Unit 1-3

HR Giger

HR Giger has a common theme with all his artwork, he uses light incredibly well. From drawings of giant snake-like beings, to strange people with long thin fingers. His work feels precise, it has structure, when he draws a creature from his mind, it really looks biologically possible, whilst at the same time quite surreal. I feel this fits my work, as I drew a sci-fi themed level. It's a pod, set up in a cave. The cave being another similarity. I made sure to use shadows and light to my advantage as I saw just how effective it can be.

Chris Foss

Chris Foss' work has a very particular style in all of his pictures. He always uses bright colours and patterns. He seems to almost always add complex structure and a sci-fi theme in his work, which works very well. His common theme of sci-fi also fits my work. His use of fog to create a more three dimensional landscape and add atmosphere is brilliant and I attempted to add this to my drawing. This however did not look so good so I removed it and stuck with the cave getting darker the deeper it went.

Ken Adams

Ken Adams was the man behind many of the James Bond super villain lairs and was brilliant in his use of perspective. He'd create buildings that worked in the real world and focused on shape and structure. My drawing was a view down a cave, so perspective was used in the turning at the end. the spikes of rock get smaller as you go and turn on the wall to face you almost entirely.

Character Creation

Original sketch

Final design

Concept Art