Unannounced Project - VisDev and Art Direction | Part 1

As lead artist of a new game IP, my first task at Bitwise Alchemy was figure out how we would like to visual depict our project.

To do that, I started with a sketch, building the structure of the scene, setting camera, light and composition.

From this was necessary work with different styles, to see what would be fitable with our ideas. I am not talking only about visual things like color, shapes and render, but about time consuming, adaptation of other artists, readability and the right mood of the world that we were bringing to life.

With all this solved, we could define how many artists we need to hire to complete the demand fitting on our deadline and budget.

So, I developed eight styles, we compare those and discussed with the team.

After some points, the style 05 was the chosen one.
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Como artista líder de um novo IP de jogo, minha primeira tarefa na Bitwise Alchemy foi descobrir como gostaríamos de representar visualmente nosso projeto.

Para fazer isso, comecei com um esboço, construindo a estrutura da cena, definindo câmera, luz e composição.

A partir disso foi necessário trabalhar com diferentes estilos, para ver o que se encaixaria com nossas ideias. Não estou falando apenas de coisas visuais como cor, formas e renderização, mas sobre consumo de tempo, adaptação de outros artistas, legibilidade e o clima certo do mundo que estávamos trazendo à vida.

Com tudo isso resolvido, pudemos definir quantos artistas precisaríamos contratar para completar a demanda dentro do nosso prazo e orçamento.

Então, desenvolvi oito estilos, comparamos e discutimos com a equipe.

Após alguns pontos, o estilo 05 foi o escolhido.

All styles

All styles

Sketch - first idea about composition, light and camera

Sketch - first idea about composition, light and camera

Style 01 - Line art and flat colors

Style 01 - Line art and flat colors

Style 02 - line art, flat colors and some texture.

Style 02 - line art, flat colors and some texture.

Style 03 - Photobashing and painting.

Style 03 - Photobashing and painting.

Here I decided to create a close up scene...

Here I decided to create a close up scene...

... with some basic animation, to try how this could work.

... with some basic animation, to try how this could work.

Style 04 - Painting and more geometrical shapes

Style 04 - Painting and more geometrical shapes

Style 05 (the chosen one)- darker mood and brush stroke emulating oil painting

Style 05 (the chosen one)- darker mood and brush stroke emulating oil painting

Style 06 - darker mood and classic comic inspiration

Style 06 - darker mood and classic comic inspiration

Style 07 - unsaturated colors and brush stroke emulating watercolor painting

Style 07 - unsaturated colors and brush stroke emulating watercolor painting

Style 08 - cold colors and simplification of shapes

Style 08 - cold colors and simplification of shapes

Style comparisson

Style comparisson