This week I participated in group discussions about project style references and brainstorming project themes.
We chose the fantasy theme and tended to have two styles for reference. The first is a fresh and natural style, for which the guidelines are relatively bright-colored images and lovely roles. The second kind is mysterious style pictures, which involves more dark toned colors such as black and purple, and the atmosphere looks uncanny with fantasy characteristics.
After the group discussion, we selected some keywords for brainstorming.
The group favored the mysterious style of the theme and with which we drafted a rough plan for the scenes. The story takes place in an amusement park, where a little boy gets lost and encounters a series of fantastic things, such as weird clowns, screaming funhouse mirrors, or moving dolls. We chose the dark style as the painting style and connected it with the dark and childhood. Brainstorming is an exciting process where everyone is able to share the style they are interested in and finally reach an agreement.