This is a concept for when I worked on Firefall at Red 5 Studios. This was an ideation done on a blockout. (a buncha basic blocks put together to imitate the playspace). I went in and concepted out what it may look like once we artified it,so we could figure out what assets we would need to make for the area.
In this case it was The Rig, an aptly named oil rig turned to storage area for one of the game's companies. Meant to be a PVP location/stage I worked with some talented friends of mine Mike Altuna, David Kang and Steven Rich (all at Blizzard now, I believe). So I quickly painted out the look and feel for the area and this is one of the initial images we used. Main idea was to use some cool and warm neutrals and then have colour pops help define edges and items of importance. (Thus railings being yellow, upper platforms orange, etc). This was to not just make it look cool but also allow for different areas to have colour definition and unique items so you could tell where you were at a glance. It's messy because we were trying to save refined concepts for more exact items and save time since we had a very short amount of time allotted to each area. All very basic, but I am typing it out for any uninitiated.
In the end it actually hit pretty close to concept, though timeline and limited resources forced us to cut a lot, such as the towers at the top which weren't important so we could have more for the interior.
Thanks for taking a look!
In this case it was The Rig, an aptly named oil rig turned to storage area for one of the game's companies. Meant to be a PVP location/stage I worked with some talented friends of mine Mike Altuna, David Kang and Steven Rich (all at Blizzard now, I believe). So I quickly painted out the look and feel for the area and this is one of the initial images we used. Main idea was to use some cool and warm neutrals and then have colour pops help define edges and items of importance. (Thus railings being yellow, upper platforms orange, etc). This was to not just make it look cool but also allow for different areas to have colour definition and unique items so you could tell where you were at a glance. It's messy because we were trying to save refined concepts for more exact items and save time since we had a very short amount of time allotted to each area. All very basic, but I am typing it out for any uninitiated.
In the end it actually hit pretty close to concept, though timeline and limited resources forced us to cut a lot, such as the towers at the top which weren't important so we could have more for the interior.
Thanks for taking a look!
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Thanks! I realized there was almost more text in the description than art in the picture
Huh, randomly saw this on the front page of fa and took a look. You worked on Firefall? Was a wonderful game, tbh, shame the servers went down.
Hah, good timing!
Yeah I worked concept on the game, did portrait work ,etc. Glad you were able to enjoy it before it disappeared into oblivion!
Yeah I worked concept on the game, did portrait work ,etc. Glad you were able to enjoy it before it disappeared into oblivion!
Nice! is there more stuff that you'll be uploading? I was always super into it, and some concept stuff would be great to see! I've heard that the game still somewhat works but.. Eh, it deserves a legacy server or something.
I have some more stuff I'll be posting , yeah. I also have a couple things over on my DA account I never put up here..
http://jayaxer.deviantart.com/art/F.....cept-609963239
http://jayaxer.deviantart.com/art/F.....hots-610384785
http://jayaxer.deviantart.com/art/F.....Dump-610620989
http://jayaxer.deviantart.com/art/F.....cept-347782376
http://jayaxer.deviantart.com/art/F.....cept-338907748
Realistically I should probably upload those here sometime.
http://jayaxer.deviantart.com/art/F.....cept-609963239
http://jayaxer.deviantart.com/art/F.....hots-610384785
http://jayaxer.deviantart.com/art/F.....Dump-610620989
http://jayaxer.deviantart.com/art/F.....cept-347782376
http://jayaxer.deviantart.com/art/F.....cept-338907748
Realistically I should probably upload those here sometime.
Certainly. We only had acouple concept guys so I kinda had a hand in a lot of stuff. I did world building too, like the incarnation of in-game Copa Cabana was something I did. In fact, if you ever heard the signs in Copa talking about vacations and blah blah, the english audio was my voice.
Lmao thats crazy. Never thought I'd see someone so.. Intricately tied to it, and now I feel like trying to go back and play it an stuff now, tbh.
If it doesn't hold up, don't hold me accountable! I'm just some art guy!
That is dope! hehe I need to practice on some stuff like that!~
Lol if I had the time I definietly would! I have so much art to do, I can't even keep up with it myself!~ xp
This is really cool! Besides being an amazing painting with tons of fantastic art to it, I really enjoyed the description also. Seeing sort of the background dialog about the process makes all the more interesting to view as an art piece!
Cheers! I figured some people know the normal process but it's good to type it out for anyone who might not. Then at least you can get something out of it.
I almost said "I didn't know you did 3D!" and then looked a little closer. Nicely done! You've been so elusive I had no idea you were this deep into the games industry. Oil rigs are some of my favorite constructs. How long did this take you?
Tangentially, I was pretty peeved when you won first place in the TF2 propaganda art contest in favor of the wrong class. Demoman with the Gunboats would've been astronomically fun.
Tangentially, I was pretty peeved when you won first place in the TF2 propaganda art contest in favor of the wrong class. Demoman with the Gunboats would've been astronomically fun.
It didn't take very long; we were on a tight schedule so I had to kinda just paint something up quickly that we could go on. Long time ago so I don't have an exact time.
To be fair on the TF2 contest I was a total jerk and entered both classes..blame Valve for choosing the soldier one as first place!
To be fair on the TF2 contest I was a total jerk and entered both classes..blame Valve for choosing the soldier one as first place!
It was a version of this one here: http://jayaxer.deviantart.com/art/T.....oman-135026050
I remember playing that game, then they sorta just just became stale with nothing really new to add to the story which I was enjoying.
Well I put colourful things into the game but could not design gameplay additions.
yea thats what I loved about the game just wandering around and finding places
Man, it's a damn shame what happened to this game. :( Great work though, like others have stated already, had no idea you worked on it!
I'd always wanted to go try this game after seeing the stuff you posted to DA. I never had a good enough machine to run it. A shame I'll never get the chance.
I remember playing the game ever since alpha(even being one of those people who bought gold founder pack). It was really promising and had absolutely fantastic visual design of everything (the world, buildings, nature, vehicles, guns, armor, etc). Too bad the dev team turned out to be incompetent as shit, revamping and resetting everything all the time.
But anyway, fantastic work! Visually the game was a piece of art by itself, thanks to folks like you
But anyway, fantastic work! Visually the game was a piece of art by itself, thanks to folks like you
I was part of the dev team that did not reset everything! I don't talk about it much, but I will say development on the project was troubled and difficult to cope with.
A lot of good hard work went into the visual design, and some of the stuff that didn't make it in was just as cool!
A lot of good hard work went into the visual design, and some of the stuff that didn't make it in was just as cool!
amazing detail and colors!
you must have incredible patience for modular block design, i always mess up by adding details before the base framework is done
you must have incredible patience for modular block design, i always mess up by adding details before the base framework is done
I've had to do a lot of modular designs meant for both 2d and 3d and create a lot of sets that still have flavour to them. The patience comes with the experience, I think.
Very nice! I made a level for a video game back in the day that was an oil rig. Interesting to see what details are similar while overall it's vastly different (and this looks much better...)
the picture made me think of those people who homesteaded an abandon north sea rig a couple of decades ago
and declared themselves an independent nation.
i don't know if anyone still remembers that, or if everyone does.
and declared themselves an independent nation.
i don't know if anyone still remembers that, or if everyone does.
Glad you like it!
It's been a while since Firefall was in development and it is a shame that a lot of hard work went south in the end, but it's always nice and makes it worthwhile for those involved to know there are people like yourself who enjoyed it,
It's been a while since Firefall was in development and it is a shame that a lot of hard work went south in the end, but it's always nice and makes it worthwhile for those involved to know there are people like yourself who enjoyed it,
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