Color Collage

This is another test where I'm trying to nail down the color palette. I took images from the interwebs and cut them out to form the shapes, also giving texture to each object. It's really tough to get the right balance of the pinks, peaches, browns, and yellow-greens... but this is getting there. Unfortunately, some of the saturation was lost in making the image web-ready.

Another Environment

In the same vein as Jonathan's previous post, I painted an environment concept using most or all of the characteristics that we have discussed. As far as finalizing an environment, we are at the point where we agree upon the shapes and physical characteristics of the environments. We have yet to finalize a "look and feel" that is unique and something that we'd be proud of. Stay tuned for more reference on color palettes and texture.

Photoshopped Environment

Here's an attempt at putting all of our environment concepts together in the same composition. We all like the trees and hills, but the rocky undersides of the cliffs are still being discussed.

Potential Cloud Direction

I really like the way the clouds are done in 300. They used a series of compositing tricks to mix watercolor and coffee stains with actual clouds, creating a surreal effect. We might take a similar direction, probably pushing the watercolor more (as in the graphic novel).

I did a test on this image from the movie to see what the sky would look like if it were blue.

This is a test of mixing different elements through compositing. Instead using of real clouds as in 300, I found some cartoony ones and created some blotchy paintings in Photoshop. It didn't turn out quite as I had hoped... but it's a basis for discussion.

Environs

Here are some environment concepts I've been working on, compiled together for ease of viewing.

Environment Concepts

sketches and photoshop paintovers...

environments:













foliage:

In the spirit of our forthcoming trip to the alpaca ranch on Saturday, I created a few reference posters. They are each 17"x25" and will be posted wherever we meet. I found that being surrounded by these photos while working on concepts really gets the creativity juices flowing.