11 Apr 2021, 23:38

@carolinebautista said in How to make it to the top 16:

With this prompt it's the frustration that even if i had time this month, I would not put a building without an environment around it in my portfolio. Even if I went through the trouble of designing this for my version of the story (which i see now does not fit their idea of hte story) i would want more flexibility in putting it at whatever angle it needs to be in whatever environment would be best, so it's best to take my portfolio work my own way. Putting it in my portfolio is what made me interested in the contest.

@carolinebautista I was wondering a similar thing. It seems unusual to put a standalone building in an illustration portfolio. I've seen it in a lot of concept art portfolios, but I've been looking through illustration portfolios and can't find anything like it. Has anyone seen any good examples?

I do like this image by Derek Laufman and this image by Zoe Persico.

I might sketch it out in an environment and see if I like it as a portfolio piece. If I do, then I'll create two versions, one without a background, to submit to the content, and one with a background for the portfolio.