Getting ready to watercolour

Floating world Sketch

So here im attempting to do asgard as a sketch i then want to draw on top and watercolour then take it on to an environment iv made on Photoshop to see how the 2 look together.

Love the abstractness of this world design, could be interesting in some symmetrical pattern work

Floating world examples

NEoN 2014

This is my video from a project last year that i submitted for BYOB and got accepted.
The event is a projection wonderland of visuals and will be exciting to go see!
So happy my work got accepted!

Jim Henson

Jim Henson is my idol, his story's, is worlds, lands there so vivid and so magical and mythic. So wonderful.

Solstafir - Otta

This song iv been listing too/been stuck in my head while i do this work. Im not sure why so much but it has a connection with what im doing.
I have asked the band if i can use it with my work as i feel some of the work has a personal connection with it.

Full image

May attempt to do the rest when i have more free time, This is photo and Photoshop full picture.

Final outcome

So heres my final outcome for the instillation of week 8, Quite like this one with the line work.

Mixed up medias

Heres it on top of the photograph version, Mixing up the medias.

Outlined and coloured

With both outlines and colour, Quite nice.

No outlines

Then tried it with no outlines and just colour

Skull

Done a line drawing of the top part.

Week 8

This is the instilation for week 8, Quite fun for halloween this week!
Feel like id like to do this in photoshop this week to mix things up!

Sketchbook

Next step.

So here i am thinking about these tales, And i think id like to visualise the universe tree, do some maps, and visualise each world of these lands.
Think i could so some cool things with it. Make nice icons, illustrations, game art etc.

I also want to look into the norse tales of each to make a more visual impact and meaning.

Task for this week!!

Helheim

This is a concept for Helheim, the hell or underworld of norse mythology,
Love the style, the colours, very warm rock based spiritual area.

Niflheim

Niflheim Is land of the frost giants, It lays just on the same plains as hel. 

Cold horrible land. 

More concept art of Jotunheim

Jotunheim

Jotunheim is the land of the giants, Very ice land, very jagged, cold and harsh.

Nidavellir

Nidavellir is land of the dwarfs, vey cave life, underground, live in holes in the ground to say.
Earthy stone colours, warming vibes but cold of the stone.

Some concept art for svartalfar. A mix of cold and warm colours, giving a harsh look on the land, a mix of sense of mayhem in the air.

svartalfheim

svartalfheim
Very cold, jagged land, land of the dark elfs and dwarfs. Very high jagged mountains.

Here's the long boats in the land of Midgard, So interesting and carved by hand with lovely designs.

Midgard

Midgard!
The land of humans and trolls.
Love this cute map, could play around with something like this.

Hears another concept on Alfheim, Like the colours and shapes of the environment.
very flowing, natural shapes.

Alfheim

Alfheim is land of the elves, very earthy, green and white clean lands and close to nature.

Vanaheim

This is someones visual for vanaheim

Love this style

Asgard

Love these design and style for Asgard. Think ill need to draw up my own and see what i can do in photos hop aswell.

This design of the Universe tree can been seen on alot of designs and jewellery still today.

I think the pattern and design is really nice and could be enhanced in some ways, the repetition adds to the visual.

YGGDRASIL / IRMINSUL

Visuals of Yggdrasil.

YGGDRASIL / IRMINSUL: Yggdrasil is the "World tree", a gigantic tree and central pillar that binds connects binds the 9 worlds of the Universe together. Also know as The name Yggdrasil translates as:Ygg "terrible" + drasil "steed". Yggr is another name of Odin, giving a meaning of "Odin's steed" Yggdrasil was known as the Irminsul to the contenental Germanic tribes, and historically, was an oak or wooden pillar venerated by the Saxons which was said to connect heaven and earth. The name Irminsul is translated as "mighty Pillar"and is derived from "IRMIN" the ancient contenental Saxon name for Odin (Old Norse: Jörmunr). Thus it represents a cosmic balance, order, personal power, spiritual creativity, growth, and hidden knowlage. The ancient symbol of the cosmic tree Irminsul / Yggdrasil still continues to be widely honoured up to modern times at Yuletide in the disguised and Christianized form of the Christmas Tree.