Upon defining the areas – these then needed to be illustrated. Therefore concept art had to be created. this enabled assets to be defined into further details and enhance the visual development of the game design itself using sketches. During this time, concept illustrations for the general island and various set areas.
To elaborate further into the design process – a soundscape was created this was used to enhance the sensation and realism of experiencing the environment captivating another sense. This is done by compositing a piece of concept art with the sounds of environment – the example below uses a digital painting of a traditional Asian water garden and a series of sounds ranging from a simple breeze to a waterfall were added to the scene. As an artist who tends to stray away from color, creating a hyper-realistic piece was somewhat challenging however did enable the enhancement of digital painting skills. In terms of sounds, generating the foley sounds as before the final assignment was both challenging and somewhat enjoyable – creating and gathering the unique sounds was intriguing however due to the facilities available, I would have preferred more time with the Zoom recorders.
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