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fmp2mt · 1 year

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Evaluation:

Media and Techniques:

In this project, I have looked over colour theory, the use of colours and how they can be used to enhance a picture through complementary colours in multiple forms, saturation of the colour and their warmth, and this was used in my work. I also looked into multiple media, from Movies, games, books and even music, which has always motivated my works' visual narrative. I researched such topics as Chinese dynasties, blood connotations, Prey (2017), Charities and reuse of topics in the form of sequels and reboots. Through them, I learnt the history of the Chinese Dynasties and what led to their rise and eventual fall. I learnt how influential the topic of blood is in history, through ancient Aztec rituals and even the foundations of medicine and its religious view through such parties as the Christians. Prey led me to look at its visual nature and how it was used to enhance the setting and describe the world the characters lived in. And looking into recycling led me to discover that revisiting or trying a new outlook of a topic or idea can help enhance and surpass the original that I used a lot during this project.

These topics helped influence my project as I drew inspiration from them to create the foundations of my project proposals, eventually leading me to the creation of Blood and Gears. I wanted to use art deco, inspired by Prey’s visual landscape, to show how the world is prosperous and sanitary, regal and valuable, while using minor influences, such as H.R Giger's artwork, to show the alien nature of the place and what lies underneath. These helped meet my proposal as they enhanced my ideas and pushed me to work harder in newer mediums.

Purpose, Theme, Concept:

For this project, I wished to make it my best yet, looking into a deeper and more thoughtful idea. My theme was Self, who you are and what you are, and would follow a character who needs to find out who he is, in a more literal sense as they had no idea what they were, being an organic automaton, a juxtaposition in his beliefs and thoughts.

I originally wanted to have many written segments about the world, miniature snippets of the world separated into blurb-

like instances, however I only made one, as the project had left a large backlog to go back and complete that were far more valuable, leaving me to only to express this idea once to help further my project. I wanted to do this originally because I wanted my project to be more provoking, and a lump of text can help with that as you can pull your own ideas from it and put them together as you like. I believed it also to be interesting and unique compared to other projects and also made up for my lack of game mechanics due to my time not focusing on game production.

The main aspect of my project was the art. I knew from the beginning that I wanted to make this some of my best work yet, as I wanted to show character through visuals and style. I believe that I had achieved this during my time, however I must admit that I am disappointed in how little art was ever fully finished to final quality.

This is mainly due to my research and development that I spent leagues more time on because I wanted to improve this project compared to my past work, where research was terribly minimal, however, I over corrected, leading to me having less time to fully develop my artwork, this sadly had cut into the time of a reworked piece of the main villain, having originally been inspired by Queen’s, News of the World album art by Frank Kelly Freas, as I wanted the piece to portray power and destruction as shown in the piece, yet this piece looked off and unnatural due to proportion and foreshortening.

I then tried to colour it in, similarly the SVEN, the main character who went along much smoother, yet he looked gross and revolting, unlike the powerful and opulent monster I was striving for. So, inspired by my research into reboots, I went to remake the piece, but this was heavily crippled by my lacking time, as I went to do this at the end of the project so I could get all my other, less finished work done. I am more happy with my refurbished art, not being inspired by any other art piece that would have been used as a base, rather I made it from scratch so I could get the specific vibe I wanted, and it turned out quite well.

Sadly one piece of work was unable to be finished, depicting two side characters I had envisioned who were inspired by 1910’s french getup, being a robot wife and her mortal husband who had gone through strife when her programming hard reset, leaving her without her memories and practically killing her. In this piece I wanted to show her as this force that linger on her husband, towering over him in cold blues to symbolise his now lost, dead, wife while also using purple shadows to make her feel more ominous. This piece didn’t get far, and so I left it to complete other work that I believed was more important and interesting, which helped other pieces come into their own.

However these two would have helped my further my theming, as they would have a different opinion on who “Self” is, because of their misfortune compared to other characters like Sven, who is dealing with revelation and fear while Arron is contempt in his place and sees himself as unimportant and rather lives a life of bliss uncaring of how his “Self” is viewed.

I also made a small description of two aspects that the main character can do, styled in the way of a computer, using art deco as a bases of its software styling, what is also fitting in to the nature of the game, being pristine yet gloomy, going a layer further in to show the true reality of the world and the fear of an autonomous world were self can be lost. Originally, it was going to be colourless, being a black and white Achromatic piece to feed into the computer software aesthetic, but I changed to colour to make enemies, playable characters and assessable items more visible and understandable that if it was left blank, and I still think that it feels how it should.

My main final piece, being Sven, was the first one fully complete and was inspired by fashion, with me using a vogue magazine and its model as reference for his pose what feels confident and strong, what is his personality before his revelation, and what he uses to assist himself being able to back himself up to help him in his pilgrimage of discovery. I took extra inspiration such as Jim Stark from rebel without a cause to help this impression while colour shifting him to make him look more calm and peaceful. I also made a second version of the image, where his face plate has been removed and his body is damaged, I wanted to do this as it showed a theme related to self, “Change,” as he is forced to accept that he is either someone new or if he is still the same as he always is, or if either is even an applicable view.

Outcome:

By the outcome, I am mixed on my feelings about this project. I have had excellent highs but also depressive bouts about the project's size, quality and overall skill. I wished to put my all into this, and make some of my best work, but being here shows that I am knowledgeable about my own projects' worth. Some aspects, such as some of my art and especially my research makes me feel proud and accomplished, but my writing skills and talents, including the wasted work, feel horrible to experience. If I was to go back to my project proposal, I think my past self would be disappointed with how it turned out, it feels lacking in areas and hasn't followed the timetable I made for it, but they never seem to match considering how projects never go to plan, always seeming to diverge into tangents and worthless work.

I believe that it has not fully met the FMP brief, but I don't see that as a negative, as it has become its own creature, allowing it to evolve further and flourish into its own identity, further and grander than that of which I tried to make it.

Conclusion:

I have received minimal feedback on my work and no peer assessment due to my lacking drive or care for others onions, as my own opinion of my work is far more valuable, as I am not one to sugar-coat what I think is bad, and I would know due to my hatred for my work, looking back at some of them I can see faults such as anatomy and proportion or just ugly decisions that I seeked out. This hatred for my art is what led me to remake my second piece and to throw other pieces into the trash. To improve my project, I could have spent longer positions and posing my characters, making them feel less stilted, this could have been exceptionally helped by using better facial expressions that would have better helped portray their emotions. I have learnt that wasting my time is worthless, even If I believe it would help enhance a piece, as I will only grow to despise it as time goes on.

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Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022) IMDb. IMDb.com. Available at: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1488589/ (Accessed: March 7, 2023).

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Goryainov, D. (2020) Destiny 2 beyond light- stasis, Dima Goryainov on artstation at https://www.artstation.com/artwork/48djjn: Destiny, artwork, concept art, Pinterest. Epic Games. Available at: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/406942516337017173/ (Accessed: March 7, 2023).

“Leviticus 17:11” (1986) in The holy bible: Containing the old and new testaments ; translated out of the original tongues and with the former translations diligently compared and revised. New York: American Bible Society.

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fmp2mt · 1 year

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Art Station

I have created an art station account for my project. I created an account so I could more professionally present my art, as while Tumblr is an easy way to upload my work and to show progress, it does lack the valour of professionalism that art station strives for, not only allowing for easier management of project details and allowing me to segment my other work and portfolio accordingly. It does lack the ease of just uploading my daily strides, but it perfectly encompasses finished work into its ecosystem.

It was quite easy to set up, not using my school email as I wanted to future proof it as I would be using it as Left collage and moved onto doing private work.

This will also allow for me to retrieve peer reviews from other members in the art community who see my work. I like how the website allows me to show all my work at once while also keeping it compact and divided, it is also nice how it lets me add specific details to each piece, whereas you had to make entire new blogs for Tumblr to achieve a similar yet degraded effect.

Link to project portfolio:

https://www.artstation.com/myartstation/projects?album_id=8786872

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fmp2mt · 1 year

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Planning-

Redoing the Villain:

I had originally made the villain for this project in a previous planning, development and finalization, however, I had realized that it was unforfitting of this work, which had such a strong start, that I had to restart it from scratch to make him how I want him. For this piece, I am going to start from scratch, allowing me to rectify my past mistakes with them, such as using a better and more compatible colour pallet, a more sustainable pose for the character and to also redesign his clothing to be far less ugly.

I am doing this near the tail end of the project as I was uncertain if I would have enough time to fully finalize this idea in the lacking time I had left, but with one week left and near all admin work done, I’m striving to accomplish this work to attain a better and deserved grade in a moment of valour.

I am going to use Photoshop in the production of this image, taking a more freehand approach to this, drawing the pose till I make it feel substantial yet achievable, where I will start to try and see its dimensions through smaller, simpler shapes before adding more and more detail, caking it up till it become human, hopefully.

After this, I will go on to outlining the major strokes till a cleaner linework emerges, witch will later allow me to easily invert the selection, allowing for easier colouring by quickly and efficiently applying a base coat to the piece.

I am also wishing to make a simpler background for him, making it all art deco instead of only having a detailed border and a simple background, cluttering up less of the screen and making it easier to read.

Development:

So far, I have made a simple sketch of the character and have simplified it into cylinders to make perspective easier on myself, I also have made the background witch has probably became my most interesting art deco piece, with a flurry of diverse shapes while keeping consistent line thickness and looking visually appealing, with a more detailed planet hovering in its centre. By itself, this background could be handed off as something more, but that is not my main objective right now,

I have decided that I am going to go for pinks, purple and blues for my colour scheme as they are analogous colours, following on from one another to become appealing to the eyes. I am also going to use gradients again like in older projects, to show light getting stronger and weaker, by having a darker colour start the gradient before dissolving into a brighter saturation, leading to a cute and simple fade effect, giving the piece more depth.

I was going to introduce a third aspect to this piece, that being a small selection of grasping hands, reaching up towards Arron, who in this piece is statuette, standing tall and monolithic in front of them, however I have decided to scrap these for time and also due to how finicky they could get to draw, knowing my track record with off hands. However it would have been nice to see them, perhaps if I have even more extra time I will be able to add them and see how they turn out.

So far, this piece is turning leagues better than its previous incarnation due to simpler and more refined planning and more understandable pose, yet I still wish to incorporate foreshortening into this piece to make it more interesting, I am hoping that it turns out better like the rest of it has.

One last thing, I am going to further use shadows, I believe a major reason for the previous pieces failure was the lack of strong shadow, leaving the colours to be separate entities where shadow could have help unified them under one banner if they were either bigger or more apparent in darkness. I hope this will help lead to a better piece.

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fmp2mt · 1 year

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Finalized-

Aaron RE-DO:

I am ecstatic with this outcome.

Only taking around 10 hours, what is quite fast for me, I have made a far more interesting, pretty and worthy piece for thai project. This rework, inspired by my research into sequels and reboots, where people returned to a previous idea of IP to create a new experience, sometimes inspired by the original to enhance it, has made the Baron of Worlds a far more creative looking character.

You might realize that there is no blue on this project as I stated in my development, that is because I realised that it would be encroaching to far into Svens look and also doesn't really fit his desired personality, so I changed it to orange,what surprisingly really fits in, the closest colour theory term that matches it is Triadic, but there is no green. I believe it works so well in the end is because it is matched with greys, what can work with near all colours, and due to the purple shadows used in this piece, witch help the orange blend better with the overconsuming purple.

I also think the background looks nice, the purple symbolising wealth and power, like the original, whereas the orange now feel more powerful and dominant, as it is now intertwined into his character design, making him feel more dangerous. I also added a cape, as I wanted to make him feel more imposing and large, and an outstretched cape works wonders as it makes their silhouette more dominating, feeding into thai designs more destructive feelings.

The only major problem that I can see is that his face is off. I have never really worked with heads at this angle, and that's obvious at a glance as it looks squashed and stubby. Yet, even though it is an obvious blunder, one that could have been simply saved by me not rushing, I had little time to object due to my little time left, forcing me to pace forward, and the problem doesn't downgrade the effort and commitment placed into it,

Overall, I am far, far happier with this piece than the original. It has a much stronger visual identity and presence, and advances on all aspects the original either failed in or had very little success in. I am happy that I came back to this and managed to complete it in time, as nit has to be one of my most accomplished works to date, and probably my best if I fixed the few minor problems that I have mentioned, including the hands, that aren't horrible, but perhaps a tad too big.

Finished Image:

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Colourless rendition:

Finished Linework:

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fmp2mt · 1 year

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Planning-

Villain:

In my project there was no necessity for a villain, or any direct opposition to the protagonist due to it being a personal journey of discovery, yet, adding conflict, especially in a foil type character, can enhance a plot. Because of this I made a character who would be introduced later into the story but be built up to through world building by making him a world leader, specifically owning the planet the game takes place on.

He will be the opposite of the protagonist, already knowing his place in the world, or at least, that's what he believes. He will impede the characters journey, trying to prevent him from digging up facts and hidden conspiracies on his way to find out who and what he is.

I want this character to feel imposing, a juggernaut so tall as to be insurmountable. I can do this by using the foreshortening that is already present in my reference image, that being the Queen Album art, News of the World, witch portrays a robotic monstrosity, originally depicted in Astounding Science Fiction in March 1954, destroying a building while holding the now deceased bodies of the band. I chose this as my reference material as I stated in my project proposal that I wished to be inspired by the music I consumed, and believed that this image would lay a perfect structural guidelines for me to follow through with.

I am going to take inspiration from 1910’s fashion, as relating to how this was the period in which art deco came into its strive in France. I will spend at least two days developing this work, including time spent on sketching, research into outfits and actual time spend doing the finished main outlines and colouring. I also want to again include the presence of an art deco inspired border to untie my pieces, but, I also wish to add a CRTV Affect to the image, using rows of low translucent to give to effect of an older model of tv. I want to do this because it feds into the identity I wish to give him, that being of a ruler of popularity and fame, and by giving him this TV appeal, he will fit deeper into that appeal.

I am making this character due to the value a good villain can introduce if they are played well. Aaron, as I am dubbing him, will be the protagonists, Svens, main foil. While Sven is still scrounging about finding out who and what he is, Aaron is lounging about, contempt and smug in his place in the universe, with an unwavering will compared to Sven’s state of confusion and change.

I wish to make this piece as similar to my last character piece as I can, so they both feel like they exist in the same world. Consistency has always been a major problem in my creative process, as one piece of mine can majorly deviate in style and aesthetic, leading to abnormal worlds, so to keep them in the same space could help, so I’m going to have my other piece open, using the same utensils as well, to keep up my consistency.

Development:

Starting the piece, I articulate a rig from my reference image, adding more human anatomy to it before furthering it by adding more human detail and clothing. I then, from my rough sketch, developed a finer linework and added orbiting planets partway through, due to it showing how powerful he is while also how the character could be seen as egotistical and self centered as his miniature dioramas of his owned planets all revolve around him.

I had come into a problem when I reached his hand, this is due to my lacking anatomical skills and terrible understanding of perspective, and when creating his hand, it became a bit unnatural and stiff, but due to mounting pressure from lack of time, I resulted to leaving it be, what is far harder to do due to the hands prevalence in this piece, grasping a planet in menichal joy.

I also came to a horrendous discovery, I wanted to try and use more diverse colours in his pallet to make him feel more vibrant while also using the colours to show his traits, like using purple to show power and wealth and gold to show opulence and greed, but it came out horribly wrong, the colours mixed like puke and came out in a terrible feat for the eyes, because of this, I wished to not use colour, rather I would leave it blank and return to it on a later date, perhaps after I had finished my admin work on the project.

Overall, so far, I am happy with my linework and his general design but am displeased with his colouration and off putting anatomy. To improve this as I further develop my work, I am going to minnamile my use of colour and put more work into the background to help further his character rather than through colour.

Finalized:

Aarron, Baron of Worlds

This is my finalized piece of the main villain, and I am disappointed with this outcome.

I went out and wished to portray a more dynamic piece, one that had depth and power, yet it came out worse than my first, perhaps swayed by time and my drive to get it done as fast as I could. All colour was scrapped because it just looked wrong, and I always have been more proficient in a minimalist style. Lots of other things failed as well that I wished went better, such as his torso, what is ungodly large and unnatural without enough mutilation to the rest of his proportion to match, and his cloths, witch I believed were a bit naff, looking flat and if hovering in reality unlike Sven’s more interesting jacket and sleeves.

I, however, like the background, where I tried to make it look like a collection of planets, continuing with his worldly status. I also like the art deco inspired border, this one more sharp and less flat than Sven’s, but I am uncertain if I would say its better, as it feels far busier and inconsistent, wit some lines being thicker than others and using odd and symmetry destroying shapes.

Yet, I did use minimal colour in his shadows, consisting of a purple gradient transitioning down to oranges. I did this to imply his wealth and power, what I originally wished to achieve through his clothing colours but had to maneuver to this instead due to how horrendously that went.

Overall I am displeased, this is a terrible stumble to be having on only the second art piece, and has dampened my resolve. His face is a bit too big, his hand too unnatural and his cloths are plain old ugly. If I were to do this again, I would rather have a blank base to add onto instead of how I used a base for this piece, as it locked me into a pose that I was too unskilled to manufacture.

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fmp2mt · 1 year

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Planning-

Abilities and Descriptions:

For this project, I wish to show what could be done if it was ever to be picked up by better hands and put to scrutiny as a game. To do this, I am planning to make a Slide that could be seen in a game pamphlet or manual that would be found in the game case.

This will allow for the abilities to be better see and given more room to allow the player top discover them if they wish too, rather than forcing them to indulge in some controls that they might discover better on their own.

This piece will show off two descriptions, in the motif of the game, they will be shown off with art and style making them stand out from other manuals of the same ilk.

To make this, I will use photoshop, as I always do, and will present it in landscape A3, what is odd for a booklet, but due to me wanting to emit a old computer vibe, it will fit in better with the aesthetic I am striding for. I will use colour theory to show the difference in friendly, enemy, and natural teams, what will visually help the player derive what is of use and how they work. I will continue my Art Deco inspired world by incorporating it into this books fashion. I have a mood board that I will draw from to show this.

Looking at these images stirs envy in me, that there are people who can make work that looks so professional with nearly nothing, whereas my work has no such skill or style, even when I pour my soul into it. But these images will help me look deeper into the style. I want to use Art Deco due to its connotation to the rich, flamboyant and odd modern futurismus, with the architectural style melding with visions of opulent destinies. I blended better with the sharper, more harsh variations of the style, using squares, edges and consistency to build up their works. It also makes it feel more aggressive and less accepting, as if forcefully grafted into the system, as if the tyle is a forced visage that other wish to uphold, lest they fall from grace, what links with some of the theming I have added to this project, such as trying to exist past your time and trying to discover who you are and forcing a personality onto yourself.

Development:

I have encountered no problems while developing this idea out further. I have given it a “Tabby” feel, making the art look even more like a computer program where you are opening tabs looking for system settings, again fitting in with the games style. I have added art as expected and have decided to make the background completely black, this is unusual, but I believe that id does help make it feel alien and computeristic, as it feel like a booting screen for a PC, what I like. I am expecting minor changes to occur as I go further into the project, like when I tried to make it all black and white. I wanted to try this because it, again, computerised the idea, but I thought that adding colour separated the ideas and looks better than leaving it blank, so I continued with my original idea.

Finalisation:

The work is done, an I am happy with the outcome, I think the colours work, the style fits, It is explained visually well and so on. I could have added more details to the blank backgrounds, but the isolation they create does have its charm to it in my eyes. I could have made the text bigger though by reducing the presence of the art deco corner, but I like how it looks too much to remove it from the project. I think the only glaring problem foreseeable is the text reading, but in an actual project this will be unneeded as you would have it closer to yourself while also being in a larger format.

Finished Art:

Testing Art Deco style:

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fmp2mt · 1 year

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An unfinished piece of work depicting two side characters, a husband and his robotosised wife. I decided to put these two on the cutting room floor because I was already cutting it close to the deadline, and would rather spend this time making my pre existing ideas better such as the projects main villain instead of focusing on two, less integral, characters.

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fmp2mt · 1 year

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Finalized-

Main Character

Sven:

This is the completed conceptualisation stages of the projects main character.

Overall, I am happy with how the sketches, planning and the final piece of him have came out. I like how the linework has depth through my techniques and I like how I implemented the colours without them looking grungy and disgusting.

However, to improve, I could’ve kept my consistency up, what is majorly apparent in in the first sketches, where his face structure melds between multiple different looks, this was helped through an extra reference sheet, and due to this, I will use it in other characters conceptual sketches.

I am pleased with this outcome, and will later update them into a slide format with more overview.

The protagonist of this project, Sven is a kindhearted and optimistic soul whose life is throw into question as journeys to discover the truth of his creation. He is a organic body enclosed in a synthetic shell, with no knowledge of his past, this allows him a unique avenue for abilities compared to his completely robotosised or fully organic companions or foes. His quest will have him discover what it means to be himself, rather than living up to others beliefs or stories of him, with him unknowingly falling into this trap, not being due to others, but because of his own ideas of what he could end up being.

His key qualities are:

Kindness- he’s open to others and is not one to be unececerrly rude to those undeserving,

Egotistical- while kind, he still has a very high view of himself, he doesn't belittle overs often however in his strive

Confused / lost- The discovery of his organics has left him stranded and fearful, enhanced by his ego and not wanting to be a freak

Determined- he is headstrong in his desires and won't stop at anything to achieve them, some would see this as stupidity

Versatile- Sven is able to quickly adapt to a situation when needed, able to make plans on the go and use things to his advantage

Douche- he can be seen as a bit of a prick by others due to how he thrases things

These qualities have changed from his original conceptualization, making him a more flawed and interesting character to look into and explore, a necessity for interesting storytelling. A character can be kind and still be a bit of a douche, I added these more negative aspects like giving them an ego due to me hating fully pure characters who have no flaws or problems and are shown as the second coming. These kinds of characters instantly put me off any kind of media that I than, “this new enemy is stronger than the previous.”

That is also why I made the setting a cybernetic landscape, as it allows multiple solutions to problems, what not only is a good idea to have in game says it gives the player more relevance and motive to explore, it also explains how someone weaker, such as yourself, could be able to beat these far larger enemies, be that physically or metaphorically. This not only makes victorys more rewarding but far more interesting as it’s not about pure strength and is more relied on by skills and tactics.

In his story, David will meet people going on parallel narratives to his own, showing different ideas and conclusions to his own story, as if hinting to his own possible end. Some of these characters I have imagined is a father who is wishing the revive his son who passed, only to get him back empty and hollow of experience, an individual who has fully replaced their body times over and starts to fear about if they are still truly alive and a man who has already come to terms that he is not his original, that he is a copy and does not need to be held up top his past. I wish to add more aspects of his character that can be explored in these quests of discovering himself.

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fmp2mt · 1 year

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In these previous 6 projects, I have grown an affinity for art. I have learnt how to use Adobe Photoshop and a sleuth of its features such as overlaying, masks, filters and other quality of life tools. I have also learnt how to better coordinate myself and keep my mind in check while also better laying out my research and work. This is in stark contrast to the very beginning of this course, in which I thought I would have gained a better understanding in coding in Unreal Engine 4 / 5 and when my work was less organised and contained. I am happy that this course has allowed me to further my artistic merits, even if my expected path has come up to a dead end. I am happy and it means alot that I can continue doing work in a subject and area in which I am more accustomed. I wish to delve further into my artistic works due to my aspiration to achieve a great grade during this project to help further my freelance career.

For my project I wish to develop and produce conceptual art for a hypothetical game in its early stages focused around the metaphysical ideas of dreams and memories. These pieces would hold character sketches with refined images,location sketches and my interpretation of manifesting the metaphysical into reality that would intertwine initial research ideas into its theming and later primary and secondary research into its visual identity. I would need to use programs like Photoshop to create the work, such as sketches and images, and I would use Google Slides and Tumblr’s blogs to present my work, including research, overviews, developments, concept work and my problem solving skills that I presented during the project.

I will use time like independent study to develop my research further and harbour new ideas and qualities that can be added to the project due to having no resources to produce the necessary conceptual art at home, and so would rather use my time at school to produce that which I couldn't do at home. I will, at the end of every week of the project's lifespan, do an overview to see how far I have gotten and how much I have produced, inciting if I have met the qualifications that I demand of myself that week, if so, why, if not, why.

I will use a wide range of varied research to instigate this project, such as music, art and artists, games, philosophies, movies and architectural style. My hope is these will give my project a large pool to take from, allowing for more interesting and developed pieces.

I will also create and post to an art station account after my conceptual work is done, giving it a professional outlet.

I will post all my workings onto Tumblr. This will allow me not only to chronicle my work but to also allow me to show my workings and any challenges or changes that are made. When I have a large enough portfolio of my work, I will implement it into a survey that I will get others to participate in, asking for how it made them feel, if the project is of a good quality and other important questions. I will also upload my conceptual art to Art Station when it's done so it can be uploaded to a more professional outlet than Google Slides and also allowing for more opinions to be accepted through the digital medium.

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This is my project proposal for the UAL Awarding Body. I could have made this more concise if I wished, but I believe that information would have been sacrificed for the sake of size, in my mind it is as small as I could manufacture as I don't view it as my mindless, worthless babble.

Starting from now, I will be preparing to start my projects earliest moments. I fear that I won't have enough time by the end of it to make a product I am happy with to achieve the grade I'm aiming for even with my best efforts, to remedy this I am going to plan out this FMP more than any other that I have ever produced.

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