Second stage

I have a few ideas in mind for my Maya layout and I started doing research in to my three ideas. the one that I thought might stand out was my tortoise house Idea. I really wanted to do something original and listening to what other people are wanting to do they sounded similar to my other ideas, so I chose this Idea.

I have to take in to consideration what will live in this house and what will he/she look like. Since Tom and Jerry got mentioned in one of my Maya lessons this gave me a great idea of a cartoon style turtle living like a human, for example, he has a bed to sleep in and a table to eat at.
For research I looked in to tortoises that where kept as pets and what they where kept in, what they ate, their sleeping conditions e.c.t.

Here is a tortoise living environment that I gathered from the internet that helped me with my research. Tortoises like to sleep in a warm environment. If you look in the picture the owners have placed a lamp above the sleeping area to give the tortoise warmth. I could place a lamp in my layout.

This is another picture of a tortoise environment. From looking at this i think it would be a good idea to have my house made a wood, maybe like a log cabin.

I also have to think about my character. So I looked in to pictures of tortises and looked in to how they move and act.

Next time I must draw out a ruff design of my layout with the props and maybe start to draw my character.