Photoshop Thumbnail (3)

Last Thumbnail idea before final development

This is the last of my final 3 ideas that will be further developed into my 3 finished concept paintings. for this particular thumbnail I used various textures to get the ancient inscriptions on the walls, I'm not sure if i was subtle enough though. What do you think?

'At the Mountains of Madness' Thumbnails (3)

More Thumbnail Ideas

These are the rest of the thumbnail biro sketches I've done. I'm just using these as a guideline to discover more scenes, angles and ideas that I hadn't thought of already. I know '24' is less of a spaces and environment study and more of a camera shot of some sort but I left it in because I feel the use of perspective can work in another scene effectively.

Photoshop Thumbnail (1)

First Photoshop Thumbnail

This is my first attempt of a digitally painted thumbnail on photoshop. The composition was loosely inspired by thumbnails '12' and '14' where the main focus of the scene is a form of extraterrestrial architecture found by the arctic expedition. In this thumbnail I'm still getting the hang of digital tonal use and haven't found my specific technique in painting but after some more tries I think I should have my own individual style.

After some thought I figured I will probably stick with this composition as one of my final three thumbnail ideas although I'd have to do extra research on the details found on arctic mountains and probably adjust the angle to make the scene appear more sophisticated.

'At the Mountains of Madness' Thumbnails (2)

'At the Mountains of Madness' Thumbnails (2)

Here are my second set of thumbnails. After doing them I feel I need some more practice with perspective and composition. I think I'll be taking a couple of these ideas and painting them up on photoshop. What do you think?

'At the Mountains of Madness' Thumbnails (1)

'At the Mountains of Madness' Thumbnails (1)

Here are my first set of thumbnails for my H.P. Lovecraft novel 'At the Mountains of Madness'. As I said in my previous posts I prefer the traditional method of thumbnail drawing and jotting down ideas although it would probably be wiser to use this as an opportunity to practice on my photoshop painting, but for the limited time we were given to do these thumbnail drawings this method is best suited for me. feedback please!

First Influence Map

                                   INFLUENCE MAP

This influence map is derived from the highlighted descriptions in the H.P. Lovecraft novel excepts 'At the Mountains of Madness'. All the images on this influence map are based on what I saw in my mind while reading the excepts and therefore I will be using them to inspire my first set of thumbnail drawings.

I did this in the traditional way (jotting ideas on paper) because I feel when I work with paper and pen my ideas flow more naturally opposed to when using a computer.

'At the Mountains of Madness' Thumbnail ideas

'At the Mountains of Madness' Thumbnail Ideas 

Because all three of my excerpts are from the same book I've just chosen what to me are the most significant pages that influenced my thumbnail ideas. From what I gathered from the excerpts and some brief online research on the novel I got a very strong impression of the type of mood the story is attempting to portray and therefore giving me an image of the types of surroundings I will be depicting in my thumbnails