Style Development: Week 2: Day 7
During my daily drawing practice today, I followed a tutorial on how to make your paintings feel more three dimensional using lighting techniques. The tutorial is available here:
The different lighting types are split into layers. There is a background layer for the flat colours, a layer set to overlay for the main light source and then a layer for the ambient occlusion. I think this technique could work well for the creatures that I take forward into a fully-rendered illustration.
For the colour layer, I have used the brush I discovered a few days ago (Squarot) to create a painterly feel. This brush also creates a pleasing textured look when used in just black and white (see far left study).
Initial Sketches: Dosa Tiger
The first of the tiger species I have created is inspired by the Dosa (Spirit Guide) from Korean Mythology.
"The Dosa Tiger is an ancient and wise species. They are so old that they have no fur. They create stripes by ancient body modification techniques creating unique patterns of scarring on their skin. They have a shuffling walk on their hind legs and use a wooden staff to aid their movement. Some very ancient Dosa Tigers have plate fungi growing around their chest."
I need to do some extra drawings to finalize their overall anatomy.
Environment Style Inspiration
Above are my initial thoughts on the mood and style of the world I will be building. I have taken inspiration from fantasy animations such as How to Train Your Dragon (2010) and Children Who Chase Lost Voices (2011). Also, the work of Kazuo Oga is extremely inspiring. He is the background artist for Studio Ghibli.
The mood and style I would like to capture is that of a sense of calm and a sense of warmth. The images above all capture the sunlight in a beautiful way. There is also a colour palette based mainly around green. There are areas of orange where the sunlight is strongest and cool pinks to represent shade.
The Korean Tiger
The first story, Dan-Gun, First Emperor of Korea, featured in Korean Folk-tales (Riordan, 1994, pp.1-3) describes the foundation myth of Korea. A bear and a tiger, who lived in a cave, were summoned by Hwan-Ung, The Heavenly Prince. He said to them:
"I have chosen you to become the first humans," he told them. "Here, take these twenty garlic bulbs and this mugwort plant; eat them and remain deep in your cave for a hundred days. When you emerge into daylight you will be man and woman."Riordan (1994, p.2)
Korean Folk Tales: Imps, Ghosts and Fairies
Im, B. and Yi, R. (1962). Korean Folk Tales: Imps, Ghosts and Fairies. Translated by James S. Gale. Reprint, Rutland, Vermont, USA: Charles E. Tuttle Company, Inc., 1977
Korean Celestial Beings
Hwan-In 환인
Celstial Emperor "Lord of Heaven"
(The Emperor-God of Heaven and Earth)
Hwan-Ung 환웅
Celstial Prince "King of Heaven"
(Son of Hwan-In, Father of Dan-Gun)
Pung-Baeg 풍백, U-Sa 우사 and Un-Sa 운사
Lord Wind "Earl Wind", Lord Rain "Chancellor Rain" and Lord Cloud "Chancellor Cloud"
(The three ministers to Hwan-Ung)
Ung-Nyo 웅녀
Bear-Woman "Bear Mother"
(Mother of Dan-Gun)
Dan-Gun Wang-Geom 단군 왕검
The Sandalwood Emperor "High Priest King Sword"
(Son of Ung-Nyo and Hwan-Ung)
San-Shin 산신
Mountain God
(Associated with the death of Dan-Gun)
Yong-wang 용왕
Dragon King
(Dragon-God of the seas)
Seon-Nyo 선녀
Nymph / Fairy
Tokkaebi 도깨비
Devil / Imp
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Dosa 도사
Wise Man / Spirit Guide
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