Inicial sketches and concept exploration
I grew up in a big family, and in my grandma's house, there was always room for one more at the table, as they say. The only requirement was to eat, drink and have a good time, the rest didn't matter. The version of my personal oasis is a bit of that but in a bigger scale. It is a place where we can acept and recognize each other and look past our differences, a place where we can be together free of judgement, and boxes to fit into. It's a place where we aren't fighting with each other but instead working together in new adventures, new discoveries and new frontiers. A place that is close to nature and we take care of our planet, but at the same time with our eyes in the stars to reach new places and keep dreaming. That is my oasis. This inicial stage I started to form the ideia, the characters and and the overall mood. Started to do some rough thumbnails to work on a composition and then moved to a more polished version to start to work on some characters. There is still much work to be done, but for now, I'm having a blast imagining all kinds of people, creatures and beings to fill this table.
