Module Two: Flatness vs Projection
Each student were given their very own, unique Mario World. Mine is called 6-12, and is a two-story world with many different elements. These two elevations were to be merged to create an axonometric imagined landscape.
Colours of World 6-12
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I repeated the process with the second elevation, by laying out the second world parallell to the first one, and project the lines backwards to interact with the first projected world. After completing the top layer of the world, I repeated the process with the bottom world.
I started the project by printing the world, assembling my tools and setting up an axonometric workspace where I projected the first 2D elevation template forward at 45 degrees. Furthermore, I divided the space available to work with into different sections, to determine the depth of the different objects, and prevent there from being any empty spaces in the world.
Process
After finishing both the top and the bottom world, I traced each of them on a new set of tracing paper, to get a better understanding of how they work on their own, as well as how they would work together.
After tracing the drawings on paper to make a collected representation of them, I begun tracing the drawing in illustrator, focusing on adding layers, texture and shadow. I also worked with adding new elements to fill the empty, or hidden, spaces.
Final Illustrated Mario World
World 6-12 has a very few number of different objects and elements that were visible to the observer, such as the orange, green and blue boxes without any obvious function, and the green pipes. Therefore, I decided to add more elements to give it some depth and distance, by turning the boxes into places of accommodation or other similar dwellings. I did this by adding details such as a window or a door.
The idea was to make the world look like a natural and livable space, and to enhance that by using shadow as a natural element. I have also put a lot of time in clarifying the textures by adding strokes and different shades of the same colour.