For a exercise I developed a small story and tried to emulate a realistic production situation. I limited my self to two images that are suppose to represent an area and mood of the project. Simple thumbnails for composition.
The setting I decided to develop, is that of a world many decades after a global catastrophe and much of the human race is gone. There are communities of normal people, but also strange groups of people who turned cannibalistic and present a terror to others.
The protagonist, a 19 year old girl, has a brother who was taken with many members of her community by this cannibalistic cult. In order to get her brother back, she must get in the camp of the cult unnoticed, and escape with her brother.
The camp is situated at the top of a natural passageway between two mountain ranges.
It used to be a mining facility before the new occupants moved in. The location is a good passage in the whole region. The cultists stayed here as they could find pray in the surrounding area, and over time built atop of the facility with any kind of materials they could find all over.
Our protagonist cannot take her enemy one on one. Compared to her they are freakishly strong, very powerful and carrying melee weapons.
She must maneuver around the dangers, using the shadows, her smaller size and agility to get to her goal. The facility doesn’t have electricity, only natural light, it is made of all kinds of materials, metal, wood, and anything the cultists could drag back here.