Senior Thesis

For my senior thesis I decided to create video game concept art. I came up with a story, and illustrated some of the most important parts of the story. For all of these pieces I drew them traditionally with pencil, then scanned them and colored them digitally with Clip Studio Paint. This series is called “Don’t Go Towards the Light”, and tells the story of a group of people who were trapped underground, but want to reclaim the surface.

This is the first piece of the story, where it shows the underground world where the people are trapped. It's full of bioluminescent plants and rivers, and the people made their homes in caves they carved into the walls.
This is the second piece in the series, where it shows a cult gathering to perform a ritual. They summon a vision from the light goddess, who is still on the surface, and she shows them what awaits them if they manage to escape.
This is the third piece, and it shows the group of cultists leaving the underground through a hidden passageway to the surface. A priest of the shadow goddess who trapped the people underground tries to stop them, but they won't listen.
This is the fourth piece, and it shows what happens to the group once they get to the surface. They realize the visions the light goddess was showing them weren't real, and everywhere they looked they were surrounded by desert. They are attacked by b
This is the fifth piece, and it shows one of the former shadow priests who joined the light cult praying to the shadow goddess for an explanation. She explains that the light goddess went mad many years ago, and that she trapped the people undergroun
The shadow goddess leads them to a secret altar, and they travel to the divine realm. They see a huge castle floating on a cloud, and they're surrounded by floating islands, a planet that's slowly breaking apart, and a star that is impossibly close.
This is the last piece, and it shows the final fight between the light goddess and the shadow goddess. While the light goddess is distracted by the shadow goddess, one of the cultists sneaks up and traps the light goddess's soul in a magic case. She
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