concept art

I have started producing concept art to get my ideas down for characters and enviroments.

Reference images

I have got some reference images on tribes people, ocean plants, and bioluminesences.
some examples of the reference I have are:

Idea from reseach

Miners who have come to this world looking for valuble elements. They bring scientist with them to research this world and to try and interact with the tribe people, to keep the tribe people out of harm. Little does the scientist know, is that the army who are there to protect the humans from danger, are abusing the tribe people. Also the scientist who are intruding in the forest are breaking the balance of the forest making it hard for the tribe people. The enviroment is full of bioluminesence life, even the tribe people have a little bioluminesence. This is because the world only has 5 hours of daylight, meaning its always nearly dark. Plants simular to our ocean plants grow on trees, like air plants. Industral things dont belong in this world. The tools the tribe people use are from things they see around then. They are things that wouldn't harm there lands. The humans travel around in industral machines, which upsets the life of the forest. This upsets the tribe people abd they try to fight these machines with the tools they have. The miners just see them as being savages and dont resist in fighting back knowing the tribes people dont stand much of a chance. But word gets out to all the other tribe groups in the forest. The tribe people and the forest join together in this battle to protect their world from distruction.

Bioluminescence

After researching in the bbc about adaptation and learning about Bioluminescence (animals, plants creating light, usually blue light) and seeing some of the sea life that create light and eject fluid that has light. It has inspired me to use the Bioluminescence in the world I am going to try and create as this is alien to most people, and will help create an interesting atmosphere for the creatures and plants in my world.

Research into nature and adaptation in nature

After going onto the bbc nature website and reading the entire adaptation section. I have realised that I need to think and brain storm about environments, to help me come to a plot which works in relation to nature rather than the story being to unrealistic and un-immersion. The environments and the creatures, people living within them will help determine the direction of the story. As well as reading about nature and the way things work within nature I read up on people who live in the Rainforests around the world. There main battle for survival is us. We are destroying there way of life by mining, taking the land off them and the food they need. Maybe this is something that I can use in my story.

Research:
www.ypte.org.uk/environmental/rainforest-tribes/92
www.bbc.co.uk/nature/

Proposal

I proposal to produce a game cut sequence using 3d s max and the havok physics engine. I want to create a fantasy, nature story so that's what I am going to research into first. I'm going to research on how people act/ react with nature to help me come up with ideas for my story.