Before beginning to plan my environment on Maya, I first had to find an artist that I wanted to base the environment on. Using his or her's format to creating a piece or just taking inspiration from them. I began to look in to abstract art, but the kind where the subject is still in full view. Soon, an artist named Carol Manasse caught my eye, this piece in particular:
The Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Not only was the juxtaposition of the colour pallet with the subject matter interesting, but also how they are broken and fragmented in to primitive shapes, almost cubic and minimalist. I interpreted it a statement on the broken state of mankind as the final hours draw near. It was this broken and almost cubic aesthetic that I wanted to achieve in my maya project.
