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Hey y'all gold+ people! Here's lil sneak peek at some behind-the-scenes research I'm doing and my thought processes. Let me know if you have an opinion about this art direction!

I'd like to put more effort into linework generally and detail specifically, but I think it's important to use tones or greyscale or color to bring out the best possible shapes

Tones can make weird moire artifacts when combined with anti-aliasing, but I do like the textured look that they give

The train is a 3D model that I knocked out in blender real quick. Cool shit!

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Adam Roberts

I love the tones and the art direction! Using 3d models is a good idea too. I can imagine it lets you focus more on the characters. My only thought is to add some hand drawn quirks to the 3d, if that makes sense. I'm not an illustrator at all, but I always felt like 3d models can be a little sterile sometimes because of their perfect uniformity and shape re: perspective. Maybe throwing in a flourish of detail that speaks to you/the essence or history of the object, or inking in some little imperfection in the lining or perspective to make it feel as alive as the rest of your lines. Edit: also realizing now that a train and a chest are very streamlined shapes so take my comment with a grain of salt lol

Adam Roberts

I also want to say I'm so excited for this setting and the themes you're going to dig into. I really do think your visual storytelling is exceptional 😁🔥

purplebirdman

Yup, I agree it’s important to integrate 3D stuff well into scenes. It’s one of the reasons I am doing these practice pages so I’m not doing it on the fly!