Study Task 2- Environmental Storytelling- Royal Armouries

Royal Armouries

My final environment to study is the Royal Armouries . This museum is filled with guns and battle items and clothing so there was lots that i could have seen and drawn which is why i did quite a few sketches on my way around.

As i wanted a good scene i couldn't just sketch some items, so i looked at the place from wide shots so i could see shapes and angles of the way the whole place was laid out. This ended up letting me see lots of different perspectives and geometric angles that i wouldn't have been able to try if i was doing all close ups.

Here are the thumbnails i sketched of the scenes i am wanting to sketch. There are two from the same section and the rest were from when i found good shots from around the museum.
I have decided to do this location in biro as it gives a good scribbly effect that goes well with my style, i can also get some good shading and highlights with this medium that i cant with some other mediums.

This first sketch is of the balcony that ran right down the centre of the building, separating the sides, apart from some small bridges used to cross over. This let me get some amazing pictures of perspective as i could see above and below the level i was in front of which really added to the overall effect and look of this sketch.

I took this picture thinking of the rule of thirds, this meant i could use the horse and night holding the lance as the main focus. Which turned out really well as the windows are all tilting to add to the effect that the scene is getting further away and that there is only a small balcony connecting the two halves of the museum.

This is another one of the sketches i have done of the same location. This was from the bridge on the next level. This really showed another type of perspective as i was looking down. This still let me show how the building was laid out as the windows are still showing they are getting further away as well as having the horse and night as the main focus again.

This is the next scene i have done a sketch of. It is a scene i am looking down on and is of a battle display and some display cabinets of armour. When i was walking around the Royal Armouries, this was a scene i really wanted to draw as it is different and gives a different perspective, like the viewers are watching the character walk through the scene from above.

I do find that biro lets me get a lot of detail into each scene which is why i do like using this medium, but it is difficult to add in different tones just with one pen. This is why i was surprised how well some of the scenes turned out when i experimented in making the tones and shading all different.

This is the final image of my sequence from the Royal Armouries. This was a room with more modern weaponry. This was a hard scene for me to do as there was a lot of wood that was the same colour. Yet i needed to change the effect so they can all be distinguished. This is why i am happy with the results overall as it is a completely different scene from all of the others but still fits in with the location and looks like it is part of the same location.

Overall i would use this medium again yet i would make sure to leave a lot of time for it as it did take me a long time to do these scenes to have this overall look. I would also use it for creating texture as fine liner tends to look smooth whereas this medium can add textures and tones to different items.