And my contribution to this project as a Lead Artist. Below is the trailer:
"In this board-based deckbuilder roguelike, take on the role of Midnight, a lost nightmare trying to escape a child's dream world. With nightmare minions at your disposal, battle your way through legions of dream protectors!"
Trials of Midnight is a mobile game developed by 6 college game developers in the span of 12 weeks under MassDigi SIP program. As the Lead Artist of the team, I provided guidance and vision; facilitated an effective pipeline; Designed characters and environment; created several in-game and promotional illustration; and aided in production and management.
Before the team started to create any assets, I went through extensive ART STYLE EXPLORATION.
Our challenge is 3-fold:
Large scope with limited time
Establish a horror-cute style that fits our unique story
Consistency in execution
We eventually settled on a style that is dark but intimate, and is dividable into a 3-part pipeline.
This very effective 3-PART PIPELINE is one of our team's greatest achievement and handiest tool!
With this structure I devised, the three artists were able to work coherently like a conveyer belt, and were able to produce 30+ animated characters in 2 weeks. We even had time to reiterate!
I am personally in charge of the CONCEPT section of the pipeline, using my unique design language and coherent color strategy to help the art stand out while being consistent.
Below are illustrations I painted
