Some thumbnail sketches for a new project, working title "Bureaucracy". I might do this in A3 instead of my usual A4 drawings.
Bureaucracy - concept sketches
Bureaucracy - floor plan in isometric grid
This is on A3, double my usual paper size, so I had to photograph instead of scan it.
Bureaucracy - furniture sketches
#drawing #sketch #workinprogress
Research for this piece has provided a name for an aesthetic I've always been fascinated by: "Liminal Spaces", the depictions of places in-between. If you're in the mood for an unsettling rabbit hole, search for "The Backrooms". Don't get lost.
Bureaucracy - Sketch 5
All walls are complete. Time to fill the cubicles.
Bureaucracy - Staircase sketches & paper model
I had an idea today, but it was really hard to draw from imagination. The paper model helped a lot and was fun to do.
Bureaucracy - ink 1
First ink pass; I thought it was most important to get the layout correct...
Bureaucracy - ink 4 (detail + overview)
Bureaucracy - color 4
It's hard to see, but all the computer stations are colored now.
Bureaucracy - final ink + watercolor (format A3)
It is done. How 6 weeks fly by!
@lordampersand Wow, so much work!
I feel like I should be searching for Waldo, just in case 😄
@catiua Waldo was fired from this place recently. He now lives with his mom in Surrey.
@lordampersand oh, this is gonna be amazing!
@TQ
Thank you! 🙏
@lordampersand so cool to see all the little cubes filling up with details!
@emmajuettner Choosing the details was the hardest task so far. But I think I managed to give them all a little bit of personality.
@lordampersand I'm excited to see this finished
@megabyteGhost Thank you, me too!
@lordampersand Holy heck dude, that's impressive. Can't wait to see it finished
@BirbsandDragons Thank you! I'm starting to see light at the end of the tunnel...
@lordampersand You can do this! Will you color it afterwards, or will it be b&w?
@BirbsandDragons
It will be in colour, but I'm not sure yet if digitally or traditional. I'll likely do it in watercolor.
@lordampersand Damn, this is gonna rock. Good luck dude!
@lordampersand this is brilliant!
@hans_b thank you!
@lordampersand
Wow, colors?! Can't wait to see that!
@lordampersand this is phenomenal, and eerily similar to somewhere I used to work.
@jay
So sorry to hear... 🙈
@lordampersand Yeah... I didn't have to stay there long, thankfully!
@lordampersand so cool! Thanks for sharing the process! Looking forward to see the coloring ;)
@lordampersand Wahnsinn! Sehr genial.
@lordampersand I love it! Some units are quite cosy ❤️
@SoMK Some of the people try to make the best of it. Thank you 🙂
@lordampersand I think my favourite is the one on the bottom left corner... Are they hand-colored on copies of your original drawing? Interested to understand the different steps of this work!
@nuagezero
Thanks for the feedback - it's a duplicated scan of a small portion of the original, which I then colored digitally. For speed I just replaced the colour values for each variant.
@lordampersand beautiful and with a very impressive level oft detail.
@nek0 Thank you, Rys! 😊
@lordampersand I've enjoyed getting to follow along the process, and to such a wonderful completion!
@jay Thanks for following along, which must have required some patience! 😅
@lordampersand That's insane! Well done!
@lordampersand this is incredible, i loved seeing all of your sketches and research!
@aparrish Thank you for following my process! 🧡
@lordampersand This looks like it could be the basis for some sort of bureaucracy game, in which the protagonists try to organize paperclips or share a network printer in a maze of cubicles.
@bob I should go look for funding then... 🤔 😅
@lordampersand I'm pretty sure I've worked there
Oh my! That is absolutely amazing! Very well done indeed!
On the lighter side, it reminds me of this:
@HMLivy 😅 - not sure peta would agree with this trap.... thanks for your kind words!
@MNMinn 2x2 or 3x2 cubicle?
@lordampersand nearly identical to the ones in Office Space. Same color too
@lordampersand spectacular work!
@alinanorakari Thank you! 🙏
@lordampersand I would love to hang this on my wall - any chance you'll sell prints?
@robotsneedhugs
Thanks for the interest, I'm working on it.
Bureaucracy - ink 9
#drawing #workinprogress