Low Poly Character Art/Concept | Védelem: The Golden Horde
Vedelem: The Golden Horde is a year long school project I have been working on with a student team of 17 people, which 4 of them were artists.
It's a RTS based around the conflict between Eastern Europe and Mongolia. Where it is your task to defend your castle against and with big armies.
My tasks in this project were:
- Art lead
- Character concepting
- Character artist
- Marketing pieces
- Helping out with UI
So a lot of things to do!
The game is quite fun to play, check it out for free here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1517150/Vedelem_The_Golden_Horde/
One of the main marketing pieces I made
I started creating very small characters mostly focused readability within values when grouped up.
I received a list from the designers on what they wanted to have in game, and made some adjustments accordingly.
In game size of the characters.
I focussed on making them as readable as possible, but also consistent enough to show that they belong to the same or opposite team
Upgrades for all friendly units
A few of the characters together
The spearman was the last unit on the list
A wireframe comparison
Screenshots of all unit groups incoming:
Some more marketing art coming up
This and all other 2D visuals you might find in steam or
Extra icons and achievements created with or based of some in game icons made by Sander Agelink
Besides the marketing art I also created a team logo. I personally really like this lil' guy