Environment Design

In my initial environment designs I worked with a more complex style. However, as my characters are very simple in design, I felt that the animation might not mix too well with the backgrounds. In my later designs, I tried to unify a combination of simple yet varied shapes to keep the environments both complementary and interesting.

In the below design, I experimented with a paper cut out style feel to the piece. I feel it captures the combination of simple yet visually interesting that I was hoping to achieve, whilst also adding a sense of childlike naivety. However, I believe the first colour choice is too bold and clashing, and also fails to create the sense of being underwater. In the second image, I used a blue overlay in an attempt to help with this. I feel the second image also does a better job of creating the sorrowful mood of the octopus, and allows him to contrast well against the background.