Interior Planet Layout

Tuesday May 29th, we had an in person meeting to discuss the interior layout design of a planet that Titan (a satellite probe character from our short film) enters and explores. We decided that his path of action would begin with him entering the atmosphere into a desolate desert environment with a basalt rock formation in the distance.

(Picture below was taken from a past Celestial animatic created by the Celestial team.)

From there, Titan enters a cave. Inside the cave Titan scans the area and soon reaches the edge where a waterfall is seen blocking the exit of the cave. As he moves through the waterfall he finds himself astounded by a forest basin flourished by trees, various plants, and rivers. 

(Picture below drawn by McKenna Phillips and illustrated by Daniel Lukas)

During our meeting we came up with an idea of having the basalt rock formations surround and encompass the forest. Having a desert landscape occur first when Titan enters the planet's atmosphere will create a contrast and wow factor for when Titan and the viewer seen the luscious plant life that thrives beyond the basalt mountains. The cave is the gateway for Titan to travel through the basalts. 

(Picture below was taken during Tuesday's meeting about the designing of the layout of the interior planet.)

(Picture below is a concept drawn by McKenna Phillips during Tuesday's meeting)

Today I painted a the interior planet's layout on Photoshop. On Friday May 31st, I plan to meet with the team again and go over the Nebula's environment layout. Our goal according to the summer's schedule was to have both environment laid out by Saturday June 1st. So far I'm happy to say that we have been good about staying on top of things. 

(Picture below is the layout of the interior planet I created on Photoshop.)