I recently got the indie game OMORI, which had me entrapped by its colorful, dream-like visuals and story elements ever since I first watched its teaser trailer years ago. I decided to create a lightbox inspired by its setting —in my mind it couldn’t have been any color other than purple. One of my main struggles was deciding what to include since there are several important locations and characters. After a bunch of thumbnails, I ended up having three of the main characters hanging out in the playground of the beginning of the game. OMORI has his back to the viewer, pensively looking at the stars in search of his lost friend BASIL. This was one of the last elements I added, and ended up being the focus point of the piece, tying it together with a fragment of the story. If I could change something, I would remember to add KEL, one of OMORI’s friends, into the background (I just didn’t find a way to add him into the composition unfortunately. My bad, KEL).
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