Okay - my feedback is very simple... it's 1) I really like what you started to do with the silhouettes and the 'arch' asset (is that a 3D paint over?) and 2) I really HATE what you've put together in terms of your final concept art. You've got Bosch as your collaborator - in all his hybrid wonderfulness! - and you dedicate your time and our attention to a wall?! Add this to the fact that your matte painting is a kitsch painting of devils and angels (when Bosch never used these conventional signifiers of good and evil himself) and I have no choice but to shout 'No!' You started to make really interesting work and develop a 'Bosch-style' method of thinking about your elements, and then you stopped thinking in design-terms and created a digital set that is basically 'a wall'. You need to go back a step and dial up the ambition and the conceptual creativity and no longer shy away from what is challenging/exciting about your artist. I'm sorry I can't be more positive, but I'm just being as honest as possible while you still have the time to produce something more sophisticated and more design-driven. Go back to the silhouettes and go back to design!
OGR 24/11/2017
ReplyDeleteHey Filipe,
Okay - my feedback is very simple... it's 1) I really like what you started to do with the silhouettes and the 'arch' asset (is that a 3D paint over?) and 2) I really HATE what you've put together in terms of your final concept art. You've got Bosch as your collaborator - in all his hybrid wonderfulness! - and you dedicate your time and our attention to a wall?! Add this to the fact that your matte painting is a kitsch painting of devils and angels (when Bosch never used these conventional signifiers of good and evil himself) and I have no choice but to shout 'No!' You started to make really interesting work and develop a 'Bosch-style' method of thinking about your elements, and then you stopped thinking in design-terms and created a digital set that is basically 'a wall'. You need to go back a step and dial up the ambition and the conceptual creativity and no longer shy away from what is challenging/exciting about your artist. I'm sorry I can't be more positive, but I'm just being as honest as possible while you still have the time to produce something more sophisticated and more design-driven. Go back to the silhouettes and go back to design!