graphic novel: concept 7

Development for the second piece of the blue environment.

graphic novel: concept 6

I decided to go back to one of my quick sketches from the start of the project and develop it further.

 

Here I added more detail and changed the hue and saturation, I also applied a filter.

I added a buildng texture and began to paint over it. Here the quality isnt very good, which needs to be changed.

developing old concepts

I took the first concept that I created using Alchemy and began to change it to suit the brief.

original piece

Here you can see i tried turning it into a more distinctive building.  I disliked the shape here though and it still lacks relevance.

Here I added the previous blue concept piece at the bottom, so it looks like this is the main building and the next concept piece is the entrance.

 

Here I added detail as well as the sky and a moon. I think this piece will work well when it is paired with the other concept piece. 

graphic novel: concept 5

 I created this quick design of a building. I originally had the design in blue but I didnt think it was working so I changed the hue and saturation.

 

I then began to add small details in to the piece.

Graphic novel: concept 4

This is a concept for the same space station. This image gives the viewer a better understanding of the planet. I think this could be used along side the previous piece concept 3.

I have been trying to link the colours in from the different pieces by showing two distinctive colours in each. I think this works well because of the space enviornment.

 Here I added the villain firing missiles at the other ship in the distance.

 This is the development for the spaceship in the images above. I reated it in Alchemy.

graphic novel: concept 3

 This is a quick digital painting of the ship docking to what seems like a ship/space station that is much bigger.

graphic novel: concept 2

Here I created three digital paintings for one page of the graphic novel. It is meant to depict a planet being destroyed by a missile emitting green light.

graphic novel: concept 1

 

 I decided to put three images of the ship moving together to create one page rather than create an animation. I think it shows the ship moving quite well considering it is a static image that I have moved and resized. 

30 days of night graphic novel

The watchmen

The watchmen is probably one of the most iconic graphic novels because of its popularity. I think the release of the film helped to get the graphic novel noticed by a larger demographic.

The artistic direction for this graphic novel cannot be judged however it is not a route that I wish to persue myself. Many would argue with me but I think it appears dated now considering it was created in the 80s. The drawings flow well which was a necessity because the narrative is so complex. I will need to consider the flow of my work when I create my graphic novel.

Speed painting

I have found in the this project I need to improve at speed painting to get ideas out fast and then move on.

I created this piece in a few minutes, it is not a finished piece but more of a representation of what it could look like. I like creating pieces like because I can show the values of the piece at the beginning rather than changing it later on.

Random designs

I decided to create some random designs fir this project that I could then tie in later. I decided to use photoshop and alchemy to create them.

Some of these designs dont fit with the project but are useful techniques that I havnt used before such as the tree. I think the last design could be developed for this project.