Cosmic Cowboy Visual Development
Illustration of Earth from a distance, created to help define visual style of space scenes.
Aerial view of the territory of Gibraltar, specifically focusing on the Rock of Gibraltar.
Close up of the Rock of Gibraltar; a quick sketch and color/mood study for a tense moment in the opera.
Early 3D model concept of spaceship, from multiple angles.
Illustration of 67/P Comet to develop visual look.
Reference for 3D artists who will create the final on-screen animations.
Close-up photo-bashed illustration of Philae/Cooper's landing point.
Reference with added info for scale of this illustration.
In-progress sketch of landing site.
Early design for one of the main characters, Cooper. Conceptually based off of the real-world Philae probe that was sent to land and collect data on the 67/P Comet.
The main physical actor for Cooper will be a pre-programmed robot with a constructed shell over top. These are some early shell designs.
Quick concept for opera poster/advertisement.
More refined concept for opera poster/advertisement.
Variation of the previous concept.
Various illustrations and concept sketches I created for an upcoming video opera, Cosmic Cowboy, being produced by White Snake Productions. http://www.whitesnakeprojects.org/projects/cosmic-cowboy/ (All IP Copyright Cerise Jacobs.)
Working in a team of about 20 artists, we developed concept art for characters, environments, and various props. Cosmic Cowboy will be a fully staged opera with a backdrop of 3D animation acting as enhanced digital doubles.
My team's challenge was to create analogous designs for the physical actors/actresses and stage as well as for the 3D animated sequences.
