Whenever I do concept art I try to put some kind of visual narrative that hints at the story, or in this particular case the backstory. For this image I could have simply done a vignette of the two just standing there because the fighter design is all we wanted to focus on, but I went ahead and pictured them in the middle of battle with a onlooking crowd because it gives the two fighters context and a better visual narrative of the story which may inspire us with new ideas. Story influences art, art influences story, and it’s harder for the art to influence the story if I painted the characters standing there doing nothing.
