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Water Margin: Voyager

Concept art, 3D modelling, Texturing, UI

Water Margin: Voyager is a 3D game concept where the goal was to create a concept scene in the game. I worked with four other artists, Chua Shan Qing, Torres Janelle Lee, Heng Zi Xin, and Faith Ann.

My responsibilities included some concept art, 3D modelling and texturing of Li Kui's mount, some texturing of the environment, and UI elements.

Adding on to team members' concepts: Hua Rong's mount

These initial concepts were done by Heng Zi Xin and Torres Janelle Lee.

We were initially contemplating to go with either a cyberpunk horse or a bike for our villian, Hua Rong. For my take, I decided to go with a more patriotic-looking war horse which was what Hua Rong as a twist hero turned anti-hero would likely ride. Taking from Chinese culture, I also added a fantasy twist inspired by the Qi Lin, a rare unicorn-like creature in Chinese mythology. I also kept the silhouette slender and feminine to match Hua Rong's slightly feminine description.

Adding on to team members' concepts: Li Kui's mount

Initial concepts done by Heng Zi Xin and Torres Janelle Lee.

Initially, we thought of a tiger as a mount since Li Kui has an iconic story with a tiger. However, the concepts done did not really match Li Kui's gangster-like yet fiercely righteous presence. To match Hua Rong's mount, I looked to Chinese mythology and based the mount off a Fu Dog or a stone lion guardian that guards temples. They were fiercely protective yet wild and playful. Thus the mount became somewhat of a lion. I also curled the mane similar to a stone lion's mane and its tail is made of fantasy like flames which shows the tankiness and power of the mount.

3D modelling:
Li Kui's Mount

I used Maya for modelling and unwrapping. Afterwards, I used Photoshop for texturing. Since the style we went with is relatively simple, I mostly overlayed a texture and decreased opacity before painting over it. Normal maps are generated in xNormal.

View my model in the link below. Other 3D models done for the project made by my group members can also be viewed in my sketchfab account.

View 3D model

UI elements

I was also responsible for creating all the UI assets for the game concept. Below are some examples of the UI I created. I tried adding both Chinese patterns and science-fi throughout the UI.

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Here's what an example of the UI looks like overlayed:

Additionally, I also created a logo for the game concept.

I based it off a science-fi like clock which shows the flow of time since Li Kui, the main character is a time traveller, going back to change the past like the small fishing boat on the waves of time.

I also used Chinese water patterns as well as a traditional fishing boat to pay homage to the ancient time period and culture while also linking back to the title "Water" margin ;) haha.

I used a very limited palette with neon cyan being the most obvious colour to emphasise on the cyberpunk theme while the orange ties back to a more classical ancient feel, emphasizing the important parts of the logo like the title and the small fishing boat.

Water Margin: Voyager

3D modelling: Li Kui's Mount

UI elements

3D modelling:
Li Kui's Mount