I just started a little thing on the side…

I just threw this first sketch together, it introduces an imaginary creature that i have been drawing in different shapes and combinations for years! I have been dying to work with it in photoshop, and now I feel that I have the peace of mind to do it.

At this stage of sketching my main concern has been composition and setting, I have used the rule of thirds when placing the main object a little to the right in the image. I then went for sort of a pyramid composition making most of the environment direct the attention towards the main motive, which is the bird combined with the factory setting.

The next step will be to insert value to the background, and with the point of view that I’m using it will go from high contrast, darker value towards a foggy lighter value deeper in to the image. I am also going to apply a one or two point perspective on the buildings in the background.

When it comes to the hue and saturation of the image, I’m going to play around with it! I’m thinking of having it as a cloudy winters night, with the orange light of the city burning in the reflection of the clouds and patches of ice on the ocean that light up as well. In that case I could complement that with deep blue shading and fill light and make it more of a dramatic sunset. It is going to be a process just because that’s the fun part of creation!

I will post updates on the progress of this image as it grows. Thank’s for reading!