Fantasy Cooking Game
This was a recent game project I was commissioned for. The client wanted race portraits for a cozy cooking game they were planning on making. The portraits needed to feel grounded and realistic whilst still having a warm fantasy element to them and also portrait distinctive characters in each separate race.
The ones we have done so far:
Elf - An air of soft arrogance
Orc - Might and kindness
Goblin - Destain and grumpiness
The Elf race in the game. I'm happy with how I managed to capture the arrogance in expression.
An earlier version of the finished concept. I felt the colours were too washed out for the cozy but real fantasy the brief was desiring to create.
An earlier concept for the elf, I quickly realized I was sacrificing detail and personality at this size. The brief was to showcase a lot of personality in each race, so I had to adapt.
The Orc race in the game. The goal was to portray strength but friendliness. A 'gentle giant'.
An earlier Goblin concept, as I made the design I decided they were a little tooo human and cute.
The Goblin race. They just simply don't want to be there. I decided to make the majority of the screen just their head to show they are smaller, whilst still not compromising detail.