I was happy with the contrast that this color-scheme provided my drawing: rich and lively in the front with deep saturated colors, bleeck and depressing colors in the back. The eye tends to only see what's in the saturated parts, and that's why this contrast was so fitting for my concept of optical illusion: only if you look a little further, you start seeing what's wrong. 

However the blue waterfall was itching my brain because it was asking way too much attention since there are no other blues in the drawing. So after some contemplating I deleted it to finalise my drawing. I was now finished and ready to submit my final drawing!

Before I enter the last phase of coloring and final-editing my drawing, I always do a quick monochrome check; the lack of colors obligates me to check the drawing in its purest form and look for possible mistakes or too empty spaces.

And here the lines of the mid- and back-stage are finished. Coloring not yet quite on point though...

I always start with the front of my drawings (kind of logical), here you see the front-stage drawn and colored. 

My sketch further explored the perspectives I wanted to create: the grapevines that lead the eye towards the cosy house, where a child is playing with its dog. The front is covered in shade, creating a nice contrast between the darker parts in the front and the game of lights on the farm. The father in the shaded front is nearing the house, carrying some vegetables he just harvested. Upon seeing his house and his child, he smiles, because everyting seems as it should be, with lots of details emphasising the effort the man makes to live and farm alongside nature: the bee-hives, recycling waste, a windmill, solar panels, sustainable seeds...

When drawing this kind of illustration, I often deviate from the path that my sketch layed out. But now I was pretty happy with the lines and perspectives of my sketch, so I followed it almost to the letter.

I often change a lot of stuff of the sketch when I start drawaing for real

This is the doodle I first made where I discovered the concept of my drawing: a lovely rural scene with hanging grapevines, creating a impressionistic game of lights and shadows. I wanted to play with an atmospheric perspective, where the front-stage looks very lovely at first sight, but when you look long enough the mid- and back-stage is a whole lot more gnarly.

I Compiled a few images to my inspiration Board. I did some Research on the Global changes facing Earth😪😪.

Credit: Google

2D rendering work in progress 

Once base color and main values are layed out, it is time to work on rendering and figure out final lighting. 

Still a ton of work ahead but quite happy with the shapes :)

I started to think more about what environments put me at peace and I guess what is towards my own personal oasis. This led to a few environmental studies and exploring more on the idea of a cabin in the woods but in the future where we live amongst nature. 

I felt good about this idea but didn't feel like it was a strong concept to really show off this idea of an Oasis...

This time I'm adding the leaves into the composition, it feels nice after seeing alll those leaves complimentary nicely and covering the wolf, the idea is to make the wolf become one with the nature.

Sketch transferred on phone- check✅.

Let's add some color and more details- check✅

Sketch it, sketch it.  Bringing my vision with that pencil on paper✏🗒

Let's Break down the process 🙂. What must be done to create the Inspiration Artwork. 

This is my little ideation phase, I like to write down what's in my mind😁. It helps to direct my ideas or inspiration. 

Hi! Last post before final submission ! Here are some details I added for the place to feel more lived in, to add a bit of story and draaama ! Also I liked how turtles echo the shell shape of the house, they adapted through many crisis so it could work with the theme and I always loved turtles so I added ten more :D !  This challenge was a lot of fun, thanks a lot for looking at my work, I hope you like it ! Have a great summer ! 

Hi! Here's some steps from the process, I started with the line worked on top of the 3D but I couldn't wait to finish it before starting the colors so I did a lot of back and forth X) 

Hi ! Second step for me was to make a rough 3D model in Blender to test many camera angles. I had this idea in C to add half drowned house that did't manage to adapt to waters rising, but in the end it didn't felt necessary and I wanted to close the space a bit more. I went with the version D because of the theme, it felt more personal and intimate to me if people can't get to close.

Hi ! Getting started ! First thought about a personal oasis is that I want to live by the sea.So I would need a home that could face some consequences of global warming especially the rise of waters. I looked into species from that biome for inspiration and discovered some super interesting stuff (mussels make their own glue it's fascinating !). That's how it lead me to make a house that looks like a crab: so it would float, cling to rocks and be adorable. 

To be continued ! 

When reading the brief for this competition the first thing that came to mind was my love for the forest and a simpler way of living. A small hut or treehouse nestled away in a forest or surrounded by fields and nature. While sketching these initial ideas out, my mind started to wonder about the more interesting possibilities of a future world of blended technology and more sustainable living amongst nature.

painting the image

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