Concept Work and Development

Below are a series of images of concept artwork and illustrations that were to be used in the unfinished novel. Most are hand drawn and scanned into the computer where they were coloured and textured using Photoshop. Attempted to use certain colours to signify certain moods and themes in the story.

 Original concept image of the submersible pod descending into water.

Another design for the setting of the story. 

A scene occuring after the submersible pod has crashed and been stranded in the original story. Achieved the lighting effects using Photoshop, used red mostly for the theme of danger.

Another illustration that highlights the interaction and relationship between the young boy and the jelly maid. Attempted to use warm and cool colours and used other textures as well as other effects like the boy's reflection in the glass window.

Original layout sketch for the "jelly maid" to be used for reference for modelling in Maya. Only half of the creature was drawn as I intended to mirror the image later using Photoshop.

Same image after being cleaned and manipulated in Photoshop.

Side view sketch of the "jelly maid." Made the proportions as accurate as possible with the last sketch, the arms aren't drawn in, just gave a rough position of where the shoulders would be. 

Simple sketches of how the jelly maid's hands would look and be constructed.

Diagram of the anatomy of the jelly maid, created while conducting research on different marine creatures, just to add a bit of logic to the subject.