After constructing the basic outline for the set design, I met with my technical supervisor, Professor Varbalow. We discussed possible ideas for the look of the platforms and walls. I decided that I wanted to do woodgraining for the platforms and have the walls painted to look like storm clouds. I wanted the overall design to have a painterly quality.
The reason for the woodgraining was to give the appearance of a ship that had broken apart. I had originally constructed the model out of bristol board, but my technical advised me to use illustration board. The bristol board was too thin, and the illustration board was a better choice to paint on, so I began the construction process from scratch using the illustration board. For the painting process, I found a piece of wood as a reference for the woodgraining and used an online stock image for the storm clouds. The woodgraining was a challenging process, and I decided to make a stencil using the illustration board. It didn’t out too well, after two attempts, the stencils kept breaking apart after getting wet from the paint. I then decided to make a stencil using a thin wooden sheet. This worked way better and didn’t break apart.
