use of perspective on street

the majority of my artwork in the past have be quite basic by only using one point perspective. But this project will be using a lot of environments that will need to reflect the description I have written as well as atmosphere and mood of the main character because many of the characters will be facing away from the viewer or will not be included at all so their feelings will have to be added into the scene.

A character's mood can be shown through the viewpoint and how high the horizon line is. a low horizon can be interpreted as a low view-point that can make the view feel small or intimidated like a child; while a higher view point where the viewer is looking down on the scene this can be interpreted to feel like the viewer is confident or overbearing. Slight changes of the view point can help how my main character perceives the world and characters around him.  

Personally i have always had trouble getting perspective right or completely understanding it as i find it had to look past the extensive grid or using many lines to make an environment. so researching view point (which i have summarized above) as well as researching perspective through reading how-to-guides, tutorials from peers and looking at photographs. 

In the incomplete drawing i tried to create a street using one-point perspective but as i drew I felt that the drawing was bland and unnatural to me. no road is completely straight, no objects or buildings where obstructing the path. I also asked myself why was I leading my view down this perspective if i had no subject at the end to intrigue them? 

so this drawing has been discarded for now but maybe with more practice on perspective and the growing confidence of my art skills i may comeback to improve this piece.

Changing the narrative structure

I have had to recently reevaluating my narrative structure from what was stated in my design document. instead of using facts to drive the plot I will use the characters.

Instead of doing each topic one-by-one i'm going to integrate different facts and topics when it is appropriate to the plot. Each chapter will be about a different family/person who is ill. It may be the plague or it might be a minor illness or injury but as the year progresses what ‘treatments’ may have worked before has seized to work anymore. 

The dark subject will be balanced by the relationships in the streets community but the closeness of people can make the plague spread quickly.

The conflict will be increased by the communities mistrust in the main character and the introduction of a traveling Plague doctor (con artist) tricking the communities into buying his ‘cures.