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Invisible Cities: Ersilia

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One of the trading cities, I didn't end up producing as much concept art for Ersilia because I found the description of the string and the buildings difficult to compose without it looking messy. I did enjoy imagining the area, using tents as a way of explaining the cities un permanent concept and abandoned remains.

Invisible Cities: Zenobia

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One of the thin cities, Zenobia was defiantly one of the easiest to draw and compose thumbnails for, however I don't think I will be continuing to adapt the city as I don't feel I have a personal enough collection to the city to want to continue adapting it.

Invisible Cities: Baucis

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One of the cities and eyes, I experimented with different media to portray Baucis before finally deciding that traditional pencil and paper would be faster and more effective in portraying the thumbnails. I also used an influence map, as I was struggling with the concept of the city, which defiantly helped speed up my deigns.

Invisible Cities: Thekla

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One of the cities and the sky, I struggled composing Thekla which is why there are less thumbnails compared to the rest, however the layering scaffolding aspect I did find intriguing enough to explore, layering modern and old scaffolding to present the passing of time that for the city and its inhabitants.

Invisible Cities: Tamara

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One of the cities and signs, at this point in my thumbnails I was struggling to differentiate my thumbnails visually, so I decided to alter the location Tamara for a hillside instead of a traditional flat surface. This was to try and challenge myself to adapt to the different surface and see how the comparison of the city description and the raised surface could still be translated effectively.

Invisible Cities: Armilla

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One of the thin cities, I originally struggled drawing this city digitally and so moved onto drawing it with pencil and paper, which I enjoyed considerably a more because I could portray the heavy pipe work and buildings well.

Invisible Cities: Moriana

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One of the cities with eyes, after drawing Moriana I have decided that I might also continue on developing this city as well, as I found that I related more to its descriptions of pediments and columns in relation to my interest in Ancient Greek architecture and mythology.

Invisible Cities: Isaura

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One of the thin cities, I tried to imagine Isaura as a floating city, while also making the houses more round and remote to accommodate for the location. Isaura was defiantly the city I had the most fun constructing and will be developing for the rest of my project, although I would like to develop more inside the buildings and around the construction of the city before moving onto the development of these ideas, as I don't think I have made that clear enough within these concepts.

Invisible Cities: Esmeralda.

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One of the trading cities, when I was drawing Esmeralda I decided to switch from trying to balance digital and pencil concept drawing, to just pencil drawing to conserve time, of which I think defiantly helped with my progression through the rest of the project. Esmeralda was also the first city I felt most inspired to draw, although I don't think I will progress Esmeralda onto my final design.

Invisible Cities: Leonia.

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One of the continuous cities, I decided to construct Leonia with the idea of an oblivious neighbourhood being loomed over by the heap of rubbish that they create everyday. This was one of the cities that I didn't feel I needed a inspiration board for and that I found the easiest to construct, however I didn't feel like finishing my ideas as I was more inspired by some of the other cities.