Prop Concept

Prop Concept

Final Prop Concept

I feel my prop fits in with the theme for my work well, since it maintains the minimal design to be expected of a survivalist character, but still has some interesting features. I also decided to have my original thumbnail designs as part of the prop sheet to help further show the kinds of bow my character could possibly use. Additionally, I included some zoomed in drawings of specific details to help portray these areas more clearly.

Above are my thumbnail designs for my prop. I tried various designs in order to find something interesting that still wasn't too over the top for my character. Design 2 is a good example of something that is too extravagant, whereas designs 3 and 5 are possibly too boring. I took design 6 onto further development since I felt it found a good balance between these two extremes.

 I used the thumbnail design as a base for the final bow drawing. After neatening up its silhouette I used it as a clipping mask, meaning I couldn't draw outside of the silhouette. I painted in the shadows and highlights, then got a wood texture to overlay on top of the drawing, creating the fine grain detail going down the bow. The front view of the bow was achieved the same way aside from the fact that I made the silhouette from scratch, and the arrows were drawn entirely by hand.