I really enjoyed this class by James White and the energy he brings throughout his creative process.

For this project I was looking to incorporate a highway overpass going into another realm from the desert. The highway overpass itself is in Toronto, Canada and was taken from a photo I had shot earlier on before I embarked on this project. As the highway enters through the void its appearance changes based on the environment within.

Within the void, I wanted to have a glowing sun, setting in the background along with a few buildings in the lower part. The birds were added later on as a finishing touch to the scene within the void.

Outside the void, the desert and background sky was created using James White's methods taught throughout the class.

Desert Highway - image 1 - student project Desert Highway - image 2 - student project

First things first, are the sketches (although I had already knew in my mind how I wanted it to look). I started with these four sketches that I drew using an iPad (I like to go paperless)

The next phase of this project, Illustrator.

Desert Highway - image 3 - student project

Creating these vectors in illustrator was the easy part.

Desert Highway - image 4 - student project

Desert Highway - image 5 - student project

Desert Highway - image 6 - student project

I wanted to try this piece with the CN Tower but it didn't fit in very well and was taken out.

Desert Highway - image 7 - student project

Desert Highway - image 8 - student project

Desert Highway - image 9 - student project

File size: 2.58 GB

I really pushed my MacBook to its limit.

Desert Highway - image 10 - student project

Cheers

Fury Unit

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