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Thursday, 25 October 2012

New concepts


I thought I'd have another attempt at creating concept art for the fantasy world, now that the idea is slightly different. I need two worlds, or the one to change. So when its happy I used the idea of the orange world with swirly tree's, and when it changes to scary, it then goes to the green world with spiky tree's. I also played around with the idea of having a blue sky, and it going from light to dark. I added in the detail of the flowers growing from rocks that i included in the storyboard. I added these for a few reasons: To add colour and beauty to the world, to give the girl something to interact with, to emphasize the changing of the atmosphere, and the fact that they are growing from rocks strengthen the feeling of fantasy world.  

By Cassie Austin

By Cassie Austin

By Cassie Austin

By Cassie Austin


I still wasn't happy with the design of these, so I researched concept art a little. I looked in the book 'Dream Worlds: Production Design for Animation' by Hans Bacher.
The concept art I found most appealing was for 'Mulan' (1998)







Image: Page from 
'Dream Worlds: Production Design for Animation' by Hans Bacher.










I tried to apply the same soft colours to my concept. I also remembered being told to add some hills in the background to give it more depth, so I also tried this out.

By Cassie Austin
By Cassie Austin
I am so pleased with these outcomes, I think it works so much better, the colours aren't so contrasting. I also love the watercolour look, I achieved this with certain brushes in photoshop, thanks to Deb. 
Now that I am happy with the world, I added the giant feet and the girl, so the audience can really get a feel of how the film will end up.

By Cassie Austin
I also quickly tried another concept of the girl in her room, now I have my character.

By Cassie Austin
I like this better, but I still don't know what colour walls she will have, and it still looks very bare, there needs to be a lot added to this image. Her bedroom can be full of props to make it feel more like a real bedroom, whereas the world can be very empty.

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