I wanted to share another gallery of my illustrations, focusing on interiors and props! While it’s exciting to create characters and creatures, those things need context. What spaces do they live in? What objects do they use? A character is only as interesting as their environment. And so when learning illustration, I’m constantly striving to create both effectively.

To start, I have a couple of recent sketches that focus on interior spaces. The first is a very simple room with a mid-century modern aesthetic. Nothing too complicated here, I just wanted to practice placing objects within a coherent space. Although the perspective is off in a few spots, I love how the sofa and plant turned out, especially the plant’s linework.

The second is a furniture study that focuses on shape language. This one’s based on a sketch from years ago. I created a couple basic primitives; one that’s stretched and concave, and another that’s tapered. I tried applying those modifications to the overall shape of different pieces of furniture. It was a fun exercise, I recommend it!

Next up is something slightly different. Years ago, when I helped create a VR prototyping tool, we wanted to design unique spaces for users to explore before starting their projects. Here are a few quick mock-ups I made during the brainstorming phase.

The second sketch actually went beyond the concept art. I ended up creating an animated 3D mock-up showing how the space would “build itself” around you as it loaded in. Here’s the animation:

This last gallery has environmental concept art I created for various projects. They all are vector based and revisit that mid-century modern style I mentioned before. These were all really fun to create, and I hope to do detailed breakdowns of this art at some point! But for now, here’s a simple gallery of stylized spaces.

I hope as you scroll through these environments you try to imagine what sorts of characters or creatures might exist in these spaces. A museum patron? A VR user? An old ghost? It could be anyone! But by combining different people and places together, you’re on your way to telling some interesting stories.

Thanks for taking a look!

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