Project Inferno
Some (but not remotely all) of the work I did while at Mutant Arm Studios for a team pulp adventure roguelike shooter with a slightly dieselpunk interwar period setting. The project took a lot of creative inspiration from Indiana Jones, Atlantis the Lost Empire, and TF2. I was responsible for much of the early character brainstorming, sketches, and collaborated on developing a visual style for the cast with my art director Jen Wildes. I'm sorry to say that this project was ill fated, as I believe it had a lot of potential and a really unique style and tone. I'm grateful for the time I got to spend with the awesome team at Mutant Arm between 2020 and 2022.
Pitch illustration used to convey the spirit of the style and characters to our publisher. The Archeologist and Mountaineer were designed by our Art Director and a contractor (Sorry I don't know your name!) and refined by me.
Early sketches for two of our playable villain characters: the bruiser and the femme fatale.
Early style test for our Femme Fatale character. We ended up going another direction
Final design for the Femme Fatale. This was a keystone for the level of anatomical exaggeration and matte simple surface detailing intended for the final game.
Further development for the big guy.
Development and details for a rascally troublemaker character.
Head and color thumbnbails for a very handsome treasure hunter
early sketches for a dastardly dark magician inspired by Tim Curry
early sketches for a little pyro dude my personal fave. He never made it far into development
Lineup sketch increasing the level of detail and giving things a dieselpunk flavor. Unfortunately I left shortly after these explorations were done and the studio closed 2 months after that.
its a boarilla. The characters needed something to shoot at in the jungle.
I don't often do weapon design but here are a couple dieselpunky rope launcher guns.