Rough Concept Sketches
Now that I had a few ideas on how I possibly wanted my game to go in- in terms of aesthetic and direction, so I went out a took a few more photos of the outside world at night as I thought it might be a good idea to gather real-life pictures and then draw in some creatures I create (taking some inspiration from artists like Trevor Henderson), to give off/ imply that scary vibe of anticipation.
These are the photos I got that night that aren't on the mood board (on the 24th October 2020):
After I got these I started to think about how I could incorporate the into my overall idea of the unsettling and of creatures that you (might?) see.
Taking inspiration from artists like Trevor Henderson, I started to sketch out the creatures that could possibly appear in the shadows. They're only in parts, because I wanted them to be obscured by the darkness.
I tried to go for strange and unsettling, so I drew out what came to my brain, playing with shapes and just put down whatever popped into my head. I then labelled them with the location I thought would best suit them.
In the end, I only got through 3 drawings. I will put then down below and then continue to talk about them:
Turn around
and walk away
D̶o̶n̶'t̶ follow the
White Rabbit
Run... Get to the house, quick
I'm not the best at blending in the creatures with the rest of the drawing (as my style is very cartoony), but I am happy with what I have created. My personal favourite was the last one I made. I was sitting in my room when the idea of this creature rushing towards me popped into my head. The location of this picture is between our house and my neighbours ( it leads to our gardens). As I sketched it out, I imagined it having multiple mouths to take apart it's enemies, blindy stumbling around. I tried to blur the background to imply a sense of panic too.
Each picture took around 2+ hours to draw out then colour over the space of a few days. I really tried to put an emphasis on the dark and shadow (especially in the first two) and I now I hope to get feedback from my peers on what they like/ don't like.
Overall, I am proud of what I have created so far and I can't wait to continue to explore this and take it further.
Finalised and published on site on 28th October 2020.