Cedar's Abode (2023)

Cedar's Abode consists of a rendered scene and 2 sets of environment thumbnails designed with my hippie half-orc character named Cedar in mind. 

For this project, it was my first attempt trying to inject character and purpose into the background itself, rather than a background simply made to accessorise a character-centric artwork. Through this I had sort of an epiphany about the importance of environmental storytelling, and realised that backgrounds don't have to be something that I dread, they can be characters in and of themselves!

Fully Rendered Scene

Process

Environment Thumbnail Exploration