Dark castle (WIP)

Towering a Caldera

I rarely create buildings, but this time I wanted to create a dark fantasy castle. It is still in work in progress, I will update this page when it is complete.

Dark Castle

For this illustration, I wanted a gothic castle, cathedral like building on an island rock surrounded by lava. Actually this castle is in the middle of a caldera and surrounded by huge mountains.

Process

I tested the idea with a bunch of thumbnails.

Tried different angles.

Continued with a portrait format, this was better to represent the heigh of the building.

Finally picked one to start with.

I refined it a bit.

And more details, added vapors.

Added a cloudy sky and testing colours schemes

Other colours. Still not happy with that.

Last wip image, I will share more when it is complete.

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