Summary

Wow, what didn't we do in this chapter? You started with nothing more than a blank canvas and a few general layout ideas, and ended up with a portfolio-ready piece of concept art, completely from your imagination!

We discussed using our tools and knowledge (namely our ideas of perspective, and some layout aids in the form of our Golden Ratio image and our Grid and Guides setup to do a proper Rule of Thirds) to make a strong start. Then, we discussed the power of values and shape language to build a few basic, but visually appealing, thumbnails to compare with one another. After that, we covered the all-important task of looking at our work objectively and learning some skills to help us in making the best choice between images when we are faced with multiple compositional options for a project.

Once we decided on our favorite thumbnail, we made some edits to colors and shapes to find a nice middle ground to keep the best of each of our two thumbnails. Then, we covered...