Developing the cityscapes is quite possibly my favorite part of Key to the Future’s Fate. Not all of my building concepts quite “hit” the way I’d like, but just messing around with shapes and designs is SO fun. Much of it helps to inspire some general architectural ideas that’ll stick around moving forwards; I’m a… Continue reading Environment – Fassdoon (Part 1)

I actually visited the IRL namesake lake for this segment of the story: Lake Itasca. For those that don’t know, it’s the source for the Mississippi River, which starts in Minnesota. It’s a BEAUTIFUL place, though in my original imaginings of the comic, I was thinking of a GIANT waterfall for this location. The actual… Continue reading Environment – Fassdoon (Part 2) / Lake Icatsca

It’s funny to me that I was putting so much thought into (one of) the final aesthetics of the chapter this relatively early on in the concept art. The top left section wouldn’t be seen until the final few pages of the chapter! I had a particularly strong visual concept for it even this early,… Continue reading Environment – Foundation B Part 2

Another highlight of the development for this chapter: the main NPCs! Foundation B is deliberately less populated than prior locations (the bulk of its action takes place around like, 10 or 11 at night), so the characters that we do see, I wanted to make sure were a bit more memorable. The main people of… Continue reading Background Fodder – Foundation B

By this point, I’d become pretty confident in the final aesthetics of Foundation B; this was more about just making sure it all felt “right.” These pages give a little background on what some of the structures around the facility were /for,/ since it isn’t always immediately obvious. I LOVE the weird tree-like towers and… Continue reading Environment – Foundation B (Part 3)

I had to spend extra time on developing these aliens, the Drembolts, since one of their number would be a main NPC: the final member of the security trio. Ultimately I went with something that’s about the cross between a rhino beetle, a mantis, and a scorpion. I wanted an alien that, at least on… Continue reading Alien Sketches – Drembolts

The final major piece of concept art from Chapter 3! The more specific details for areas would be left mostly to quick sketches on the thumbnail pages from hereon out. The main “research” area of Foundation B is, tragically, not an area I felt I gave myself the space to show off as much as… Continue reading Environment – Foundation B (Part 4)