Hopefully these are not entirely too incomprehensible (I shall provide written keys for each scribble thumbnail.)
I did a few compositions of a few ideas, so I uploaded a selection of the best compositions/idea combinations I enjoyed.
Upon answering the questions I decided that since most of my art practice revolves around telling stories through various forms, I should explore one of my story ideas loosely in these illustrations while also focusing on the individual piece’s narrative. My illustration style always falls somewhere between book illustrations and concept art paintings depending on the piece, so I left room for both styles to come through in my art.
Image 1: Kassiana, Rope, Birds, Balcony (and city), Leap of Faith / escape
This image has an extreme perspective shot of a character about to leap off a balcony, rope in hand. She looks back off to the side of the shot as if something is following her or chasing her. there are birds at the top and foreground of the frame, creating shadows across her. In the bottom/background is the city below.
Image 2: Yuko, Old objects/memories in the moss, squirrel adjacent creatures, Deep Forest, Descent
The character is descending through a giant set of trees and roots, these trees feel Very Very Very Large and there is a downwards perspective. A plateau is formed in the foreground from the roots and has bioluminescent life and little squirrel ish creatures alongside old objects that seem to have been long forgotten.
Image 3: Characters (Nikolai’s hands, Marina’s back), Pins, Moth, dorm rooms, Creepiness
This one has an homage to the graphic novel style and uses three panels to show a character conducting moth taxidermy in the first and last panel, while the middle panel shows a view of a character through an open window. The view is unnoticed and feels stalkerish and coincides with the creepiness of the moth taxidermy, there’s a metaphorical link to the character and the moth.