Bruno Gentile
This work is by the concept artist Bruno Gentile, most of his work is done for ubisoft this is a concept illustration for the Prince of Persia. The smoothing of the brushes give the art motion of the wind and adds effect to the sand giving it a dusty feel. The colour elements of brown are used well with shades from the light source at the front and glares from the light. There's a good sense composition and perspective. In this piece there is one strong focal point and that it the wooden building its brilliant because as you study some more you it's linked to more wood further away in the painting which draws further towards the background and the shades in the sky. I want to take the idea of some house like feature in my own concept and try to keep to mainly one or two focal points.
These are my six thumbnail sketches for the environment concept, i did six different environments but kept to the theme of snow/arctic each sketch took me one minute or less. I had two peers look at my six sketches and give me feedback, they though that i should incorporated the top left and the top middle so i went on to do my initial sketch.
This is my initial sketch i wanted to have good amount of light and shading on the mountains and a source of light coming from torches on the village. the huge space i want to be a frozen lake but they may be hard to show so i need to look at some tutorials.
This is my final sketch, i used three different tones through out and wanted to show depth in my sketch. At first i wasn't confident with how it was going so i looked at some tutorials to give me some guidance, this then gave the idea for using a sharp brush to outline the edges but i was a little dissapointed in the perspective and composition. next time i think i need to use some perspective guide lines at the start and try not to rush it as much as i did for a more detailed sketch. I’m happy with the shapes of the mountains and the colour kept to the blended smooth brushes as the inspired artist has done in his work.
