Steve ✦ Lowtwait Profile picture
Giving out inspiration. Art Director at Disney TV Animation on #BigCityGreens. Cartoonist. Emmy winner. Dad. Runner. Classic car driver. Minimalist.

Aug 14, 2020, 5 tweets

Let's look closely at another trailer park background from #BigCityGreens designed by me, painted by @spookybri.

A process thread:

Again, starting with the storyboard.

This panel is about staging the action for the characters and giving a basic composition.

I threw down a grid to lay out the perspective.

This is a quick way to find perspective without dealing in vanishing points that would be so far away.

Roughing details is where the story of the location starts to come alive.

You can see how I adhere to the perspective grid.

Mailboxes in trailer parks are typically at a central location. But I think there is some mail (bills, letters from an ex) this guy won't even open and bring inside.

Here's the final design with all its details of a rugged history to support the introduction of a character.

Share this Scrolly Tale with your friends.

A Scrolly Tale is a new way to read Twitter threads with a more visually immersive experience.
Discover more beautiful Scrolly Tales like this.

Keep scrolling