Project The Hidden Places
4 month individual project, 2023
WORLD SETTING
In a steampunk world in decadence with a desert environment surrounding the cities where machinery is predominant, our society has a clear division between the lower and the aristocratic classes. And, here, there is no survival of the fittest, but one with the greatest purchasing power.
Despite it being a world in decline, 2 branches have been strongly developed over the years: technology and genetic engineering. Therefore, although there are individuals with traditional human appearance, it is more frequent; especially among the upper classes; to have bodily modifications.
These modifications, although they have their usefulness in enhancing certain abilities, are especially practical to identify in which social stratum each individual is found. Those who do not have such alterations are the poorest. And, above them all, those fused with animals and/or metal are the elite of the society.
Thus, we will follow our favorite aristocrat's adventures, Mr Alastor, while he tries to protect his company and, at the same time, learns to be empathetic with the world hidden from the richness he lives in.
CHARACTER DESIGN
Name: Mr Alastor
Modification: human raven
Age: 35
Style: human body with a head modified into that of a raven and plumage mixed with his skin in random areas of the body. Steampunk clothing with exaggerated and very pompous elitist costumes. In incognito moments, steampunk clothing of a factory worker or similar. Always carries a cane and a top hat. Tends to wear large feather decorations to add to his raven look.
Personality: mischievous, sarcastic, theatrical/dramatic, mysterious, intelligent and somewhat vindictive.
Background: aristocratic parents; the mother ended up with his father by an arranged marriage; his family ended up dying from power struggles between aristocratic families in his early adulthood and, therefore, the character inherited the father's company.
ENVIRONMENT DESIGN
When creating the environment, we think about one that represents well this world. With that, we think about different designs for it in a greyscale and, later on, we design some elements of said background to understand how it functions.
In this case, we end up with a marketplace in the poorer areas outside the city.
Project SACRA ANIMA
1 month team project, 2021
WORLD SETTING
Every 50 years, the mage clans hold the Sacra Anima Tournament to demonstrate their power. In it, the 12 best mages gather to amaze, with their spellcasting and combat skills, the leaders of all the nations of the world. In this way, the control of these mages under the various guilds is ensured.
The final prize of the tournament is the “Primal Stone”; a crystal created from the magic of the guilds and capable of altering the soul of whomever uses it.
Fifty years have passed since the last tournament, the stone has been forged and the last 12 participants are ready. The final stretch of the Sacra Anima tournament is about to begin.
This project follows the story of multiple characters. However, here, we will focus on one character in particular: Yassam, the specter of the desert.
CHARACTER DESIGN
This project had its start in learning about human anatomy by drawing live models. From those designs, we had to utilize the poses to create a complete characters later on.
We first drew in class and, later, cleaned the drawings digitally. And then, we started creating our character; Yassam in this case using the male front model.
Raised from a young age to be an assassin, Yassam is the most silent and lethal spy on the continent. The King of Almorad, from the land of the desert, has trusted him to get the stone and with it end the drought that plagues his people.
ENVIRONMENT DESIGN
As for the environments, 2 were created: Yassams home, the desert, and the coliseum where the Sacra Anima Tournament occurs.
Project Mr Erazer's Revenge
3 day team project, 2021
WORLD SETTING
The game is simple, you're Mr Erazer, a French eraser who wants to go to the center of the world and extract his revenge towards Monsieur Lapiz and his wife.
Created for the Virtual Soul GameGen Game Jam 2021, it was our first ever Jam and complete game to be created. Because of this, we decided to go after a colorful aesthetic that lures you by its simplicity.
ENVIRONMENT DESIGN
In this case, our team was composed of 2 artists. So, my job ended up being the creator of any environment asset and the backgrounds themselves. Each environment shows how the character goes progressively towards the center of the Earth.
Sadly, some materials have been lost like the thumbnails for these backgrounds. Either way, you can try our game here: Mr Erazer's Revenge
Project Various
INFORMATION
This section is for any other art project created during the 4 years in university. It includes portraits, fantasy animals and plants, and quick character designs.
AVA'S ADVENTURES
Info: 3 day individual project, 2021
Description: this was a quick exercise where we had to create a character and give them a background. As so, meet Ava, a girl who never dies but, whenever she dies, she starts a new adventure in a different world. She's somewhat of a traveler, but she can't choose where she can go. The only thing she can decide is when she is tired of a world, but then she must find a way to die to go somewhere else.
FANTASY CREATURES
Info: 2 week individual project, 2022
Description: to let our creativity flow, we had to design a plant and an animal from existing elements of the world. But we had to combine them into something new that coud exist.
Solum Flos Cibus is a plant created after a lily flower, an elm trunk, the leaves of a split-leaf philodendron and potato tubers.
This plant is thought to be endemic to Asian islands and is the main food of the next creature. It has bioluminiscence at night to attract the creature.
The Drigoris Quarere is a mammal based on the lions mane, a devil fish fins and colors, an anemone, a rat's body and the fishing rod of an angler fish.
This animal is a strong swimmer that lives in small groups in areas with many islands. They mainly eat potatoe tubers, but also get proteins from insects.
ARIDA ULMO
Info: 3 day individual project, 2021 for GameGen GameCept Competition
Description: Arida Ulmo are a kind of woman, protectors of the forest, who after The Great War that threatened to destroy the world chose to save nature in a different dimension. Nowadays, only a few of them are left and they don't let people easily go through the portals they protect.
PORTRAITS
Info: 5 day individual project, 2022
Description: for this project, we had to choose a person whom we wanted to draw. In my case, I chose my best friend, as she is my usual muse. After the portrait studies, we had to translate that into a digital drawing with more freedom to change things.
