Concept ← Project Oriana

Painting a World full of color

Mar

6

2015

After working on the original thumbnails, I switched over to going into more detail, and refining the color. It’s another fun process, figuring out which colors and ideas will work when blown up and enlarged. Some of the thumbnails, while fun, won’t work or are unreadable and so need a complete overhaul while still trying ...

THE LOGO IS HERE! THE LOGO IS HERE!

Feb

5

2015

The real question is do I need to watermark our logo am I right? No? moving on. I like drawing things out in micronpen, so while we were still in the searching phase I did this to try and futz out what we liked. There’s even one I spelled wrong. The fun thing about ...

3D Clothing Test

Nov

13

2014

Thomas was charged with figuring out the best approach for tackling clothing in 3D. We ended up settling on using nCloth due to our limited budget. There were some mishaps along the way of course. Here are some tests that were made as we tried to figure out how to properly work with nCloth and ...

Developing a Character, Part 6

Nov

12

2014

Well everyone, here she is! This is the final concept of the Oriana you will come to know and love through this journey of design and production till the game releases. We wanted her to be perfect for this moment which is why we have so many steps involved in her process. But we are all ...

The Color Process

Nov

11

2014

We wanted to lean heavily on color, with early levels being dark, mysterious, purple, haunting and creepy. Very spoopy, overall. And then as the game goes on it gets warmer and happier, Ori starts taking control of her world and molding it to her design. The last one is hard to read, and more ...

3d Living Line Test

Nov

10

2014

One of the aesthetic features we’ve chosen for Project Oriana is what we call a “living line.” As previously mentioned, we will be using a thick and uneven toon line around our characters and environment. We will be using this line to help emphasize movement. This can be seen in the video game, Okami, and ...

Into the Forge, Part 1

Nov

9

2014

Weapon concept; one of my favorite things to design. We have decided that our character will be wielding three separate weapons throughout the game; great sword, shield, and long bow. It was also decided that since she is just a little girl that the weapons would be the same size as they would be if ...

3D Hair Test

Nov

7

2014

Like with clothes, we also had to figure out how we were going to simulate hair in Maya. WE are working on a tight budget, so purchasing 3rd party simulation software wasn’t really an option for us. We found that because we were using a toon shader, nHair didn’t really offer us the ability to ...

Developing a Character, Part 5

Nov

6

2014

Every cute little girl needs a cute little dress! So I went into this with a basic idea to keep our dress design simple and flowy. As a team we knew we liked ribbons, we knew we liked long, and we knew we liked trim. On the flip side, we knew we hated ruffles (NIGHTMARE ...

3D Line Test

Nov

3

2014

While our ambition is to have a fully 2D game in the end, we are currently using a 3D character model for our main character. Kyle Murray and Thomas Edwards comprise our 3D team and have been hard at work doing render tests and preliminary modeling. Above is an example render style that we have ...