TABOU STORIES
CHARACTERS ART FOR ROLE-PLAYING SIMULATOR
TABOU STORIES: LOVE EPISODES
Tabou Stories is a role-playing simulator that gives the player the opportunity to be in the midst of hot and passionate romance stories in a wide variety of settings. The ending of the story depends only on the player’s decisions: you have to choose outfits, develop relationships with other characters, and make important choices that affect the fate of your hero. The collection of stories is constantly growing, so when you finish your journey through the existing ones, you will not have to wait long.
Production Workflow
Our team had to create a collection of character designs from hairstyles to facial expressions. At every stage of character creation, our artists worked through many details to make them look natural and visually appealing.
Goal
Our task was to design 2D characters. The new version of the game was supposed to have a lot of new customizable characters with realistic faces, hairstyles and emotions to increase user engagement.
Implementation approach
Our main approach to this project was to create a highly customizable design of game characters that would look friendly to the user and thus bring more customer value in the form of increased engagement and more game downloads.
1. Concept creation
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2. Rough sketches
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3. Facial images of each character
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4. 2D Rendering
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5. Custom PSD preparation
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Team structure
Art director
Defines the visual style of the project, guiding other team members towards it and controlling the quality of the artwork.
Lead 2D character artist
Delivers enhanced visuals by successfully guiding a team of 2D artists throughout the entire production process.
2D artists
Create a general look for the game characters with all the details: facial expressions, postures, gestures, clothes, etc.
Project manager
Communicates all the needs and demands of the client to 2D game artists, ensuring that work gets done on time as required.
