Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Visual development, a short history

I've been developing a tv show here a Crew972 over the last year, and thought you might like a peek at the visual development. It's a knights and dragons-based slapstick social commentary.

... I'm still working on ways to pitch it.

Anyway, in terms of style: My catchphrase for the design style, for all the talented folks that I'll hopefully work with on this show, is 'funky medieval', -or Medifunk, or Funkieval. A quick google search tells me I might just have coined those last two. I'm hoping it will catch on, you know, like steampunk.

I took some visual reference from some gorgeous danish architecture, which despite not being medieval, were funky. It's all subjective.

-Filled a sketchbook with scratchy little drawings like this:

And then played around with colour in photoshop,

-followed it up with some very rough previs:

And then, bringing it all into CG, we mockup the look and feel, aiming for a graphic, textural look, that should in the end be the essence of Medifunk.

I'll keep you posted. :)



11 comments:

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Unknown said...

beautiful, i love your works!

Samantha Hughes said...

Huzzah!! Love your funkieval fabulousness!

Kab -ValMo said...

Wow! Love the colors!
:D

Unknown said...

Very exciting stuff! Love these images and ideas. I vote for Funkieval.

Breadwig said...

Okay, well. I absolutely love this. Super extra mega niftalicious.

Chantale Boudreau said...

Great visual!!! :) I love the style and colors, cant wait to see more!

JP said...

Thanks folks :)

Consuelo Longhi said...

I hate you :P ... spectacular colors and background!!!

Colin Jack said...

COOL StUFF!

JP said...

Thanks Jacks and Cons. I like being hated in a good way.