Purposeful Storytelling
Purposeful
Bring the viewer into the environments you have create. Take them on a journey. Lead them through the scene, and entice them with a promise of something more.
Functional
Create an environment that informs the viewer. That tells something of the story. It could be a setting, a goal, or a destination.
Emotional
Use the environment to build emotions. To represent something to the audience, set the tone, and elicit a feeling or mood.
Consistent
A picture of a place can be its own story. It can be the exposition, the inciting incident, the rising action, climax, and denouement. It can be one part, all at once, or something in-between. It can be a way of telling stories you can rely on.
Comfortable
The drawing of an environment can be your own. It could be an impression, a suggestion, or a detailed representation. As little or as much, whatever is your goal.
Effective
As with all images we create, we want to make an impression on the viewer. Make them look, capture their attention, and/or encourage them to remember.