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DECEMBER 22, 2022

Art Director - Art lead. Works with the executive producer to establish the game’s visual style and reference materials for the art team, then gradually shifts to managing all of the artists and keeping them tasked out and productive. Art Concept Artist : [ Iterator Extreme ]. All artists report to him.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JULY 6, 2020

Lastly, Nick revisited the 3D model for his previously created Anagativa skeleton to improve its shape and textures before handing it off to Allie for rigging and animation. After finishing up the forest townhome models, Cass then started in on texturing each of the structures. Concept Art. Can you spot it?

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JULY 31, 2021

Concept Art. While most of our dev team focuses on preparing an exclusive build of Kristala for Play NYC, our talented concept art team has been pumping out fresh designs for current weapons and items that still need revamped before our official vertical slice is complete.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Once he's modeled all three sets, Cass will then begin the tedious texturing process for each one. This sprint, Karena was able to complete her model and begin texturing. Over the past few sprints, our resident 3D Character Designer, Bianca, has been hard at work capturing the look of our Kota soldier concepts in 3D form.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Here's a look at Cass's finished model for the coliseum, complete with unwrapped UVs and applied textures. These are still a very early work in progress, but check out what Shelly's got thus far: Shelly also lent her impressive texturing skills this sprint to some of the picture frame models Karena created. link] Concept Art.

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Filmustage

OCTOBER 6, 2023

This article explores the multifaceted role of VFX in modern filmmaking and its profound impact on the art of storytelling. The Golden Age of Practical Effects: 1950s to 1970s As cinema progressed, so did the art of visual effects. The Bullet Time rig from "The Matrix". A Brief History of VFX ?️ Le Voyage dans la Lune (1902).

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AUGUST 31, 2021

link] Concept Art. In order to initiate these changes, however, it was vital that we had proper environmental and character concepts to work from so that our 3D modeling team was fully capable of bringing the Kristala that exists in our minds to life in Unreal Engine. We can't wait to go back again next year!

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JUNE 29, 2021

Concept Art. After Concept Artist Harold reimagined each level area in the demo, we then had him concept out the individual props that will be needed to carefully detail each environment. Wanna know more about this baddies and get a glimpse behind our art process?

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MAY 14, 2020

We've shown off Bianca's progress on the tree trunk spider enemy in previous issues, and we're super pleased to be showing you the fully textured and painted fiend. First, Shelly gave a little facelift to the texturing used on our Masarusa enemy. Animation / Rigging / Production. Behold.the completed, eight-legged fiend!

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Concept Art. When it comes to creating unique environments, characters, weapons, and other items—especially ones for an alien, fantasy world we dreamed up from scratch—we wouldn't get very far without our concept art team. Take a look at some of the recent armor concepts our talented artist James created this month.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Now that he's done with the model itself, Cass will focus on unwrapping the UV's before getting started on the detailed texturing for this colossal beauty. With Shelly's keen eye for detail (and impressive modeling and texturing skills), she's been able to capture exactly that with her new and improved crystal models.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Concept Art. Now that our concept art team has nearly completed the designs for all existing assets and items in the Kristala build that needed to be replaced with fresh assets, they're now able to move on to creating brand new items that don't yet have 3D counterparts. 3D Modeling.

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Mnenad

APRIL 9, 2018

One is sketching a scene or character concept very rough and with a lot of gesture on a piece of paper (or digitally) but in the following steps, when it comes to outlining the shapes, the sketch becomes sort of stiff and loses its dynamic. I bet those of you who are into drawing experienced this also once or twice while working on a piece.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

APRIL 21, 2021

Concept Art. As part of our demo overhaul, we recently welcomed a few new team members into our motley crew in order to help us better establish the dark-fantasy vibe we're going for—including the newest member to our Concept Art team, Harold. Curious about Harold's process for building out each concept's composition?

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MAY 27, 2021

Concept Art. In our last issue, we introduced you to a bunch of new team members that recently joined our growing family, including our newest Environmental Concept artist, Harold. Right away, Harold dove into creating fresh, detailed concepts for each level area in the Kristala demo. Let's dive in.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

AUGUST 5, 2020

Last issue, we shared the texturing work Cass had started on the forest homes, many of which resemble beautiful log cabins due to the intricate woodwork featured throughout. Much to Cass's relief (we're sure anyway), he was finally able to finish applying textures to the townhouses over the past few weeks. o [link] Concept Art.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Here's how it works: each month, we share all the progress every branch of development has made as they collectively work towards completing Kristala's vertical slice—from stunning concept art and 3D models to custom animations, level design, and everything in between. Concept Art.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MARCH 23, 2022

Concept Art. When we last met, our concept art team was working on finalizing a few last-minute items needed for our Vertical Slice. With these icons completed, James was then able to turn his attention back to creating a few detailed concepts featuring a bunch of the custom VFX we've got in the works. Stay tuned!

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