Taking Flight Theatre - A Midsummer's Night Dream - Concept Realisation Illustrations

Theatre Designer: Carl Davies
Director: Joe Murphy

Concept Art and Concept Realisation Illustrations based on Theatre Designer Carl Davies design for A Midsummer's Night Dream at Taking Flight Theatre. The set drawings were required to show transitions, textures and atmosphere in order to communicate Carl's ideas clearly during meetings with the production team.

This was created in Adobe Photoshop and Procreate.

Scene 1 - Final Concept

Scene 1 - Final Concept

First Concept: Collage of references and notes from a meeting with the Theatre Designer Carl Davies.

First Concept: Collage of references and notes from a meeting with the Theatre Designer Carl Davies.

Thumbnails

Thumbnails

After completeing greyscale, I moved onto photobashing textures provided by Carl's scenic team.

After completeing greyscale, I moved onto photobashing textures provided by Carl's scenic team.

Due to budget, Carl Davies changed direction from a maximalist to a minimalist set.

Due to budget, Carl Davies changed direction from a maximalist to a minimalist set.

Second Concept: references and collages from Carl Davies.

Second Concept: references and collages from Carl Davies.

I completed these three moments within a day.

Scene 1

Scene 1

Scene 2

Scene 2

Scene 3

Scene 3