Design process

 PROCESS

Keep going and the protagonist will arrive at the West Queen Mother Palace (the introduction about the West Queen Mother will be mentioned later).

Because the West Queen Mother Palace exists in reality, I first searched the architectural modeling of the palace in reality.

The picture shows the stone tablet at the gate of the West Queen Mother's Palace in real life.

West Queen Mother Palace in reality

Initially, I wanted to draw the door directly based on the picture content, like this:

But the book describes the appearance of the West Queen Mother's palace as follows:

”Location and environment: The Western Queen Mother's palace is located in Tamuta, located in the vast Gobi deep, surrounded by a devil city, surrounded by grotesque rocks, wind howling, yellow sand all over the terrain complex and dangerous.

Architectural appearance: The overall architectural style of the West Queen Mother Palace is strange, combining the architectural characteristics of the Western regions and the Central Plains, its walls are tall and thick, made of huge stone piles, and the surface is engraved with various ancient symbols and patterns. The door is closed, the door is inlaid with a huge bronze door ring, the lintels have an ancient plaque, writing "West Queen Mother Palace" four characters, the font is simple and strong, revealing a mysterious atmosphere.”

After thinking about it, I think it should be combined with the content in the book. I can see that in reality, there is no vegetation near the palace of the West Queen Mother. Can I keep the shape of the palace but combine it with the environment in the book? So I painted this picture for the palace door:

I designed the intricate trees to surround the palace, so as to preserve the palace and more reminiscent of the scenes in the book, but also to create a mysterious atmosphere.