Personally, I have found it challenging to work with measured and accurate orthographs for my modelling processes. Instead, I like to have thoroughly considered reference images, allowing me to adapt if need be as I model. for the images below, I therefore focused on aesthetics, colour and style rather than proportionally accurate drawings. Accuracy is also especially tricky to capture with abstract and organic shapes, which create the majority of my model designs.
The mushroom is the most significant character in my animation, so I gave these drawings the most colour attention, using vibrancy and high saturation. I also overlaid a picture of paint splatters, creating an interesting effect.
My ranger character is secondary in the narrative and relatively unimportant. This is implied through the design's simplicity. The focal point of the design is the vibrant spray cans attached to the characters back, suggesting their significance. A simple design will also benefit modelling times.
Only seen for a fraction of my animation, this train aims to clearly display the graffiti decorating its side, establishing the artform as a theme within my story. This design is also simple and lacking any unnecessary detail.
I aim to include the forest environment of my animation as a matt painting, a single tree model will be needed as a base for my mushroom to grow from. Only modelling a single tree will also help speed-up the modelling process.
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