BONUS CONTENT: Sketchbook: Flashback Farm
The next several sketchbook pages will focus on the farm from the Bocce Flashback sequence. I was at a real loss with this one when starting out as I had no idea what I wanted. Usually I have something in mind that gives me a nice starting point, but here I had a crippling blank canvas. The only thing I knew was to rule out a whitewashed adobe look since that would be too much like the Lars homestead from Star Wars.
On this page, I was just spitting out building shapes to see if anything grabbed me. Not much did. They all seemed a bit too busy, especially for simple farmers, and none of the shapes were terribly distinctive or memorable. I did like the U-shaped buildings at the bottom, which were based on the U-shaped cuts in Bocce’s shirt collar. I thought that one design element would be a nice way to tie back to the cultural look of the clothing, and it ended up being a nice starting point for the basis of their architecture.
You should use the K. I. S. system. “Keep It Simple” system. At the same time look at picture of farm designs. Their should be unlimited photographs on the web, libraries, movies, etc. If you can’t find one in any media, how about driving out of town?
In any-way of shape or form you just need to know the fundimental function of what is needed. In the future or the past, on Earth or other planets, the basic parts will always be there. That is all you need…