"The Moorpath" - Creating Concept Art from Random Shapes

"The Moorpath", a path crossing the high planes through the endless moor area.

It is often difficult to get started with a painting if one is unsure what to paint. Therefore I wanted to try out a new method Feng Zhu introduces/talks about in one of his tutorials. I generally recommend anyone who want to enter the entertainment industry, especially those attempting to become concept artists, to have a look at his free tutorials. Here is a link to his website: http://www.fengzhudesign.com/tutorials.htm

For today's  approach one starts with an empty canvas and randomly starts blocking in colours and shapes. After a while one now has to try to see something in these random shapes and further design them to create something that makes sense.   

Painting Process

After reaching the point that I could tell I was creating some kind of environment I began to add details to the scene. The two lumps as hills were surrounding a lot of empty space at this point. So I began to design some sort of religious place one could travel too. The main thing about this process is to be quick and to keep changing the concept, if necessary completely should the image not work for you. 

This sacred gathering point surrounded by pointy rocks and moor then evolved to a path, "the Moorpath". This path is the only way to travel across the endless moor covering the high planes of the area.