FUTURISTIC WEAPON VISUAL DESIGN HOMEWORK
The brief asked, to create a futuristic weapon, that was on profile view as a final outcome. This also included initial research and sketches. The mood board I put together contains a selection of different weapons from concept art, film, and games. All helping me to get inspiration from.
Some initial sketches that I created, that show different variations of a handgun model of weapon. I later decided I wanted to make a gun that was sightly bigger and more futuristic looking, as I found my early designs to be not quite there.
I firstly wanted to create a gun that was retro with a sci fi twist, however, the designs I did ended up begin a bit boring and again to too futuristic. I added some laser sights and made the barrel more clunky, however it made it look a bit odd and not how I wanted it to look.
Then I decide to go for a shotgun type blaster, however I immediately didn't like this design and firstly thought it looked very generic and flat, and also I had draw aspect of it out of scale so this ultimately made this design one I didn't want to go ahead with.
I finally found a design I was happy with, and was ready to start coloring in. I went for a more blockier and chunky gun, and one which was a sub machine gun, not a hand gun.
I decided to color on Photoshop, and I went with a very cartoon and almost cel shaded type aesthetic. I think my overall final design does meet the brief as a futuristic weapon. The color and lighting effect also makes this piece stand out more, and bring the cartoon feel to life more. Some problems I have with it, include, the rear left side of the gun feels a bit basic and could have used some more detail, and perhaps the front top barrel, could have been smoothed out more, instead of the rough look of it currently. Other than that, I am pleased with the result.
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