ABOUT

As part of the course at Grafimated Cartoon, the official school for comics in Sicily, I decided to pitch a book to document the creative visualisation process of a video game concept design project.

I wanted to focus specifically on character design, starting with the early design sketches and ending each chapter with multiple design solutions for each character.
I chose the Russian story Koschei The Deathless because it was full of interesting elements to design and the Russian setting allowed for a unique style. I decided to focus on the most important characters, with a view to add in environments, props and weapons at a later date.
Though originally conceived as a video game design project, I purposefully kept the style quite simple to ensure that the designs would also be appropriate for comics, illustrations, or other media. This was a challenge, both because video game characters are often highly detailed and I wanted the designs to have a ‘wow’ factor.
It was particularly fun to study Russian culture, medieval art and traditional clothing in order to come up with the design outfits. I enjoyed the process of research and using this knowledge to inform the designs.
The project is still ongoing and will be completed by the end of this year.
For examples of my work, please see my Artstation portfolio: alessiogrecoart