This is amazing, @David Schneider! Intriguing backstory, skillful design sketches - way to go for starting a strong portfolio piece! 🙌🏻 After @Josh Sunga‘s brilliant feedback, I can’t find anything else to add critique-wise for now, but I had to comment here to express my awe - and suggest that perhaps you could expand this idea beyond just the houses. Have you considered maybe taking some time ahead to also explore smaller props such as tools, utensils, weapons, even clothes? I’m thinking means of transportation would be a pretty interesting thing to see in this universe too. I don’t know how far you’d like to take this, but if this is something you’re interested in, I feel there’s plenty of potential here to have some creative fun!

Awesome @David Schneider! I think the "cold" could be emphasized a little more by adding icicles or fur textures on some of the fabrics- but those are smaller details. I'm glad you focused on overall design. I did a design-over where I kitbashed your existing drawings. I really just wanted to exaggerate silhouette since your structures look functional enough to me. There's a great opportunity to play around with negative shapes with how the buildings integrate into the bone as well. Really fun stuff here. Also explore different scales! It could be as simple as making the scale-guy smaller, but juxtaposing big shapes with smaller details can easily transform a personal hut into something more like a megastructure! Rest of the notes are attached below! Again, awesome work and thanks for sharing!

whoa i love all of these !