Inspiration

Conceptual Inspiration

My own personal life experience about confrontation and rejection by loved ones motivated me to delve into this subject.

Games and other media which explore emotions in a visual and metaphoric way heavily inspires me as they manage to visualise something which is not physical in any way.

ex. Spiderverse gwen hoby, star wars mustafar

Facial expressions & body language are realistic forms of visual, emotional communication, however they are limited and often subtle. The intensity which media can dial this communication up is what I’m interested in. Media such as video games offers the opportunity to intensify such emotional expression thru a variety of methods, one of which I’ve learnt this semester being colour theory.

Mindmap

Character Inspiration

A common habit of mine when I’m in my darkest moments in life is to watch media for younger audiences. The simple and unilaterally positive tone they possess are able to lift me out of dispair and cheer me up. This is why I’ve elected to go for a cute-ish art style for my characters.