Environment Design Rocks!

[Amit Dutta]

Ok, since there is a bit of confusion the most simple way I can put it I guess, without prescribing exactly what people should do is.

1. Come up with 1 OR more potential locations to design that are related in some way. Same IP, same overall "narrative world".
2. Do as many ideation thumbs /notans to look at compostional ideas as you need , in order to do number 3 below
3. Select 4 of your strongest comps. These can include either 1 OR more locations and develop them a bit further. These MUST show the evisaged final value arrangement and composition. The level of detail should be enough in order to clearly read focal points and understand what everything is.

I will be focusing on picking and pushing the strongest composition. I will be nailing you to the wall on composition and overall values at this point because you ain't going forward without these being solved.If you put in a lot of detail but the entire comps need reworking, you will be reworking them and potentially scrapping all that detail next week if the detail doesn't help the comp. (evil Amit cackle)

Colour is optional,  but not a bad idea if you can manage it, or if you prefer to begin in colour right away. I will however be looking at your moodboards in order to get a sense of what colour, design and mood you visualise for the final/s.
This is why I want the presented boards for each location (if you choose to try more than 1) to be relatively focused and concise to the idea. I basically want to see 4 well thought out and planned ideas so the boards don't have to be full detailed reference libraries for the piece, just the key pertinent ideas.

I am definitely allowing for ideas and designs to develop more organically during the process if some things aren't resolved in your mind yet.  So don't feel you need to have solved all the design elements up front...just the major art design and general shapes.

Hope that's a bit clearer!