Thursday, August 25th, 2022
101DS Concept Art:
BG/Key Artwork by Anthony Vivien
Been a bit slow lately at showcasing concept art for 101 Dalmatian Street. Why don't we fix that? Today, we wanted to do justice for the show's creators and artists by showcasing official artwork for the show by the talented Background/Key Artist Anthony VIVIEN! Anthony was of course the creative brains behind the lush colorful backgrounds, as well as the color visuals for the episodes themselves. Not to mention he's also involved in development of an upcoming Steam-exclusive Indie VR video-game Soul of Kaeru! We wanted to honor Anthony for his work he had done for 101DS by showing the backgrounds/Key color visuals he made to bring the episodes to life. Let's take a look, shall we?
First up, we have the concept art for the church, as seen in the episode "May Contain Nuts", featuring different variants such as its nighttime setting, and the basic, color-less outline. On top of that, we get to see a cute little pic of the church's clock tower with Dylan and Sid hanging out on one of the church clock's hands.
Next, we have a full look of one of Camden's town blocks with colorful, small-business buildings laid out across the it, each with their own distinct, colorful signs and decor. And let's not forget to mention how absolutely stunning the town block looks with the lights on at night.
Next up, we've got Color key visuals for several episodes that Anthony had taken part in, which helps us get a better idea on how the colors were used for the show.
On the first set, we have a series of story-driven color visuals for the episode "Poodlefall". The visuals don't look all that different compared to final product.
For the second set, we've got Key Colored Visual images for "Curse of the Ferry Dog", as well as a few early art designs for the convenience store.
And for the most exciting part. We've got key visuals for the two-parter episode "London, We Have a Problem!" Anthony must've had a lot of fun with these visuals, especially the parts with darkish-red visuals to make the scenes from the De Vil Tower more suspenseful and dramatic!
And last but not least, let's take a look at the key color visuals from episodes "The Walls Are Alive" and the final scene from "Better the De Vil You Know". You gotta hand it to Anthony. He knew how to strike a proper dark tone for these episodes when he worked on them, especially the dark atmosphere where each pup was whisked away one-by-one by the malfunctioning ventilation shafts. Out of all the visuals made in the show, the key visuals by Anthony are the ones we are most impressed by, and we want to praise him for the directions he took for such spectacular visuals!