Continuing the sequence, this is the part where the story becomes more of a mystery, where we lay the cards that later we’ll turn, so to speak. On the way from the first storyboard below to the almost-final version I got here as well, I had to think a bit about Lydia’s kitchen and the small grocery store. At first, I thought about a more distinctive kitchen, because she is a designer after all, but then I decided it would be better to depict a rather generic space, that is still in the process of her moving. This is a story with several exotic characters and circumstances, so it’s probably best to keep some plain elements for balance. On the other hand, in the case of the small shop I could add some variety because it’s a sort of doorway between Lydia and the mystery, so there’s part of a big plant, a sleepy cat in shadows, and also the cashier is reading a Neil Gaiman novel.
She does her search in DuckDuckGo. I wonder how will that detail age.
Below are the sketches for the plumber. I kept the first designs for him, because they felt right immediately. There’s a non-related doodle of Lovecraft there as well, I don’t know why.
See you in a few days with the follow-up to this process. Feel free to comment and leave questions, and have a great weekend.
J.
