TUNNEL OF BONES ENDPAPER
This was a commercial project, with the purpose of illustrating scenes for interior art. The characters portrayed are from Tunnel of Bones by V.E. Schwab. The scene is set at a restaurant in Paris, where Cassidy and Jacob are looking for the lost cat.
MOODBOARD
put together refs of how i wanted to approach the illustration
frame 1
Rough sketch of chosen composition, where you can have the characters actions be the focus while also not losing the entirety of the environment--which in this case was important to showcase.
frame 3
frame 2
Refined and cleaned up sketch with a more clean approach to the background and looser lines for the characters.
frame 3
Since this was a B&W illustration, I went straight into blocking values and doing light render on the background.
frame 4
The sketch was brought back into the frame, in order for me to further render the characters and finish up more details in the background.
frame 5
The finished result features more refined lighting and a more cleaned up look. Effects such as blur and light bloom were added to the scene to further enhance the environment.