Initial ideas

Now that the general research of cyberpunk is complete I can now present three project ideas relating to the theme, the ideas must be realistic, relate to our specialism and link to the theme and research.

Idea 1 – War of lights:

Specialism: 2D art

Heartbeat city is an environment based project of a bright urban cyberpunk street in a build up city filled with bright advertisement, vehicles and lights. The project would include:

  • Buildings
  • Advertisement signs
  • Vehicles
  • Bright lighting
  • Blocked out crowds
  • Street lights and signs

What style will be used for the project:

Colour wise I would like everything to be dark, however the lighting from signs and advertisement will be bright to draw attention from the viewer along with the signs casting a hue over the scene.

Unlike my diorama project I would like to use a sleeker style of painting and shape for the scene as it is an urban environment so I would like it to be clean shape wise.

Idea 2 – Club of Heartbeats:

Specialism: 2D art

Club of heartbeats is an interior environment and character design project in a moody lit night club for the elite. The environment will be that of a futuristic bar and club, things to include and consider would be:

  • Layout
  • Chairs
  • Tables
  • Lighting
  • Entertainment
  • Smaller assets likes glasses, bottles and forms of entertainment

For my character designs there will be 2 characters to design. I will need to think about how fashion and trends would evolve for elite club members in the future, I have collected initial research on clothing and make-up so I already have ideas on what I could do. This project follows the template of my FMP from last year however I have chopped the amount of characters to design as the FMP was a longer project and when I am designing I want to give quality over quantity so I have less characters to worry about.

What style will be used for the project:

Colour wise I was thinking of having a vaporwave inspired palette (Pinks, purples, blues, some greens) as the only colours that show in the scene and characters, I would be able to show tones and colour values through different shades of each colour and I feel that the very limited colour palette would challenge me to stick to a limited palette and not use too many colours in one cohesive project. The colours would link all of the characters and the environment together.

With the character art style I wanted something that is a mix of Western animation and Japanese animation, TV animation is beginning to incorporate the two to create a unique art style. A youtube artist that comes to mind when I think of this is Haley Newsome (LavenderTowne on YouTube) She has combined what is known as the “Calarts style” (Named after Calarts University and the shows it’s graduates made as many of the shows art styles are similar to one another). So I would like to try this style out for my character design.

Idea 3 – Trends:

is a character design project focused around cyberpunk fashion. The character designs  will include bright and dark colours and will be alternative to todays standards of fashion. The project will include three character designs that break down their outfits, they will be complete outfits on the characters and they will also have make-up and hair designed in a cyberpunk look as well.

What style will be used for the project:

I want something that is a mix of Western animation and Japanese animation, TV animation is beginning to incorporate the two to create a unique art style. A youtube artist that comes to mind when I think of this is Haley Newsome (LavenderTowne on YouTube) She has combined what is known as the “Calarts style” (Named after Calarts University and the shows it’s graduates made as many of the shows art styles are similar to one another). So I would like to try this style out for my character design.

A difference with this project however is that the colour palette isn’t restricted to vapourwave on all of the characters, it will use a range of bright and dark colours that work with the characters separately.

What idea will I be using for the project:

After having a think about it and considering what I need in my portfolio I have decided to pursue idea 2 (Club of heartbeats), I have chosen this idea over the other two due to the unique colour palette in the second idea. The fact that it is a character and environment project interests me because I am in need of more character work in my portfolio along with urban or interior environments. The other two ideas seem boring to me as they are just one subject area and the colour palettes are just bright and dark colours.