Rory Doona: Graphic Designer/Illustrator

Rory Doona trained as a graphic designer and started working for a local authority council designing their corporate literature and communications. After learning about the business side of the creative industry he became increasingly interested in traditional drawing and animation largely inspired by the designs of Studio Ghibli. He has created artwork for Manga Entertainment and Tokyopop, he has also created artwork for digital entertainment companies and creative marketing agencies.

What inspired me about his work is that I immediately felt connected to the story his art told. His environment designs are what i'm trying to capture into my fairy-tail setting environment, such objects as the floating mountains and the tree-house on top of the mountain. The way he drew the wooden Manga style house on top of the mountain is very captivating, he made the state of the structure deteriorate into the edge of the cliff, the way he composed the lighting into the environment certainly gave it the look fairy-tale look I thrive. On the background of the environment, to create the atmosphere Rory drew Cumulonimbus Clouds, which suggest that the mountain that the characters are in is very large and therefore very high. Cumulonimbus Clouds are towering vertical clouds that are very tall, dense, and involved in thunderstorms and other inclement weather. So what Rory portrays in his art is that even if the atmosphere maybe cool, calm and peaceful, it is also not stable. The time of day seems to set at dawn.

Below is the art that has inspired me on further develop my idea of my environment: 

On the artwork above, Rory created cubical stones that are piling onto each other, they seem worn out, with crass, moss and plants growing around them, this has inspired me to model something similar for my environment.

Here's the link to his website : sorasabi.com