Basic Photoshop

Then I experimented on one of my images – adjusting it slightly in different ways – e.g. looking straight through a doorway and angling the view through the door. Also styles of working e.g. scruffy and neat. Also I tried out different brush types e.g. plain, soft and scattered as well as spacing and size within that. One more thing I used was painting techniques e.g. normal, colour dodge and multiply.

My Decided Designs

I looked at real photos of caves and caverns to give me and a better idea of things that could be included based on the structure of them and formation. But also I had a look at African culture as that is where the book is set.

Caves

African Artifacts

I looked at a website – http://www.conceptart.org/ and it is a place where you can access concept art from loads of different people, so I had a look through and found that 2 of the ideas i felt were exciting had been overused and did not give the full picture, so i decided to change them for perspectives that i had seen that I would have thought would have worked well on mine and they did. Also i decided the change the other one because the scene i chose did not mention anything about its surroundings so I decided to zoom in to focus on what I knew.

I read over my interpretations after and started to sketch out a few basic ideas for each scene – changing the perspective and focusing on things

After I sketched them out I looked over my basic ideas and chose out the three that i thought had the most exciting perspectives and gave more through

After this I decided I was going to look at other concept art

Interpretation Of Scenes

First set

- Greenery for 4 to 6 miles – in the shape of roman amphitheatre
- Rocky sides clothed with bush
- Centre – rich meadow land, single trees, meandering brooks
- Grazing goats and cattle
- Human habitation in form of litters –left side – half a mile

Second Set

- From underground shaft
- Ventilation – borings
- Enormous pit
- Half way up – where were standing – low rock wall surround
- Pyramid of skeletons

Third Set

- A Cavern – fifty foot high and long – thirty foot wide
- Rose coloured glow
- Smooth walls
- White sand floor
- A Goblet of fire – at the far end of the space

Concept Art - Landscapes From Books