USC Advanced Games Project
Roles: Environment, character, prop, & UI concept artist. Game & narrative design.
Tools: Adobe Photoshop, Unity Engine
May 2020 - May 2021
Crescendo is a 2D combat action game, where you conduct a musical world around you through your actions. Travel through an eerie fairy tale world that is teeming with music and battle the monstrous personifications of an orchestra.
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/251763cb-155b-4206-bdda-844a0ac2172a/43feaf9d-53c4-4b4d-a8cb-f8b0f2c8499a_rw_1200.png?h=eaffb5337215d699fc681b4dce877f58)
"Windchime Forest" environment concept art
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/251763cb-155b-4206-bdda-844a0ac2172a/8d88f5e8-6f16-44bd-8259-4961c04f45dd_rw_1200.png?h=95ccf405f9cc4a9ddf950292dc0654aa)
"Exiting the Forest" environment concept art
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/251763cb-155b-4206-bdda-844a0ac2172a/12cdd843-0ad3-4a1c-a8e4-86e3bfeab6f0_rw_1200.png?h=8b4d1487f9310a97dfce611b2203014b)
"Entering the Spider's Lair" environment concept art
![Protagonist concept art](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/251763cb-155b-4206-bdda-844a0ac2172a/62f581e3-bccb-40cb-8065-8631d88721f6_rw_1200.png?h=e9ad28862eca86d9986c7dbd6cf0159f)
Protagonist concept art
![Culture exploration](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/251763cb-155b-4206-bdda-844a0ac2172a/74f9b045-8686-455b-bc64-7231ae6f7bb5_rw_1200.png?h=230c8d71fcd2aa031a0ef6fcd2e02f64)
Culture exploration
![Personality exploration](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/251763cb-155b-4206-bdda-844a0ac2172a/64181779-024d-4152-a7c1-a388c333124f_rw_1920.png?h=bc867a0762a59ba7853ebff792a00721)
Personality exploration
"Red Riding Hood"-inspired protagonist
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/251763cb-155b-4206-bdda-844a0ac2172a/1390a14e-5515-4734-b8b3-9cbc8f89b8ed_rw_1200.png?h=f3d9afdf2d5c0bf7b53a6f8c676db77f)
Raccoon member of the animal band
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/251763cb-155b-4206-bdda-844a0ac2172a/e4722b81-f9fe-4b97-b119-f45ab9f3c83e_rw_1920.png?h=99dd50abf0342e64040e16060b5e173b)
Bear member of the animal band
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/251763cb-155b-4206-bdda-844a0ac2172a/f0172adc-bb6b-4c2b-a2f2-29342f6c21e4_rw_3840.png?h=71f6d693cb0b5e956e1dea165f093a82)
Animal band concept art
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/251763cb-155b-4206-bdda-844a0ac2172a/5680e94e-04ea-4daa-a96b-fc1f0e06f85c_rw_1920.jpg?h=5682bcc610c4444abfcb5ecc60b02405)
Animal band concept art
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/251763cb-155b-4206-bdda-844a0ac2172a/c1f53b20-75c9-459b-9b09-cbdd07a75a81_rw_1200.gif?h=3c7166cbf3c1a6d66ddd44102e3007a9)
Animation by Carys Gooi.
![Initial idea](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/251763cb-155b-4206-bdda-844a0ac2172a/69a108c7-16b0-44f6-965b-f82ca24dd2f2_rw_1200.png?h=a47f46b9d8622417c9b8afd1a64deeaf)
Initial idea
![Further shape exploration](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/251763cb-155b-4206-bdda-844a0ac2172a/14f271d0-c2df-414b-9adb-afbcd87321a2_rw_1200.png?h=24071126210ac4bf50cce996b462db4b)
Further shape exploration
![Color/detail/silhouette exploration](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/251763cb-155b-4206-bdda-844a0ac2172a/ca51d5da-e5ef-4e13-a6d9-0b22ca78c80f_rw_1920.png?h=4581d278a81228991da542842db7bdf7)
Color/detail/silhouette exploration
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/251763cb-155b-4206-bdda-844a0ac2172a/029e6e3b-d266-4abc-bdef-664aa6f4304b_rw_1200.png?h=dec88e45aec6ffeaefa4df4d44c68091)
"Chicken House" minion, from concept to final art
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/251763cb-155b-4206-bdda-844a0ac2172a/a7f45dae-4ea5-4b32-95f5-35eee257fd14_rw_1200.png?h=4f890baf9c13f21bda6adf51ba64bc66)
concept
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/251763cb-155b-4206-bdda-844a0ac2172a/72cec37b-99e2-4def-9152-220ece4ee2f9_rw_1920.png?h=a3a13c4bf79b462a3d6553fcb49c197d)
final design
Piano weapon
!["Baba Yaga" antagonist concept art](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/251763cb-155b-4206-bdda-844a0ac2172a/c944a0f4-1584-49a3-9b5b-151ea3061abd_rw_1920.png?h=a8763e759308cf3ea29cdcec3124577d)
"Baba Yaga" antagonist concept art
![Antagonist Phase 2 concepts](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/251763cb-155b-4206-bdda-844a0ac2172a/3143f2ad-88f0-4442-b339-e624590770c1_rw_1920.png?h=aea8fc3ac9674bdcce4696529fe300d4)
Antagonist Phase 2 concepts
!["Baba Yaga" antagonist concept art](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/251763cb-155b-4206-bdda-844a0ac2172a/0bb8e16a-419f-4ccc-b4c1-247157ff0a8a_rw_1200.png?h=c7a98f9fda5fdd8080fc5126a9fdc232)
"Baba Yaga" antagonist concept art
"Baba Yaga"-inspired antagonist
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/251763cb-155b-4206-bdda-844a0ac2172a/3bd26d94-bd1a-4337-bb1c-fd370d7b8cdb_rw_1920.png?h=162bfd48f36051d2783df20a5dbc303d)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/251763cb-155b-4206-bdda-844a0ac2172a/1457a5c5-d2f1-4f02-9adf-29efd7ab434b_rw_1200.png?h=5b5c5843cd7a594239bfaa7730ce5316)
Additional environmental concept art (spider cavern and various areas)