Environment Design - Project 1: Exterior & Landscape

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Environment Design / Bachelors of Design (Honors) in Creative Media
Project 1: Exterior & Landscape
Samuel Keane / 0376236

JUMPLINKS

LECTURES

Lectures were given in class.

    INSTRUCTIONS

    MIB

    TASK

    At first, I wanted to make a mysterious abandoned shrine inside a forest. Here is my first attempt on it.

    Fig. 3.1, First attempt

    I removed the tree on the left and used the tree on the right as a tool to lead viewers' eyes to the main object. something like that.

    Fig. 3.2, Refining

    Not making much progress, I decided to re-do all my drawing. I searched up some references on Pinterest and Pexels & created a moodboard with PureRef. I wanted to make a chapel/religious building that explains some sort of religion in a fantasy world I am building.

    Fig. 3.3, Moodboard

    Mr. Kannan told me that I need to do a lot of explorations, so before starting the chapel, I did some ideations and thumbnail sketches just to see the shapes I can go with.

    Fig. 3.4, Thumbnail sketches

    The next step is to come up with the design. I decided to combine the elements of sketch 6 and 7.

    Fig. 3.5, Initial design

    Then, values.

    Fig. 3.6, Values

    From this sketch, I made 5 thumbnail sketches.

    Fig. 3.7, Thumbnail sketches for exterior

    Then, I refined the composition and added value, details, and ambiance.

    Fig. 3.8, Exterior compositions

    I ended up choosing the first composition. I tried to do some colors on it

    Fig. 3.9, Colors

    REFLECTIONS

    This project taught me the importance of exploration before committing to a final design. My initial shrine concept did not communicate the atmosphere I wanted, so I decided to restart the project instead of forcing the idea. By creating moodboards, thumbnail sketches, and multiple composition studies, I gained a better understanding of shape language, composition, and value design. Overall, this project improved my concept development workflow and showed me the value of experimenting before moving into the rendering stage.

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