themossstomper: jeemh-files: “Well, shit.” - Toward the Storm, Chapter 5 by @themossstom
themossstomper:jeemh-files:“Well, shit.”- Toward the Storm, Chapter 5 by @themossstomper—–Oh my god this piece was a challenge to get started. I knew I wanted an ominous, foreboding atmosphere but I didn’t particularly want throw a horribly mutilated dead body in everyone’s faces. After doing a whole bunch of thumbnails and playing with a few different ideas - I very nearly had the POV be behind Reno and Nanaki looking into a shadowy room - I eventually ended up with something a lot simpler but hopefully still intriguing :DI took a little bit of artistic licence with the amount of blood. Since the story is told from Nanaki’s perspective there’s a lot of focus on what he can smell, which is great and works perfectly for the story…but it’s kinda hard to translate visually. Limitations like that definitely provide some interesting challenges!Oh and one final note, as I was finishing this up, I realised that the composition would work really well for a book cover and then…well, I may have gotten a little carried away…I’ll save that for a seperate post though as there’s still a few tweaks I want to make! ;DAs always, you can also find these illustrations on AO3 and read Toward the Storm here.Oh, it definitely turned out intriguing! This POV was the right choice, if you ask me – especially since you get to see their faces, too. :DI’m really enjoying these artist’s notes, by the way. I’m so used to being stuck inside Nanaki’s head for this story; reading about the considerations for bringing it to life in a visual format is both refreshing and enlightening.Still loving this, still loving the book cover version! <3 Thank you so much! :D -- source link
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