Believe it or not the chicken scratch thumbnails above were part of the original book that was the start of this whole project.
I'm only showing them because we are in the process of creating background designs of were the characters live and I wanted to show what we are starting with.
These drawings are of Walden's house which I described in the book as "filled with interesting things". That's nice and vague!
My thought is that Walden is interested in everything and therefore his home would be very eclectic. He would have African masks next to a piece of classic sculpture. Dinosaur skeletons next to a strange musical instrument. He would live in a house that is a "cabinet of wonders" where there are an endless amount of rooms that all contain different things.
I am giving these roughs from the book and the thumbnails below to a real bg artist who will do some further development and really flush out the world.
That's such a great premise for a place for your characters to live. The possibilities are endless and the design ideas just start rolling. Vague-schmague, it's pure genius! Good stuff!
-k
Posted by: keith | April 15, 2005 at 07:56 PM