February 2019 Challenge: Rooftop Living

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I really like how this is turning out! Super creative and different the details are really cool like the soccer field and the aid station. Very cool stuff!

Thanks so much, Domino44! The soccer field just popped into my head and seemed perfect for a group that has committed to living on the rooftops!

Lots of good ideas... I love the story !

I must credit Tonquani with the story, I just ran with it.

That turned out fabulously! Looks like something right out of a comic book.

Thanks, arsheesh! I was at a loss until I hit on the idea of a comic book style. Then - boom! pow! - it all came together.

So. I think this is done!

Tonquani's commission was as follows: A zombie apocalypse (or something similar) has happened – there seem to be rather a lot of these around at the moment… A small group has managed to barricade themselves onto the roofs of a group of high-rise buildings and establish some sort of colony/settlement there – including growing food, raising livestock, etc. They have built walkways between the various buildings, so that they never have to go down to the ground where the zombies lurk.

Perspective: This is probably the most important – I would like an extreme three point perspective specifically showing great height above the ground. [see 1st post for sample image]

Colours: No specifics apart from it being drab and dark below – some sort of black mist on the ground may be an idea if you want – and probably makes it easier in that you won’t need to draw loads of detail on the ground. The roofs themselves should be quite colourful in contrast.

I must say, this is the most artistically challenging thing I've ever done! I scrapped three versions before hitting on this one. I went back and re-read the commission and this time it made me think of The Walking Dead comics; as soon as the comic book idea hit, I knew it was the right style for the extreme three-point perspective (which I thought of as "Spiderman's perspective"). I was able to work in the farms, apiary (my substitute for livestock), walkways between buildings, some additional color on the rooftops, and the mist.

This was drawn in Photoshop using a Wacom Intuous tablet. I didn't use SketchUp or anything for this entry...because I didn't think about it until I was done with the line work. The font is Komika Axis, available here.

I really appreciate everyone's feedback on this, and cheers to Tonquani for giving me a commission that made me stretch and learn new things! I would not have thought to do something like this on my own, and it's cool seeing it turn out well.

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