Becoming is chosen to go ahead

So the story idea Marcio put forward is going ahead. I'm very much looking forward to working on this with the team. I hope I can get my beasty creature in there somewhere. Not a werewolf, but something very demon like, something i can have fun with. Not keen on the idea of them just being solid black shadows with circle eyes and a smile. Seems very stereotypical and unoriginal. I'll see what I can sway in the way of that department.

I'm going to work on the lighting and colour scheme too. I'm sure I can make this place look really bleak and uninviting. Which is what you want from a boring bullied life of a man named Bill. It does sound awful doesn't it. I recon lighting is becoming one of my main strengths which is good to know as I do enjoy doing it. I struggle with colour but apparently I do a good job. Sometimes I think I am a little bit colour blind as i seem to have trouble matching and nailing colours that I want. But with dull colours I think i'll do ok!

Onwards to the concept work!

More work on my idea

Doing some imp concepts and brainstorming. I know it sounds bad but im focusing more on other peoples work. My idea has been pointed out to be very technologically difficult. Its a relatively new concept and not something the university has explored. And my team mates know next to nothing about it. I do know that my idea will not be picked and I have come to peace with this. Its not the strongest story from the group either. But i'm having fun doing some imp heads!

I LOVE the middle top face and the others that look a bit like it on the right hand side. Its mischievous and cute! I really like the 2nd in on the bottom which matches the 3rd and 4th in on the middle row. I like the humanoid face structure with the slit eyes and the jagged mouth. Devil like yet friendly. And I enjoy the 2nd in on the middle too. A more gargoyle, animalistic like imp would be cool. Looks like a pretty good balance of character and tradition.

Some different lighting tests...

Mid day bright sunshine.

Night time.

Sunset.

My contributions to other peoples work

For jakes story I started to work on the boar demon. I started by doing some boar head sketches and studies. I always work better with a skull reference. I then did a monstrous beast and human hybrid to make it all the more strange and creepy. Perhaps the man blames himself in the story for the death of his wife and the boar can be how he see's himself.

Apart from all that I tried out some misty lighting. Not sure when this is taking place, in the day, dusk or night time. I went for a dark misty, winter day scene. The trees make it darker towards the bottom. 

Tried out some colour schemes. towards the bottom I was trying 4 tone schemes instead of 3 tones and I like them so much better. they just work so well with the hint of a different shade in the shadow. It mimics the shiny iridescent  scales of fish.

I tried out this tribal, blocky and minimal style for the story that jeng wrote. I like the round eyes that have little dark triangles either side. there is just somthing about this style I really like.

For Marcio's story I made some demon designs and a concept for lighting. I really like the harsh light that will contrast with the dark room.

Week 2

This week I actually came up with a solid idea. I would tell the story of how the lincoln imp came to be. Below are some sketches of the ideas, layouts and character sketches.



Jeng - Nail the style
Jake - Demon designs and lighting
wilde - layouts and lighting
marcio - Style design and transformation