After doing my first drawing, I realized to show off the mountainy terrain I needed to pull out and show more than one house and the general layout of the town center. So I put the little gazebo in the center of town for small gatherings and put some winding road in the hills. This also helped cause I could try a few different ways to show the houses poking out of the mountain. I also was thinking since they get a lot of snow the front doors of these houses should be on the second floor so that heavy snowfall would rarely block the door.
Tag: art
You Are the Chosen One – Northern Village 1
This is the first design I did for the houses in the northern village that Esme and Harrien live in/near. I kinda like how hobbit houses were built into the hills and thought that would help keep things insulated. But this first drawing is too close to hobbit house designs both from the movies and what real houses inspired by The Hobbit. Also after drawing I decided I wanted things to look more mountainy rather than hilly.
The City Between – Lon
Detective Lon is more minor character who I want to use in later stories.
The City Between – Robert’s Leg
I said yesterday I wasn’t happy with Robert’s injury. It’s not said in the story but his knee cap was shattered while working with Connor. Since it’s the future I didn’t want his dealing with that to look the same way it looks here. I looked at some current day full leg prosthetics, knee replacement diagrams, knee braces, and a hand full of robotic leg designs. It’s kinda a more advanced knee brace that is providing strength and stability to his leg. He can take it off but isn’t as mobile without it.
The City Between – Roberts
The last bits I needed to sit down and design for the next City Between book are some more minor characters. Roberts is an older cop who was injured while working with Connor and is mostly on desk duty. I wasn’t happy with how I was showing the injury but I like how his face and body turned out.