Holly Hudson
3D and environment artist working towards roles in art direction
3D and environment artist working towards roles in art direction
Morgan: Metal Detective
(2023)
My roles: Art director, environment artist, level designer, 3D artist
Early on, I wrote an art direction document detailing how this game will blend 2D character sprites in a 3D environment using flat shading, gradients, and patterns to combine the styles together in a natural-looking way. This document, along with an asset breakdown, was shared with collaborators and continually referred back to, to ensure a consistency between the 2D and 3D work we were comissioning from out-sourced artists.
In terms of 3D assets, I have been creating the hero assets for this game, whilst also working closely with a 3D artist who has been creating various smaller assets for the island. We have been working directly from the asset breakdown spreadsheet I created at the beginning of the project; the artist has been working through some of the modular assets I’ve assigned to them.
Assets I have created include: fishing boat, ligthhouse, church, standing stones, metal detector, walkman, polaroid.
Here is a look at the fictional Cornish island of Glasden, that I created for Morgan: Metal Detective.
The island is split up into diverse biomes, showcasing varied foliage and landmarks native to Cornwall. It was important to create a natural sense of direction for the player when exploreing the island, so I have used particular buildings to guide players to points of interest on the island.
To continue the blend of 3D and 2D elements, I created the majority of foliage using alphas as billboards in combination with a wind shader that I programmed to make the assets appear less static.
Watch the teaser trailer below!