Spies in Disguise: Visdev + Style for Clouds
My first assignment on "Spies in Disguise" was to work with Production Designer Mike Knapp and Sets Art Director Tom Humber on finding and exploring potential unique looks for clouds + skies. At this pre-production phase, the emphasis was on examining if we could pitch and establish something inside of a gradient of non-realism that was scalable to be usable on the show and still hit the Directors' mandate for dimension and interactivity.
Style Exploration - design for massing and form simplification. Largest shapes are the least detailed and smallest shapes are the most detailed.
Style Exploration approach breakdown - combining hero simplified shapes with procedural approaches
Graphic Composition, Shape, and Detail Study referencing Maynard Dixon and Ed Mell
Style Exploration 02 - based on sketch by Sandeep Menon
Once upon a time, there was a brief thought of doing a deeply simplified but dimensional distant cityscape in a trailer.
Components breakdown - stylized clouds, realistic sun + sky grad
Style Exploration - Simplified formation lineup
Style Exploration + workflow - Simplified formations into a 360 degree skydome. Pushing forms into the horizon for a graphic read.