Ancient Egypt environment concept

One of my final pieces for my concept art course.

My task was to create a 'proof of concept' around my subject, which was Ancient Egypt in the late Ptolemaic Period. I had to make a character concept, and environment concept and a keyframe piece, from start to finish. I researched the subject first, noting down all the information I can use from the sketch phase to creating a final, polished piece.

The brief was to create an environment with farmers working on the fields. I wanted to depict the everyday life of an agricultural village, situated outside of a bigger city, over the city walls. Hence the mud-brick buildings in contrast to the temple in the background.