Environment Concepts | Carcosa, Iron Desert, Solaria (Patreon)

I don't usually share this stuff, but here's some photobash and paint concepts for the next chunk of the "Roses for Avalon" comic. Environment art is new to me and I'm figuring out how to workflow it. These studies help me figure out color palettes and vibes

"Roses for Avalon" is going to be pretty ambitious and I hope it's as much fun to read as it is to write and draw!

- Carcosa, home of Oidecalla, lord of gold! I'm trying to capture the uncanny ascent from river to mountain to cloud, which suits that particular lord's personality

- Sodon, named after Sodon, lord of iron! His city integrates a lot of rust and beaten iron, which creates a nice bloody ring that's as much for holding prisoners as repelling invaders

- Solaria, home of Laurientus, lord of silver! Inspired by Mont Saint Michel and other monastic structures, its physical isolation is only matched by ideological isolation