Graphic Design

Gui Concepting and Lookdev

OVERVIEW​ 

This is a look at the GUI Art for a dark fantasy game with Astrological magic and demonic enemies.​

Inspired by Alphonse Mucha and the Blackletter work of Benjamin Laukis, I intend to create a medley of Neuveux and Gothic themes.​

This game will include a card system, dialogue, choices, astrological factions and much more. The purpose of this it to explore GUI and UX for games while working towards a larger world building excercise.

Aries

Capricorn

Taurus

The Astrological theme is  a key part of the design choices for this thought excercise. For these pendants I sketched the concepts in procreate and modelled them in Zbrush before taking them to photoshop to apply a painterly texture them and turn them into icons that can be used in various aspects of the game. 

What's on the cards?

Cards are a way to present boons to the player in a familiar way, having something physical and diagetic for them to collect and create  a unique character with each playthrough.

Each card will display an attribute bestowed upon the player by their chosen constellation.​

This should provide a short summary while a later window could provide a more in-depth description and potential stat boosts for the player.​

Each card will have the pendent emblem of a constellation on it, shape language will follow the gothic script and circular astrological motifs.​

Custom graphics will be made for each attribute, some attributes will be bestowed by multiple constellations while others will be unique.​

The card backs will allude to choice and the stars, using a similar deep golden color scheme as most ornaments and UI elements will share.​


Dialogue and text Boxes

Text boxes are super important in a story driven game, style is less important then clarity but a good blend of both if ideal.​

Keeping with the themes of dark magic I've created a Blackletter text box, having a dark background with bright writing should allow the text box to stand out from any game background and ensure the writing is legible at any point.​

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Deciding on a final font will be a design choice I will have to make later as opting for a standard and easily read typography is often preferred over a stylized typography that may not be as easy on readers.


Branding, Logos and Social Media

Creating Simple branding and logos

A creator of a growing youtube channel  about game development had reached out for help updating his brand, he wanted a cartoon rabbit mascot, a clean letter based logo and a yotube banner.  Within 2 days i had his work approved and shipped in multiple formats. Looking forward to watching his channel grow and potentially animate the cute little character i made for him!

Both the Logos and the character went through as 6 to 3 to 1 process. Itterating on the pros and cons provided by my client.

YoutubeBanner design 1

A clean, dark and modern Banner design emulating the smaller Logo he ended up choosing for his channel.

Youtube Banner Design 2

A softer alternative to showcase the small rabbit character he commisioned as part of this project.