These two images are the first two towards my knight time mix project I'm not that disappointed in the out come in terms of the image. It doesn't have the style I wanted but I was expecting this due to it being a new subject matter but i'm feeling more confident with it now. The main reason I don't like these is because it doesn't fit the idea I had in mind for this project. These images are leaning more towards the modern side and after painting them I decided I want the opposite and that I would need to hold back on having so many modern elements in the designs. I should be aiming for a 80% old 20% new balance to make these time mixes work.
I don't think I've written down what this project is actually going to be so I'll do that here.
I'm going for a fantasy time mix project set in the area of knight and castles but they'll have some modern technology in there. The task of this project is to make not look jarring or overly distracting but to have it fit in with the world created around it. So the knights would have access to technology such as gun but they'd be created in places like smithies so they'd still be hammered together and have bolts and decor you'd expect to see on things such as knights armour.
So pretty much I'm combining two ideas that we've seen in games before and mixing them together to make a new idea that hopefully wont feel played out and re hashed.
I've been thinking of a loose story and explanation to why knight would need guns in this world I'm creating and came to the conclusion that fantasy environments are actually really dangerous as they're full of mystical creatures that don't hesitate to attack and kill. Not to mention that there's normally wars and battles going on between different armies, so it doesn't seem to far fetched that maybe someone could be experimenting with new technology to help their people survive. because there are a few modern elements in the game it doesn't mean items such as swords and shields wouldn't be in the game but they'd be used with the new technology or be improved upon in a way that would be fitting to the games design.
This idea came about when looking through old work of mine that I painted before starting uni. i found this image (below) of two armored guys with guns and thought it would kind of be cool to pick up on an idea I had just before starting the course and to work on it now as a last project before leaving.
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