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The white cat of Ecija

For my concept art and idea development module in university we were tasked with creating a concept art booklet consisting of images showing the progression of our ideas and drawings.

The white cat of Ecija was a template for us to design our own themed universe.
There were 8 criteria which we had to design concepts for:
Knight
Alternate costume for Knight
vehicle
monster
shield
instrument
interior environment
exterior environment

The cover photo of the module, helps give an idea of the theme.

The cover photo of the module, helps give an idea of the theme.

I started by creating silhouettes of loads of different ideas i had to get a sense of what would work and what i could use and improve upon.

I started by creating silhouettes of loads of different ideas i had to get a sense of what would work and what i could use and improve upon.

here are the three i chose, with added detail.

here are the three i chose, with added detail.

i added colour and a colour pallette

i added colour and a colour pallette

and created some alternative colour variants for my knight.

and created some alternative colour variants for my knight.

I created some mock up images and ideas of the head for my knight.

I created some mock up images and ideas of the head for my knight.

The one i liked the most i chose, added colour and more detail, including a colour palette.

The one i liked the most i chose, added colour and more detail, including a colour palette.

more colour variants.

more colour variants.

the finished knight concept complete with head.

the finished knight concept complete with head.

Same process for the alternate costume, started with silhouettes.

Same process for the alternate costume, started with silhouettes.

moved onto thumbnails, adding in detail.

moved onto thumbnails, adding in detail.

With colour and extra detail.

With colour and extra detail.

Alternate costume colour variants.

Alternate costume colour variants.

Silhouettes for the exterior environments.

Silhouettes for the exterior environments.

thumbnails with detail

thumbnails with detail

The exterior with colour, colour palette and a size scale.

The exterior with colour, colour palette and a size scale.

due to the exterior already being made i chose to skip the silhouette stage because i already had the basic design down from the exterior.

due to the exterior already being made i chose to skip the silhouette stage because i already had the basic design down from the exterior.

with added colour and an added top down view.

with added colour and an added top down view.

silhouettes for the vehicle.

silhouettes for the vehicle.

added detail and shadows.

added detail and shadows.

colour concept with front, topdown and side views and a colour pallette and size scale.

colour concept with front, topdown and side views and a colour pallette and size scale.

colour variants.

colour variants.

silhouettes for the shield, because i had an underwater theme going i decided to try and create a shield made out of a giant shell.

silhouettes for the shield, because i had an underwater theme going i decided to try and create a shield made out of a giant shell.

added detail.

added detail.

i decided to improve upon my original designs and redraw the concept to give it a much more believable look.

i decided to improve upon my original designs and redraw the concept to give it a much more believable look.

with colour and a colour palette.

with colour and a colour palette.

and the final design of the shield.

and the final design of the shield.

colour variants.

colour variants.

the silhouettes of the instrument. i decided to attempt a sort of flute/clarinet sort of instrument making use of peculiar shaped shells.

the silhouettes of the instrument. i decided to attempt a sort of flute/clarinet sort of instrument making use of peculiar shaped shells.

i decided to draw quite a few thumbnails for these because they were quite small and i had a lot of ideas that i liked.

i decided to draw quite a few thumbnails for these because they were quite small and i had a lot of ideas that i liked.

eventually i chose this one and added a small size scale and a top down view to give a better idea of the shape and how it is played.

eventually i chose this one and added a small size scale and a top down view to give a better idea of the shape and how it is played.

added some colour variants.

added some colour variants.

i began my monster by creating silhouettes of the head.

i began my monster by creating silhouettes of the head.

added detail and shadows.

added detail and shadows.

created the colour scheme and documented it in a colour palette.

created the colour scheme and documented it in a colour palette.

Colour variants were added.

Colour variants were added.

keeping the head in mind, i created loads of different kind of bodies that could possibly fit the head design i had previously created.

keeping the head in mind, i created loads of different kind of bodies that could possibly fit the head design i had previously created.

thumbnails, adding detail and shadowing.

thumbnails, adding detail and shadowing.

i chose the body for the monster and added the head. Then i chose the colour scheme i wanted and made a side, back and front view. added a size scale for reference.

i chose the body for the monster and added the head. Then i chose the colour scheme i wanted and made a side, back and front view. added a size scale for reference.

yet more colour variants, matching the head variants from earlier.

yet more colour variants, matching the head variants from earlier.