Four color explorations of an Ollie concept art.

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Sofia (Coral Reef Mechanic): Tall, confident, with a pink jumpsuit and a wrench over her shoulder. Prof. Cempaka (Coral Reef Scientist): Short, stout, with glasses and a short black beard. Silias (Bayou Scientist): Messy red hair and a handlebar mus
Ollie: Nonbinary teen in a puffy off-white jacket with a giant hood. They wear a large earring and baggy orange pants. Tío Rico (Kelp Forest Mechanic): Smiling man with a large belly and dirty orange overalls. Mom (Kelp Forest Scientist): Stern-look
An open journal with notes and illustrations. Left page: a drawing of a scientist ID card with text, "Got my science badge!! So excited. I wish Mom wouldn't worry so much. I LITERALLY GREW UP HERE." Below is an old Polaroid of a research vessel with
Journal illustration: a charcoal and watercolor drawing of a gravestone with the name MEREDITH. A hagfish and an octopus with a skull face cling to the gravestone. Text: "I can't get her off my mind..."
Left page: a giant eyeball drawn in white and washed with blue paint. Black ink fills the negative space around the eye with the shape of a terrifying sea monster with huge teeth. Question marks are scribbled all over the page. Text: "Sam is in troub
An old Polaroid of a young woman with big brown hair and a distant smile. Above it, drawing of Ollie using a knife to swim out of a net. Ollie has escaped, but looks sadly back at the Polaroid. Text: "It feels risky to cut myself free... I thought I
Thumbnails iterations of alternate Wake posters, first in black and white, then color. Submarine with black tentacles behind; portrait of Ollie overlaid with whales; ship with giant glowing face silhouetted above.

Client:

Field Day Lab x Harvard, Carnegie Mellon, & the Penn Center for Learning Analytics

Role:

Concept Artist / Character Designer / 2D Artist

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