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The Making of:
City of Boxes | “We Make
This Place Our Home”
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Commission Goal: Create an art installation that would cover the front
windows of the soon to be home of Albany Park Theatre Project’s
production “Port of Entry”.
It would ideally tie into the Albany Park neighborhood and production’s
content, while also keeping in mind the engagement people would have
with the piece as a window graphic. Other than that, the content is free
reign.
The Making Of: City of Boxes | “We Make this Place Our Home” Copyright ⓒ Schantelle Alonzo
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Because of that, I wanted to create a piece that would delve into three
primary themes:
- TIME: Albany Park has a rich history as the docking neighborhood to
a lot of different immigrant groups over the decades.
- COMMUNITY: Growing up here, I’ve seen how multicultural this
neighborhood was. I wanted to illustrate the vibrant cultures I have
engaged with.
- PERSONAL STORIES: Besides the previous two, APTP’s
productions emphasize the power of a personal story the most. I
wanted to incorporate that and tell a myriad of stories across the
piece.
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Started with what comes to mind with a
neighborhood mural:
Program: PureRef
IMAGE BOARDS
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Color and lighting inspiration came
from various games
(Last of Us,
Little Nightmares,
It takes Two,
Little Big Planet)
^ Reference images of how
the boxes could be stacked
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Initial Sketches
These were a solid start as per the
reference images, but still felt too “flat” to
me- this was an opportunity to push
dimensions while still telling a story.
The Making Of: City of Boxes | “We Make this Place Our Home” Copyright ⓒ Schantelle Alonzo
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Importance of Boxes In This Piece
- Moment of transition (like POE
building
- Purpose of this piece
- Individuality
- Allowance for
stories/culture to infiltrate
- Making this fantasy-esque
[piece] puts atmosphere of
wonder/curiosity towards what’s
realistically behind/experience of
show
Getting Closer!
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Original Pitch Sketch
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Rough Box Layout
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Detail Layout
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Clean Box Lineart
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Rough Detail Sketches
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Clean Detail Lineart
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Color Sketch
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Object Color Blocking
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Flat Colors
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Final Render
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Final Product
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