New Concept Design Process

Recently i have been working on a process (much inspired by Dave, who works for Victor Animation Studios) which is where you model the main idea/subject then take it into Photoshop and alter it to make it look more realistic. We used this technique in a couple of Character Concepts for Starbugs and it worked really well, mainly because you can get a real texture and a better lighting system.

So from today i shall be creating my landscapes in model form then altering them in Photoshop. As you can see from my initial pictures and ideas it makes for a much better and more striking image.

First initial idea