Sapiens Visual Development - Morning in the Laboratory Color Key
The final piece of concept painting I did for my senior film, Sapiens. This scene was actually cut halfway through making this piece but I decided to finish it out.
Sometimes if I have a strong mental image of what I want the final piece to look like, the sketch just gets in my way--this was definitely the case for this piece.
When doing difficult perspective angles I plot them out like crazy.
I used a previously completed piece of concept art for the colors on this guy.
I saw a post recently calling out vis dev artists for putting rim lightning on everything... it felt like a personal attack.
This scene took place first thing in the morning and signified a happy turning point for the main character, I leaned heavy on the lighting to make these bananas glow with a hopeful feeling.