The 'What If?' Metropolis - Concept Art Progress

After my previous concept art piece corrupted I felt really unmotivated to start all over again. I've had a bit of a wobble mentally/emotionally too so I've been behind on getting this finished. I don't want that to be an excuse though and I'm determined to catch myself up before the end of this week! (hopefully earlier than that, though!)

This is what I've managed to get done so far. It's not much, but I wanted to post it so I have some kind of work flow on my blog. I want to get into the habit of doing this because if I lose any pieces in the future I'll have something to show for it, even if I don't have the final product.

I started with a very messy sketch that I managed to salvage from my old corrupted file.

I went straight from the sketch to blocking out the houses, adding more detail as I went along. I want to get the basic idea down first, then I plan to add shading and colour at the end.

I moved from the right side to the left side of the painting, and started to fill that in too. I wanted to do the main building in the middle last so I can compare it to the other structures I have. I can then use this knowledge to make the main building stand out more from my houses.

This is the point I'm currently at! I've finished doing all of the houses, I just need to tackle the middle building and the floor/sky. Then I can work on colours and finally finish my concept!