Dragonspire: Grasslands + Forest Biomes
The Grasslands and Forest modular kits were the first environments built for Dragonspire. As the Art Lead, I was responsible for defining the game's overall 3D visual style and ensuring that the lighting, camera work, and level layouts complemented our gameplay mechanics. Given the highly iterative nature of our map design process, I approached terrain creation using modular pieces—building separate components for edges, corners, and center tiles to allow for flexibility. Once a map layout was finalized, I would go in and vertex paint the ground to blend grass and dirt textures naturally. Many of the gameplay props were dynamically spawned during play to create evolving pathways within each map. I'm incredibly grateful for the time I spent working on this game alongside such passionate and dedicated developers at the startup.
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3D ARTIST:
https://www.artstation.com/whitlanier
CONCEPT ARTISTS:
https://www.artstation.com/gabioverberg
https://www.artstation.com/cottontan
Grasslands start room. I was responsible for this biome's lighting, skydome, terrain, and set dressing.
A Grasslands set dressed room.
Another Grasslands set dressed room.
Forest kit pieces that I worked on for the Grasslands set.
More Forest kit pieces that I worked on for the Grasslands set.
Forest boss room. I was responsible for this biome's lighting, skydome, terrain, and set dressing.
A set dressed Forest room.
Another set dressed Forest boss room.
Forest kit pieces that I worked on for the Forest set.