Illustration museum- William Joyce

EPIC: Concept Art for Pitch Environmeny

William Joyce

Charcoal on newsprint

This piece is so engaging in both contrast and composition. The jagged, sharp walls that look like roots are varied so nicely in value and really show amazing depth as they get lighter. Everything is composed so nicely to point to the creature in the open clearing in the forest. The focal point is slightly off center, which shows more interesting composition than it being directly centered. Everything points to this strange creature, including the opening where light is shown to be pure white and shining down. This makes it feel like the creature is very important. This thought is also amplified by the small figures surrounding the creature looking at him.

I like the overall creativeness of the creature itself. Instead of a stereotypical winged demon creature seen in many films, this shows a creature with only one wing and the other appears to have broken off. I love how he pulled off such a dark environment that feels so unwelcoming but also included a lot of light to contrast it without losing the tone. The fact that he was able to do this all with charcoal is amazing, the line quality on the trees is so rough while the background is so soft.