Week 1's lecture and tutorial covered Concept design! Books were scattered around the classroom to look at, and we were shown a concept artist that specialises in dinosaurs.
We were given a short story (a Brothers Grimm fairytale) and were asked to complete a concept layout for the inn featured in it. This was to be finished by Week 2's lesson.
My first impression of the tail was that it was not the typical fairytale we feed children these days, filled with happy endings and animal companions. It was dark, morbid and the only real fantasy aspect of the tale was the ability for men to live for a night without their eyes, hand and heart.
I decided that my inn would therefore be dark and dank, yet it still had to have a level of comfort (the purpose of an inn). I also chose to keep it set in 'the past', probably in the 17th Century, about 100 years before the Brothers Grimm wrote the story. My reason for this is that the Brothers Grimm collected folk tales and fairytales from printed and oral sources, therefore it is possible for the stories to be set any time before the Grimms published them.
Setting the inn underground hinted at the dark and dank mood I was aiming for, but also makes it earthy and comfortable.
Drawing buildings is not a strong point for me, so I found this to be a challenge. I did some quick research on architecture and interiors. Actually, this made me feel worse about my poor building-drawing ability... but it did help in the end, especially with the staircase.
I chose to colour it, partially because it looked terrible with just the outlines, but mostly because I find communicating with colour is essential when I'm shooting for a certain mood.
We were given a short story (a Brothers Grimm fairytale) and were asked to complete a concept layout for the inn featured in it. This was to be finished by Week 2's lesson.
My first impression of the tail was that it was not the typical fairytale we feed children these days, filled with happy endings and animal companions. It was dark, morbid and the only real fantasy aspect of the tale was the ability for men to live for a night without their eyes, hand and heart.
I decided that my inn would therefore be dark and dank, yet it still had to have a level of comfort (the purpose of an inn). I also chose to keep it set in 'the past', probably in the 17th Century, about 100 years before the Brothers Grimm wrote the story. My reason for this is that the Brothers Grimm collected folk tales and fairytales from printed and oral sources, therefore it is possible for the stories to be set any time before the Grimms published them.
Setting the inn underground hinted at the dark and dank mood I was aiming for, but also makes it earthy and comfortable.
Drawing buildings is not a strong point for me, so I found this to be a challenge. I did some quick research on architecture and interiors. Actually, this made me feel worse about my poor building-drawing ability... but it did help in the end, especially with the staircase.
I chose to colour it, partially because it looked terrible with just the outlines, but mostly because I find communicating with colour is essential when I'm shooting for a certain mood.
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