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Lots of Alice: Asylum Artwork!
🕑 Added 2022-05-16 14:00:08 +0000 UTCDear Insane Children,
Things have been a bit hectic here in Shanghai since the arrival of the new baby! And I apologize for being a bit slow on posting to Patreon as a result. But just because I'm distracted by Baby Things doesn't mean our team of artists and designers is slacking off!
Main image above is a collab between Adam and Omri - depicting this scene from the Narrative Outline:
A FINAL INTERMISSION (HUB-WORLD)
MAD HATTER’S DOMAIN (BARGAINING REALM) - HATTER’S WORKSHOP
Tick-tock.
Alice steps from the Hall of Doors and quickly returns to Hatter’s Workshop. Alice now knows the secrets of the darkness, and what has created it.
Hatter is in a distant state of mind. He explains; Only 1 Moon remains. Tick-tock.
The chaos clock in Hatter’s workshop is nearly completely consumed by the shadow. Everywhere Alice looks in his workshop, darkness is seeping in, through window sills, under doorways. All other entrances and exits from Hatter’s workshop are blocked.
Alice has everything she needs. All that is left to do is complete Alice’s quest and assemble the fragments she has collected and find her way home.
Hatter reveals a sarcophagus, emblazoned with winged beasts.
A mighty Gryphon is carved on its hull.
And it's a beautiful scene!
Omri also delivered an illustration where we see Alice gazing upon the memory of her family home - in a place we refer to as Slumber.
From the Narrative Outline:
Through a cloudy transition, Alice and her Rabbit enter Slumber and find themselves in scenes last seen at the start of the game - a snowy British countryside with Alice’s family home in the distance. It is a starry night but there is no moon in the sky this time.
Alice
My true home? I’ve been here many times before. What have I missed…?
We PLAY as Alice runs across broken floating islands in the Slumber realm. Her Rabbit plush leads her through an environment that is broken, unstable, and tremors sporadically.
Chaos seeps in through every crevice. This world is dangerous and breaking apart, the Chaos has followed Alice here. They head towards a rising plume of smoke in the distance.
There are some additional elements Omri designed for this that you'll see in the Design Bible. Really stunning!
And Norm, Omri, and Alex are working on some action illustrations for some critical scenes towards the end of Asylum where we see Young Alice confront Shadow Alice.
Awesome stuff!
And last but not least, Adam is working on ... um, something that contains a lot of spoilers.
I'll just let the gruesome images speak for themselves. Avert your eyes if you feel the need!
And a bit of Oz... Gareth delivered a sketch of Richard Umbra's lab. And we've developed some interesting ideas for his character in general... excited to share those details soon!
In Shanghai... we're still in a lockdown but things are getting better. The city is reporting 0-Society-Covid which means infections are no longer spreading and most places have no new cases. Today (Monday in Shanghai) marks the start of re-opening. But we probably still have a few weeks (at least) before things are really back to normal.
Meanwhile, life continues.
From Shanghai with Love,
-American
Comments
I love her hair so much here!
Absolutely love this!!!
Greyson Kehm
Omri and Adam are both amazingly talented! I personally love the stuff with Alice "winning" against Shadow Alice, only to be absorbed into Shadow Alice before she goes on a killing spree through Wonderland. The scene with the Ruin infecting Alice as Shadow Alice smiles while watching reminds of the Venom transformation scenes from the movies. Nice work!
AniFae Kusanagi
Nice artwork!! I love it when we get these art updates, and i especially love the collaberation work!! The lighting/composition of that first image is really awesome, and really sets the tone there! I will also comment that the Rabbit does look photo-real, and i wondered if you had somehow made a "prop" Rabbit and then Rotoscoped somebody holding said Rabbit to do the image lol, but i think it works and i love seeing techniques like this being used (or even if it is some other method like texture mapping...or just plain god-like drawing skills lol) to achieve an image that translates emotion and atmosphere so well!! Seriously well done!! And im a HUGE fan of the comic/action like story-board style drawings!! I would love to see some kind of rolling ANIMATIC with some of Alex's wonderful music??? Also love what im seeing from Oz too, i was wondering how the Unreal engine work is going with Oz? Love the work gus!! Take care =^-^=
Oh wow! I love the first picture alot! It's beautifully painted! But I LOVE the comic book like action sequences from Norm! I can't wait to see this in the design Bible! SO beautiful and twisted! And I'm really feeling the beautiful wintery look of the slumber realm and the broken apart islands and the darkness! I can't wait to play in that area! And I'm Interested to see what you guys have written out for Doctor Umbra! It's gonna be so cool! The Oz explorations have been so fun. I'm hoping you guys are doing okay! Hopefully no covid cases means a stream soon! And I hope Baby Leeloo is settling In okay! :D
Sarah McKeegan
The art is amazing! I’m excited!! But I have to agree that the rabbit in the first picture does look a little too “photo-like” otherwise it’s all so amazing!!!!
The sketches of those gruesome images look amazing! I also love the first image, though the rabbit plush looks too "photo-like" compared to the reast of the image.
Mike Webster
I'm already getting goosebumps. Cant wait to experience this!
Love the art! It looks absolutely fantastic!
