Real Worlds - Key Art Thumbnails and Project Update (21/03/25)

Enforcer Key Art Thumbnails

I had a lot of ideas when it came to thumbnailing for my enforcer. I wanted to either explore the environment in it a little, or include a little hint of the Nightstalker in it. I did 7 thumbnails when I asked Sam for feedback. He commented that all of thumbnails so far shared the same camera angle so for the last 2, I tried to go for a worms eye view.

Nightstalker Key Art Thumbnails

Keeping Sam's feedback in mind, I made sure to explore different camera angles in my thumbnails. I attempted various bird's eye view camera angles since I didn't do any for my Enforcer. I tried to do a worm's eye view in 8 but I feel like it didn't fully come across that way. I struggled a little more when it came to coming up with ideas for this thumbnail. This is because I wanted to showcase each part of the Nightstalker's methods of attacks without making the victim the main focus. I struggled with this quite a bit before realising that I was trying to cram in everything I could which just made it look messy and cluttered. I started trying to pick 1 thing to focus on in every thumbnail which helped. 

Project Update

I need to finish a study on bat wings so I can finish responding to Mantic's feedback for the Nightstalker. I plan to alter the front and side of the turnaround for the Enforcer to fix the anatomy. I have finished the key thumbnails for the Enforcer and am ready to start the illustration. For the research, I need to do some additional research on the plague's factions weaponry as well as changing the format so it's in paragraphs and not note form.