Collage Moodboards

I wanted to make some moodboards of the type of future city landscapes I appreciated but Lynn suggested that I attempt to do it as more of a collage, seeing as compositing is likely to be at the heart of this project.  It's been a lot of fun!
I tried making a collage of different elements to get a feel for how landscape could be altered.  I tried using different colours and backgrounds and I drew people and characters on top to get a feel for some kind of human presence.

In the first one here I wanted to show a more prosperous future with a well developed extension to the city in the river and windmills in the river itself harnessing power in a clean and efficient way.  In the second, I tried to paint a picture of something a little more bleak, with technological advancements for sure, but added surveillance equipment and urban decay.  Couple this with people of varying privilege or fortune who appear a little closed and shifty and things begin taking a more sinister slant.  I think the second option has more of a personal narrative, revealing more about the people and society than the city, whereas the first reveals a lot more about the city itself.  The warmer colours in the first images make for a more whimsical picture, whereas the greys and blues in the second, coupled with the wet ground, make things in the second seem a little bit more unwelcoming and dreary.

I'm not quite sure what it was I was trying to achieve in the first one, but it was actually my first attempt at making the collages in this way.  The images were made by adding elements from a real photo I had taken with stock backgrounds or other people's versions of a futuristic landscape.  It worked in creating a colour palette similar to typical modern sci-fi films but doesn't really say much in the way of narrative.  I tried to add a bit more in the way of story by scribbling some sketchy lines on top.  I liked the style of this but it developed into simple silhouettes in the later images which worked a whole lot better.
In the second image I wanted to capture the essence of a world kind of impersonal and superficial, all neon signs blazing with the hustle and bustle of daily life yet with a touch of the industrial.  More people might have made it seem busier but I liked how isolated the positioning made everyone appear.