Given the task to draw out our characters in the environment they inhabit got me thinking of Caravaggio's theatrical paintings and the thing they were most famous for: use of chiaroscuro, which not only seems appropriate for the project, but necessary considering the shadow creatures.
My suggested story/ explanation:
The group liked the idea of the souls coming back themselves through the rip and spreading across Earth so I started working on it. I'm thinking of it as a gradual expansion of the shadows.
(Above - using Beata's tree designs)
(Below - using mine's)
As opposed to the traditional painting techniques of making the furthest points the darkest, I personally prefer the darkest elements in the foreground. I feel that it gives the scene a certain dramatic effect because the viewer seems to be placed in the shadows as well, creating tension, a creepy feeling of something lurking, prowling.
Example of dark foreground technique found across multiple mediums
(here we can clearly see the dark foreground framing the point of interest and guiding the eye towards it)
(here we have the darkest and brightest points in the foreground)
Slawek Fedorczuk
(artist recommended by Beata)
(artist recommended by Beata)
UPDATE 22/10/2016
More tonality work - details/ environment
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