Supersane Games: Bakemono

LEAD ART DIRECTOR | VR ACTION GAME CREATIVE STRATEGY SPEARHEADED COMPREHENSIVE ART DIRECTION AND VISUAL CONSISTENCY FOR SUPERSANE GAMES' HIGHLY ANTICIPATED VR ACTION TITLE, BAKEMONO. FOLLOWING EXTENSIVE GAMEPLAY TESTING AND UNREAL ENGINE ASSET REVIEW, I DEVELOPED A STRATEGIC CREATIVE DIRECTION THAT POSITIONED THE GAME'S SIGNATURE LIGHTSABER MECHANICS AS THE VISUAL CENTERPIECE WHILE BRINGING DYNAMIC LIFE TO THE PLAYER-CONTROLLED MECH CHARACTERS. TECHNICAL PIPELINE INNOVATION: ESTABLISHED A STREAMLINED CREATIVE WORKFLOW BY IMPORTING FBX MECH MODELS AND WEAPONS FROM UNREAL ENGINE INTO BLENDER, CREATING A FRESH VISUAL APPROACH FOR MARKETING ASSETS. IMPLEMENTED ACCURIG FOR CHARACTER RIGGING AND UTILIZED ACTOR CORE FOR MOTION CAPTURE INTEGRATION, ENABLING THE CREATION OF COMPELLING ACTION POSES AND DYNAMIC MOTION GRAPHICS SEQUENCES THAT COULD SERVE DUAL PURPOSES—BOTH FOR MARKETING CREATIVE AND AS EXPORTABLE FBX ANIMATIONS FOR THE GAME'S PRODUCTION PIPELINE. DEVELOPED MOTION DESIGN TEMPLATES AND ANIMATION LIBRARIES TO ENSURE CONSISTENT MOVEMENT LANGUAGE ACROSS ALL DELIVERABLES. CROSS-PLATFORM CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT: DESIGNED COHESIVE VISUAL ASSETS SPANNING PITCH DECKS, YOUTUBE INTRO/OUTRO CARDS, AND SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT FOR LINKEDIN, X.COM, INSTAGRAM, AND TIKTOK, INCORPORATING MOTION GRAPHICS AND ANIMATED SEQUENCES THAT SHOWCASED GAMEPLAY MECHANICS AND MECH CAPABILITIES. CREATED MOTION DESIGN SYSTEMS AND ANIMATED BRAND ELEMENTS THAT MAINTAINED VISUAL CONSISTENCY ACROSS PLATFORMS WHILE OPTIMIZING FOR EACH CHANNEL'S SPECIFIC FORMAT REQUIREMENTS. DEVELOPED COMPREHENSIVE BRAND COLOR PALETTES AND STYLE GUIDES THAT ALIGNED WITH SUPERSANE GAMES' BRAND VOICE WHILE ESTABLISHING BAKEMONO'S DISTINCT VISUAL IDENTITY. CREATIVE VISION: DREW INSPIRATION FROM ICONIC 1990S ANIME AESTHETICS, ARMORED CORE'S MECHANICAL DESIGN LANGUAGE, AND GAMEPLAY MECHANICS REMINISCENT OF TONY HAWK'S PRO SKATER AND DEVIL MAY CRY. THIS MULTI-LAYERED APPROACH CREATED A UNIQUE VISUAL IDENTITY THAT HONORED GENRE CLASSICS WHILE ESTABLISHING BAKEMONO'S CONTEMPORARY VR GAMING APPEAL, ENSURING THE ART DIRECTION SERVED BOTH IMMEDIATE MARKETING NEEDS AND LONG-TERM PRODUCTION VALUE.