BRAWL2 [Environment] Landing Plaza, northoftherain

northoftherain

Images sourced from Tourdog's Alchemy Stars and genDESIGN/Japan Studio's The Last Guardian
https://x.com/AlchemyStarsEN/status/1450054196670214152
https://x.com/AlchemyStarsEN/status/1451113536529313793

I was thinking of using The Last Guardian as the main base to work on. I'm leaning int that dystopian theme the game uses in it's environmental storytelling but I'm a little stuck if I want to go into that open world genre since that would be more compliant to the original game or if I should lean out of that and into the souls-like.

Most of all I aim for the environment to be able to tell a story visually, which is going to be the hardest part. 

northoftherain

I forgot to say in the main post but the aim is to have the story take place before the events of TLG! Alchemy Stars is going to the main inspiration for that, especially it's vibrancy and how pristine a lot of the architecture looks. 

northoftherain

I'm going to try to also draw up a little visual piece within the next couple days so I don't focus too broadly and get overwhelmed. 

pxgeek

Cool, great to finally see some environment submissions!!

iam717

Welcome, woot woot, our 1st environment artist, appreciate the participation.

Interested to see what you do come up with.  

Just a small reminder, remember this is based on your time-frame so anything from a corner to what you decide in the end is fine, (with me).

  Whoever the "hidden judges" are, that is probably who might need to be more impressed, so whatever is done keep them in mind if nothing else it will be an amazing portfolio piece.

Have fun with it.

northoftherain

Thank you for all the warm welcomes everyone! I'm really happy to be able to participate. I'll definitely keep scope in mind. I'm learning Maya as I participate which is going to be a challenge but one I'm ready to take on! 

Celosia

As someone who cribbed their handle from Shadow of the Colossus, I'm watching your entry with great interest! 😀 

northoftherain

Celosia said:

As someone who cribbed their handle from Shadow of the Colossus, I'm watching your entry with great interest! 😀 

All of Team ICO's work has been incredible artistically! Although myself I never got to play any of the games I did see playthroughs, and the way the developers are able to make environments so full of intrigue and charm as well as stories that are rich and engaging is what hooked me. 

northoftherain

Slowly getting a blockout done so I can get a vibe for what I want it to look like! Trying to figure out how to make structures look imposing and massive has bee a little bit of a challenge but I'm really enjoying it.

kanga

This already looks like it is going to be interesting.

northoftherain

Very small update! I changed up the towers quite a bit because the first one didn't feel right to me. I'm really liking this one though. I'm planning to add a bunch of detail to the towers this week since I feel I got a little behind. 
I also have a couple props cooking up but they're for additional details to the scene once I feel like I like the main tower.

iam717

I feel I got a little behind.

its happening at least on my end also so no worries really, just do what you can.
Nice to see progress.

sacboi

Agree with iam keeping an eye on the clock sucks joy from it, I'd just work to a pace I'm comfortable having fun with, imo all that counts anyway 

northoftherain

That makes me feel quite a bit better, thank you I'll do my best but stressing really is only going to make things worse now that I realize

northoftherain

Ahh I see the deadline has been extended. That makes me a little glad, I've been busier than I expected and with little to no sleep my energy for projects has been super low. I'll see what I can make up in the next few days to try and get the ball rolling again. I did have a trim sheet made to see what a texture would look like a while back but it needs to be remade. 

northoftherain

Mmm considering the quality of the work I've done I likely won't be able to make it in time for the judging. It'll still be a project I work on as I can, but I'm really grateful none the less to have participated! It really goes to show there's some growth I need to reflect on. I wish all the other participants the best of luck! I'll be rooting for everyone on the sidelines

iam717

Awe that is appreciated, hopefully not just me but i too await any updates in the future, it happens, can't speak for everyone else but i nearly didn't make it either, didn't even pose the thing i did so, things just get in the "way", & i rather sleep. so i get it.  

Till next time.