Today we had our first crit of the new self directed module, rather than all of us having to sit around and wait for everyone to come up and explain their research and ideas we were put into little groups of 5 and 6 to discuss and show our work in more concentrated detail.
The idea that I have for my project is a game opening cinematic. Based in a world I've named 'Golgotha' where everything revolves around life, fertility, growth and nature. In our real world terms using the name Golgotha to resemble a world of life is a pretty big juxtaposition as the original Golgotha was the place that Jesus Christ died on his cross. Religiously speaking, the word Golgotha means 'dying place/place of death' and is generally negative or sad.
For my world, Golgotha is lush and full of forests, flowers, water and life. Ancient and mystical beasts wholly referred to was 'Life Walkers,' preserve all nature around them, be it the forests, mountain ranges, streams or grass plains. At the center of this lays the worlds own life source, magic Gems that connect the Life Walkers to the Earth and the Earth to nature. But these Gems have been stolen and with each Gem lost the Life walkers lose power, become weak and turn into stone with very few remaining. The loss of the Gems from their rightful places has caused the Earth to lose balance with itself and as such an evil, previously dormant, is beginning to take advantage of the dying nature. Dark beasts known as Mortum Walkers roam the once lush forests, turning everything they touch into brown decay, the flowers have gone, the trees have withered and died and the water has become stagnant. The only way for nature, the Life Walkers and Golgotha to return to the way it was is to return the Gems back to their rightful places and restore the power of the dormant Life Walkers. This project will be created using Photoshop & After Effects, the transmedia side will be in the form of a water colour painted storybook.
The feedback I got from my artwork and plan of operation was all around positive, there was no real changes to my chosen method other than ways to further its development and to help it improve.
Everyone agreed that my artwork had come along in leaps and bounds since last year and the line art for it was described as 'beautiful' and 'delicate' which made me extremely happy to hear as I didn't have much confidence prior to the module.
I'm really looking forward to doing more work for this module and although there is alot to do I'm excited for the outcome providing I do it right.
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