, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Concept Design for Kylo Ren’s Command Shuttle, aka JKShuttle (Jedi Killer), from Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens - From 3d sketch to final. We spent about a month designing this one. I think it was one of the first approved designs for the film.
Andor is a gift. I still can’t believe it got made. Here’s more of my Rogue One concept art - the Occupation of Jedha. Reality continues to be stranger and more cruel than fiction.
June 11, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Andor is a gift. I still can’t believe it got made. Here’s more of my Rogue One concept art - the Occupation of Jedha. Reality continues to be stranger and more cruel than fiction.
Vader’s Chamber (Bacta Tank variant) and Chamber Door concept art for Rogue One. I think this made the screen mostly intact. I’d forgotten this set was code-named the “White House” during preproduction. That’s giving this 10 yr old work new resonance for me given current events.
June 5, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Vader’s Chamber (Bacta Tank variant) and Chamber Door concept art for Rogue One. I think this made the screen mostly intact. I’d forgotten this set was code-named the “White House” during preproduction. That’s giving this 10 yr old work new resonance for me given current events.
Concept Art and process work for Rogue One. I worked on this sequence from early concept art to the set build - based (very) loosely around a Ralph McQuarrie sketch from the original trilogy. This shot was so spot-on the concept art that I remember gasping audibly during the screening.
June 3, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Concept Art and process work for Rogue One. I worked on this sequence from early concept art to the set build - based (very) loosely around a Ralph McQuarrie sketch from the original trilogy. This shot was so spot-on the concept art that I remember gasping audibly during the screening.
My design for the TIE Striker from Rogue One. Gareth Edwards asked for an atmospheric TIE for the Scarif assault. I always preferred the compact variant (3) but still really like this 'long-pill' that we put in the film. ILM absolutely nailed it with a completely faithful realization of the design.
May 1, 2025 at 3:52 PM
My design for the TIE Striker from Rogue One. Gareth Edwards asked for an atmospheric TIE for the Scarif assault. I always preferred the compact variant (3) but still really like this 'long-pill' that we put in the film. ILM absolutely nailed it with a completely faithful realization of the design.
Early concept designs for Jyn's Ship from Rogue One. Jyn's Ship was an art department-wide development effort. It was a career highlight working with a legendary team on the most significant movie-world of my youth. Find much more on the development of Jyn's ship in The Art of Rogue One art book.
April 29, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Early concept designs for Jyn's Ship from Rogue One. Jyn's Ship was an art department-wide development effort. It was a career highlight working with a legendary team on the most significant movie-world of my youth. Find much more on the development of Jyn's ship in The Art of Rogue One art book.
Keys to December. I was reading a lot of Zelazny at the time. I think this was for ImagineFX magazine (2013?) - not certain about that, it's been too long.
December 3, 2024 at 7:40 PM
Keys to December. I was reading a lot of Zelazny at the time. I think this was for ImagineFX magazine (2013?) - not certain about that, it's been too long.
The Bronze Road. another old one. i've always been annoyed by the scale problems with this one, but whatever.
November 20, 2024 at 4:54 PM
The Bronze Road. another old one. i've always been annoyed by the scale problems with this one, but whatever.
Me in my Echo Chamber
November 20, 2024 at 4:09 AM
Me in my Echo Chamber
On this bandwagon I guess. If you see this, post a monster!
November 18, 2024 at 8:47 PM
On this bandwagon I guess. If you see this, post a monster!
crop of a piece for a book called BLAST (2012). there's something vaguely steampunk about it aesthetically although i never really subscribed to the genre. maybe it's the dystopic carnival atmosphere, idk.
November 15, 2024 at 5:27 PM
crop of a piece for a book called BLAST (2012). there's something vaguely steampunk about it aesthetically although i never really subscribed to the genre. maybe it's the dystopic carnival atmosphere, idk.
Vertical Worlds - very old work for various publications.
November 14, 2024 at 5:44 PM
Vertical Worlds - very old work for various publications.
work done years ago for D&D 5e. 'Temple of Umberlee'.
not sure where WOTC published this.
not sure where WOTC published this.
November 13, 2024 at 6:22 PM
work done years ago for D&D 5e. 'Temple of Umberlee'.
not sure where WOTC published this.
not sure where WOTC published this.
work done years ago for D&D 5e
November 12, 2024 at 8:47 PM
work done years ago for D&D 5e
From the before times
November 21, 2023 at 5:17 AM
From the before times