Master Of Animation, Games & Interactivity
Master Of Animation, Games & Interactivity

Jump Jump Band: Musical Creature Design (Studio 2 - Weeks 8-9)

By Helen Kwok
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Character designs for my Jump Jump Band game.

A lot of research was done perusing the extensive Musical Instruments collection on the Met Museum website for inspiration. I was particularly fascinated by the stranger and lesser known instruments, and loved how some of them naturally looked like found faces.

After locking in the four sounds my sound designer will be using for the beat accents (cymbal, bass drum, horn and marimba), I got to work sketching out concepts for each character. These are the results, along with each character's final sprite sheet that was used in Unity.

About This Work

By Helen Kwok
Email Helen Kwok
Published On: 29/09/2019

academic:

production

mediums:

animation, illustration

scopes:

component work

tags:

AGI Studio 2, Studio 2, character design, illustration, photoshop