Sean Hargreaves Sean Hargreaves is an illustrator , concept artist , production designer and special effects artist who is working as Visual Effects Art Director and Senior Concept Designer on the sequel , directed by Justin Lin . He previously worked as Production Designer and Concept Designer for Industrial Light & Magic ( 1998 - 2001 ) and Digital Domain ( 2006 - 2008 ) and as Matte Painter for Rhythm & Hues in 2011 . Early life and career . Hargreaves was born in Blackpool , Lancashire , England and moved to the United States in 1978 where he attended the Sam Houston State University and the University of Houston . In 1989 he received a Bachelor in science from the Art Centert College of Design in Pasadena , California . At the age of eighteen , Hargreaves started to work in Visual Engineering in Dallas , Texas where he worked as concept illustrator and designer for portotypes for Texas Instruments and IBM . Following his graduation from the Art Center of Design , he worked two years for General Motors in Newbury Park , California . Through a friend he made his first steps in the entertainment industry working as a storyboard artist for commercials . His first feature film assignment as illustrator was the 1992 horror film " Candyman " which starred Tony Todd and Virginia Madsen . Further work as illustrator include the comic adaptation " The Shadow " ( 1994 ) , the thriller " Crimson Tide " ( 1995 ) , the sequel " Batman Forever " ( 1995 ) , the thriller " Se7en " ( 1995 , costume design by Michael Kaplan ) , the crime drama " Heat " ( 1995 ) , and the thriller " The Rock " ( 1996 ) . Later career . In 1992 , Hargreaves was hired to work as designer for sets , props , and costumes for a feature film in Paris , France along with fantasy designer Jean Moebius Giraud . The film was finally released in 1997 , the science fiction blockbuster " The Fifth Element " , directed by . Also in 1997 , he worked as assistant art director on ' s sequel " The Lost World : Jurassic Park " , art direction by Lauren E . Polizzi . Further filmw ork as illustrator and / or concept artist include the comic adaptation " Spawn " ( 1997 , based on the comic book by Todd McFarlane ) , the drama " G . I . Jane " ( 1997 ) , the drama " Amistad " ( 1997 ) , the science fiction remake " Godzilla " ( 1998 ) , the sequel " Toy Story 2 " ( 1999 ) , and the science fiction thriller " The Cell " ( 2000 ) . Also in the 1990s , Hargreaves worked as illustrator for the music video " Scream " and as art director on the music video " Perfect Drug " . In 1998 , he was hired for three years by ILM and worked as production designer on a number of First Union Bank commercials , directed by Steve Beck . Beck brought Hargreaves back aboard this time as production designer for his feature film , the horror thriller " Thir13en Ghosts " , in 2001 . The film starred F . Murray Abraham and had art direction by Don Macaulay . Four years later , Hargreaves again worked as production designer , this time for the fantasy drama " Neverwas " . The film was casted as executive produced by Amanda Mackey Johnson . He also worked as concept illustrator on the science fiction remake " Rollerball " ( 2002 , with Lucia Rijker ) , the animated film " Innocence " ( 2004 ) , the science fiction drama " The Fountain " ( 2006 , with Mark Margolis , Stephen McHattie , and Donna Murphy ) , and the fantasy sequel " Percy Jackson : Sea of Monsters " ( 2013 , with Robert Knepper and Derek Mears and casting by Alyssa Weisberg ) . In 2006 and 2009 , Hargreaves received three ADG Excellence in Production Design Award nominations for his work on commercials for UPS , AARP , and Chevy . In 2011 , he published his first book , " Places " , depicting his personal designs . His work as matte painter was part of the drama " Big Miracle " ( 2012 , with fellow matte painter Matthew Gilson ) and the action sequel " The Bourne Legacy " ( 2012 ) . Recent work . More recently , Hargreaves worked as concept artist and matte painter on the thriller " Into the Storm " ( 2014 , with Scott Lawrence and music by Brian Tyler ) . As concept artist , he also worked on the fantasy adventure " Seventh Son " ( 2014 , art direction by Andrew Li ) and as matte painter on the fantasy sequel " 300 : Rise of an Empire " ( 2014 ) . In 2015 , he received an ADG Excellence in Production Design Award from the Art Directors Guild in the category Short Format – Web Series , Music Video or Commercial for his work on the Apple commercial " Perspective " .