New Project: The Last of Preston (Us)

 For my first project I have decided to develop a concept of the UCLan campus functioning as a survivor settlement in the world of The Last of Us. For anybody unfamiliar with the franchise, The Last of Us is a third-person, stealth-action series set around three decades after an apocalyptic outbreak of cordyceps—a parasitic fungus that usually affects ants and other small bugs in the real world, but has here been imagined targeting humans.

I thought this would be an interesting project to begin with because three decades of post-apocalypse provides plenty of room to imagine backstories for the inhabitants of the world, which I hope to be able to convey in my work. We also haven’t seen any of the UK so far in the Last of Us games, so this is an interesting opportunity to consider how things might look different compared to the US. Given that I’m based in Preston, and can easily explore and imagine what my surroundings might look like, I’m also expecting this project to encourage me in taking inspiration from the world around me as I go about my day-to-day moving forward. Of course, I also really admire the work of the series’ artists, so I’m using this project as an opportunity to see if I am suited to this style and wish to pursue it further.

I'll be back with another post soon to show my progress in developing this concept.

Thanks for reading!