Inspiration & Goals

 

Inspiration & Project Goals

Inspiration

My inspiration for this project manifested during my time watching Studio Ghibli animations over the Christmas period of 2022. My idea was to create an outdoor environment combining my favourite art style, stylized art, with the semi-realistic Ghibli look.

With an idea in mind, I chose a reference image (shown below) that I thought best matched my vision and used this image as my main reference when developing my scene's composition and layout.  

(Source) 'Hobbit Mansion' created by Johannes Burström of Artstation

Project Goal

My main goal for this project was to develop a larger outdoor environment and further broaden my skillset while doing so. My past work has mainly focused on smaller interior scenes and I wanted to take this opportunity to produce an outdoor scene complete with a landscape, foliage, props, sound effects, visual effects, and summer-like lighting. Once complete, my scene would become the newest addition to my Artstation Portfolio ready to apply for jobs in the very near future.