Moon Concept Composition

I really struggled to get the composition I wanted for this shot but I really enjoyed creating all the thumbnails that helped me do so. Trying to convey a sense of scale was really hard especially because in nature things can be many different sizes. I decided to include trees, because although they can be many sizes often we regard them as one similar height, any higher is abnormal and smaller would have less foliage on as it would have less branches. I also struggled to get the colour of the moon right. I wanted it to be quite hot and warm everything around it even scorching some of the land where it has crashed down.

Elders House on the Hill

This is my composition and value worksheet for the elders house on the hill in the Cheese Moon story I'm working on. I found it really easy to design once I had the composition but the lighting was hard to get right. I loved working on the clouds and using different marks across the image for different textures, but when I came to take it from black and white into colour I really struggled and could never achieve what I wanted. I definitely think this technique is going to require more practice.

Elders House Design

Some quick thumbnails next to the final design on the right. I really enjoyed creating this as I don't often get to work on architecture and I've had a lot of great feedback!