Mastodawn

I’ve always loved designing around literary themes, especially the romance and mystery of Gothic fiction. Inspired by Regency print rooms, I created this darker interpretation influenced by The Mysteries of Udolpho. Walls layered with the story in framed scenes and candlelit atmosphere.
Shown here in Burgundy, styled into a cosy reading nook.
Available on Spoonflower: https://www.spoonflower.com/en/artists/wallpaper/18911738
#SurfacePatternDesign #WallpaperDesign #SetDesign #ProductionDesign #InteriorStyling #DarkAcademia

Martha Crimson May 13

According to MyDramaList this is _not_ an Ed Guo drama. I'm... a bit shocked, but it is true that C-drama land often produces visually stunning pieces, so I shouldn't be surprised. So far, and I'm only 4+ minutes in, I've seen so many stunning props and awesome costumes my brain screeching 😅. I'll return tomorrow, when I can start earlier to make time for long comments.

#BurningFlames #Costuming #SetDesign #Xianxia #CDrama

Martha Crimson May 6

This production is blessed with
A: a good storyboard artist
B: a director and set designers who follow through.

Having the emperor on a podium is standard, and usually he is posed like he mesh with it. Here instead everything serves to underscore how small the person on the throne is; the gigantic dragon wall, that he slumps behind the table like a toddler, and Lu in the foreground, several steps below, looking down(!) on him.

#FateChoosesYou #SetDesign #storyboarding #Xianxia #CDrama

Martha Crimson May 4

On one hand: you recognise the Heng Dian World Studios' permanent sets after you've seen two wuxia dramas. On the other hand: that drama productions easily and cheaply can film market scenes on full sized streets with extras does A Lot. It's easy to forget how weirdly bare studio set "outdoors" looked in tv productions up until the 90s, not just in China but globaly. Even BBC's big Narnia production suffered from it.

#FateChoosesYou #SetDesign #Wuxia #CDrama

Martha Crimson Apr 18

Me *admiring the ochre tones* and beautiful lighting of the scene*: It's like a Renaissance painting!

*Bad dude of the week** is brought in.*

Me: ...a very _angry_ Renaissance painting.

(*Stupid blue filter!)

(**episode)

#PursuitOfJade #SetDesign #Wuxia #CDrama

Adrian Seidelman Apr 18

They really nailed my Apartment!

#CyberSix #AdrianSeidelman #LiveAction #Anime #Animation #Cartoon #Comic #Apartment #Art #SetDesign #TMS #NOA #TELEFE

characterdesign Mar 22

Build worlds for animation and games at IDEA Academy. Set Design – Fast Track is a 5-week online course to boost your concept art with scenography, 2D/3D assets, architecture and perspective tinyurl.com/ideasetdesign

#ideaacademyrome #setdesign #backgroundart #artschool

characterdesign Mar 22

#ideaacademyrome #setdesign #backgroundart #artschool

Olivier THOMAS Mar 19

Derniers filages pour La Flûte Enchantée - mise en scène Julien Duval - Création le 25 mars à l’opéra National de Bordeaux, reprise à l’Opera de Pékin en novembre (j’ai fait la scénographie) / Final rehearsals for *The Magic Flute* — directed by Julien Duval — opening on March 25 at the Bordeaux National Opera, with a revival at the Beijing Opera in November (I designed the set).
#setdesign #Opéra #scenographie #lafluteenchantee

Martha Crimson Mar 14

The Demon King has a humble and cosy home, don't you think? Smallish, rustic furniture, and he's probably recieving guests where he studies - that 'kökssoffa' he's sitting on is a telltale sign. The kökssoffa is a ~standardised item in Sweden; a firm, pew-like couch with storage, that you put in the kitchen. In origin it was placed at the wall closest to the entrance, so people who came to chat "for a few minutes" had somewhere to sit.

#TheUncloudedSoul #SetDesign #Xianxia #CDrama