These are some of the pieces I worked on for "Project Midway." The premise for the project was a universe in which mechs existed in WWII and were used for various jobs, like battle mechs, medical mechs, etc. I designed a fire-fighting mech that would be functional on both aircraft carriers and the jungle.
For the Fall semester of BFA the class did adaptations of Selma Lagerlof's Thy Soul Shall Bear Witness. We were each randomly assigned times and places to adapt the story to. I was very excited to get Venice in 1486 because I've been to Venice several times and I absolutely love it! It's a beautiful place, and it can also be a bit creepy at night, which was perfect for this project!
Here's the final trailer featuring my paintings turned into scenes with special effects, weather, and parallax. The goal was to create a teaser-trailer for a movie.
Here are some sketchbook lighting studies from life I did for the project. I mostly used candle light so that I could learn to replicate night lighting in a pre-electric era.
This is a closeup of Death's gondolier. She drives the gondola and collects the souls of the dead for Death. She wears red and controls a cloud of mosquitoes because she is the personification of malaria. Malaria was a problem in the swampy lagoon of fifteenth century Venice.
