Alternate layout views

 View I :

Danta on the path seen heading off into the woods from the far side of the house in the master layout. It's a service path used by the servants and the stablehands, and leads to servants quarters, the kitchen and the stable.

Decided to make it evening, in keeping with suggestions in class about changing the setting/season/time of day etc.

View II :

Sindh jumping off the roof of the green tower. He monkeys around the roof of the house a lot.

Made it winter to offer a different perspective on the layout.

Master Layout

Final Layout Project - Mockup

Planning on doing an expensive old house. I want to pull elements from Queen Anne architecture and from haunted houses, but still with the feeling that someone lives there.

Final Layout

Layout with a bit of cleanup and some finishing touches.

Final Layout

Greyscale thumbnail :

Final Layout:

The biggest light is the "spotlight" illumination in the middle of the picture, an element characteristic of the style I was emulating. Most of the animation in a scene occurs within the spotlight. The source of the "spotlight" is the sun, though it's cut off in a compositional way rather than by surrounding objects. The spotlight reflects onto the bottom parts of the buildings, and gives an under lighting to the overhanging architectural elements.

There are also several windows that are illuminated from within, as well as a semi lit row of light bulbs under the awning of the bar. The window light reflects on the surrounding windowframe, bounces off the sign on the bar, etc. and the light bulbs cast warmth into the shadow under the awning.

Several of the unlit light bulbs reflect the lit light bulbs (speculars).

The focus point is sidewalk in midfield, and the alleyway that leads off of it. The spotlight serves to focus attention there, and the eye is naturally drawn into the alley by the misty blue of growing distance. Most of the detail is focused around the spotlight area; buildings further away from the focal point are more vague.

There isn`t much perspective in this. There is vague 1-point perspective down the alleyway.

There is some rim lightning on the sign, on the unlit light bulbs, and on some of the windowsills.

Hue, value, saturation:

In the style of 101 Dalmatians, I kept to low saturation colours that carefully tread between cold and warm hues.

Mockups

PHOTO MOCKUP:

building faces + alleyways

STYLE MOCKUP:

Walter Peregoy, colour stylist of Disney's "101 Damatians"

Childhood Beatboard

When I was young, my father used to take me to flea markets every weekend. One weekend I went apeshit impulse shopper on him and NEEDED to buy this pokemon card, because Charizard was the coolest thing ever and it was a MERE $100. Needless to say, my father was not interested, so I threw a temper tantrum (rare for me). I was escorted back to the car for misbehaving, and inside I started to feel stupid. But when my father returned to the car when he was done shopping, he had actually caved and gotten me the card! I was elated, but embarassed. (Especially a few months later when I bought a pack of cards for $5 and got another Charizard!)

Beat Board

3 Point Perspective Assignment

3 point perspective breakdowns

2 Point Perspective Assignment

2 Point Perspective Breakdowns

1 Point Perspective Sketches

1 Point Perspective Breakdowns

Inspiration

"Doctor and the Doll", Norman Rockwell

Norman Rockwell is by and far the best illustrator I have ever known. His colours, his immense artistic skill, his fresh caricatures of life and his terrific selection of subject matter never cease to impress me. He is able to create a space on the canvas that feels more than real, that has more life in it than any purely observational work could achieve.

"Winter Sun", Bob Ross

I couldn't find a better quality image of this one. While Bob Ross is limited in his subject matter (mountains, reflections and happy little trees), I still find his paintings engaging. He knows where to put colours to balance out the palette, and he knows how to block out planes and depth very convincingly, he knows how to string together a natural composition. He knows how to imitate the randomness of nature. 

"Tyrion in King's Landing", Marc Simonetti

I always like to see a city that goes up a hill like this. It gives a feeling of smallness and the intrigue of adventure, being able to see so many potential nooks and alleyways. I also like this kind of architecture, old european fairytale buildings. Skyscrapers make me weep with boredom.

"Random Stuff", Tony Holmsten

I love seeing structures that no one would ever build. Terraces jutting out of mountains or cities built in the water or in the sky. Especially when the artist chooses to include details like overhanging moss, suggesting the structures are ancient. Ancient things tickle the imagination.

I don't know where this photo came from. It's not a creative thing to set up a shot like this, looking through overpasses down a straight path, but it sure looks nice. It makes me think of walking at sunrise in the crisp misty morning air with a full day of possibilities ahead.