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Finished color version! This was a hell of a piece to figure out how the lighting would work on. Man!

Here we have a concept of where Maia lives.
We got a glimpse of what her apartment was like on page 3 [link] , 4 [link] , and 5 [link] of the short thesis comic I did, but we only saw a small corner of the living room the whole time. I wanted to draw the whole thing now, so that I could get a good feel for Maia's place within the city of Aricee.

After a few days of moving in, she's still trying to get settled. The majority of the space is empty, as she has very little to fill it with. Some of her utilities aren't connected yet, so the TV doesn't even work. She's too new and culture shocked to go wandering outside to explore her new neighborhood. So... she just sits and thinks to herself.

The looks of the apartment was inspired by the Brutalist Architectural movement: [link] - mixed with the aesthetics of the 1996 N64 game Wonder Project J2. Boston, [where I live,] has a good number of famous brutalist buildings. [See more awesome examples here: [link] ] Combining that with Wonder Project J2 yields a more industrial feel with the use of bright colors and grunge.

For clarification, Maia's apartment used to be a greenhouse on the roof of the building. Years before, no one was using it anymore, so the landlord butchered it and converted it into a livable space for rent. It explains the very open living room where the walls and ceiling are glass, the odd ventilation, and the air misting sprinklers still in the ceiling.

The steep stairwell added up front is the entrance/exit. Those stairs lead down to the roof on the third floor [seen in on page 5 linked above,] where Maia must use an emergency stairwell on the side of the building to get to the street level.

Bedroom through the door in the far back, kitchen through to the left, and the bathroom is the door on the left close to us.


Influences: Wonder Project J2 [link] + [link] + [link] , Swedish Graphic Design [Lego, IKEA,] Brutalist Architectural Movement, Tokyo Commercial-Residential Suburbs


Process Shots:
Initial Rough Sketch: [link]
See JUST the line art: [link]
Closeup Detail of my favorite little section: [link]
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~endgameRO Apr 25, 2012
This looks awesome. Man I would totally want to live in an apartment designed by you. :))
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~MultiverseCafe Apr 5, 2012  Student Digital Artist
I LOVE the dirty windows. It's just a little extra that really made the whole thing real!
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~Redxiii18 Feb 4, 2012
I definitely fall in love with your work. you are really amazing! i LOOOOOOOOVE your style and the colors!
Great job !! :D
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~ezdeban Dec 3, 2011
love the picture, love the story... very inspirational...

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~as the last snowflake settled, my eyes were now open to something new and exciting..~
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~sharpersuperdude Nov 4, 2011  Student Digital Artist
Want....

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Don't forget to smile! :) It's easy.
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~tarkuss Sep 25, 2011
Nice! I love the design. Then again, I have a lego collection, most of my furniture is from IKEA, and I have many fond childhood memories of a brutalist building, so it's a good match for me.

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Tarkuss!
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~LionDrop Sep 16, 2011  Hobbyist
You're amazing! Absolutely amazing!

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~Inkbust Sep 8, 2011
This kind of stuff just makes you want to draw,no matter your ability.Thanks.
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~VladimirJazz Aug 28, 2011  Student Filmographer
Fantastic work. I'm working on a pitch bible for a cartoon series concept, and I'm no background artist. I can do some things, but much of what I'd like to do, I don't have the materials to do. I plan to use some of your background work, fully credited of course, for the pitch bible so the network can get an idea of the world I'm trying to fill with my characters.

If it gets optioned, I'll be requesting you for work. Of course I hope my series is produced, and if it is, I certainly hope you'd be willing to become a background artist for it. It looks like you do a lot of anime work, and I also have an anime series in the conceptual phase. If you like my work, perhaps we could collaborate on some stuff and really turn out something great.

Keep up the great work,

- Dave Perry
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Mood: Love !TheStarCharter Jun 28, 2011
Love it!
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