Sketches & Explorations - Under The Clouds

Final part of my graduation project done at New3dge, trying to do visual development and character design for an hypothetic animation movie called Under The Clouds.

This last post is dedicated to all the sketches and moodpieces aswell as some environment information. Those are probably the most important part in my eyes as they represent the essence of what I have in mind for my project.

Thanks a lot for your attention and if you are curious to see more, I'll continue to developp this world on my instagram in the upcoming month. https://www.instagram.com/samuelamarart

Here's the premise :

High up in the sky, above a never ending sea of clouds, lives on majestics and feathering creatures of all sizes. Hunting, preying, flying upon all else. And as Mankind needed their abilities in order to survive, they domesticated them, bonded with each other, wrote them as living legends and myths.
Time passed, and humans, still knowing their place in the food chain, constructed their villages, towns and cities, protected , hidden from predators. Setting aside their desires of exploration and themselves for a quiet life.
Our story takes place in the peaceful village of Lhasa, where Jinpa & Tseten live alongside their mother, Nele. Until one day, when she disappeared with her bird Tara.

(Special Thanks to Nils Carstens, Lucile Meunier and Jens Claessens that were a huge help during my project. As well as my fellow comrades at New3dge, Bonus point to Farah Mérand)

Last Thanks to Aurélien Fournier and Fabien Roumazeilles for creating and managing this wonderful class.