Final Concepts

After having a look at the concepts that Rod drew for me, I took them into photoshop. I took elements from each sketch and played around with them, trying to create different environments to bring me closer to exactly what I want to achieve with this piece.

Although I will be using his drawings as primary reference for my modelling, I thought I'd do some rough layouts myself to get a better idea of perspective and space.

Not my best drawings! But it was helpful to visualise what I wanted.

Above is the same, but with a larger middle passage. I also put together a quick storyboard:

Once I have modelled, textured and lit my environment I will be able to create stories and produce some proper animation within it. However, considering the amount of work that needs to be done to make this environment realistic and atmospheric, and the Industry Exercises project where I'm modelling and rigging, I doubt I will be able to achieve a good narrative within the time frame. My overall goal is to get a great looking animation with my lizard model, but unfortunately, I don't think it's achievable for this project.