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Influenced by the concept art master Scott Robertson and his lessons in creating Unique Environments...


"This is an easy exercise of how we can create a whole imaginative world starting from illusative sketches and shapes. So we start in a new file, just start to draw some lines and curves and shapes using brushes in different opacities and sizes. Try to pull out some dark and light places. Its more easy to draw in many layers because the next step is to apply some effects in these layers (overlay, colour dodge, multiply, color etc) and capture the screen that we like more maybe because we can see some shapes come out.I give the screen i choosed to start with..



   
So the first thing is to try to find some shapes, shadows whatever that attires our look and we can give to it a new dimension, so looking at this abstract thing in the start i pulled out some rocks and a ship and some shapes in the back that could be buildings. Start to erase and draw just to give a more specific shape to things, no details just shaping and in a few minutes you new elements appear. As i clear the scene i discover new things...i choose colours that already exist at the moment.

 
   





 

As I keep shaping i see a sea in front of me or maybe a short of a lake, a city comes out from far away and i have some vertical lines that i may use them as tubes or something.
I try to make some reflections in the water (just basic shapes to have the feeling) and also gives a more strong shape to my ship...that is in wrong perspective (thats why we need guides)...ok see what we ve got at the moment




As I draw i concetrate in this left side with these massive vertical shapes that i will try to change them, because i want to give some depth...i ll start to shape the middle level batween the rock on the front and the far away building...i start a game of colour values just to have the depth and the shadows and lighting in several areas can help very much...
i also correct the look and the perspective of the ship and leave it for the moment.