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Themes / World styles / Study 01

Latest study: California fieldbook →

Four worlds. Three styles.

Test photo realism, fieldbook painting, and handmade clay across the Sherpa world. Choose a place to compare its route, light, and materials.

Andes — stone steps, green slopes, and morning mist.

01 / Photo realism

A place you can enter.

Natural rock, weather, and depth. The route feels close to a real landscape.

Photo-real Andean stone route

Weathered stone · damp leaves · natural light

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02 / Fieldbook

A route worth recording.

Gouache, pencil, and warm paper. This extends the fieldbook character study.

Fieldbook painting of an Andean stone route

Paper tooth · dry brush · pencil contours

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03 / Clay

A world made by hand.

Clay, felt, and soft edges. This extends the clay character study.

Clay diorama of an Andean stone route

Modeled stone · wool snow · felt foliage

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Draft art studies. Each board shows Andes and snow above forest and coast. Routes and viewpoints are similar, with some variation. The scenes are invented.

Compare with the character art directions
Earlier character study: soft 3D, fieldbook, and clay
The fieldbook and clay columns are the style references for this world study.

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