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ENVIRONMENT

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Plein air illustrations

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Final assignment for Cynthia Halley's Background for TV and Film class of a sea monster hunter's attic

 

Part of the assignment was the inclusion of a backstory for the potential main character to be going into the attic. For this assignment, the backstory was the main character didn't believe their grandpa was a sea monster hunter and subsequently snuck into the attic to see the evidence for themself

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Storefront background for a personal illustration set in 1950s New York 

Rough shoebox cutaway of the main house of my personal project Cottonwood. The house is a bed and breakfast and living space for the main characters of the comic

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Apartment hallway background for an illustration commissioned by client. 

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Shoebox of the Evil Lair area for scrapped short film project, Meowtch Maker. The shoebox is illustrated to match how the backgrounds in the short are colored

Background layout and line for a panning shot in scrapped short film project Meowtch Maker

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