The Concept Art of Ilustrada
Ilustrada is a Philippine historical-fantasy stealth game for Android. Ilustrada is my thesis made alongside 3 other developers, winning Best Game Poster and Best Game Project awards for Animation and Game Expo 2018. I served as the game's designer and concept artist. Most of the artwork are 2017-2018.
GAME BLURB:
"What is the price of power? What is the true meaning of freedom? Ilustrada is a historical fantasy game that explores the abuse of power and its consequences. Set in the Spanish Colonial Era, Mira is a young indio woman with supernatural powers. When she accepts a shot at vengeance in exchange for her freedom by the mysterious Magdaos society, she discovers that oftentimes, enemies are disguised as allies, and that true redemption often comes with sacrifices.
• Challenging third-person stealth-action gameplay
• Responsive enemy behavior
• Cast Mira’s supernatural powers to overcome your enemies
• Use Augmented Reality to learn more about Ilustrada’s historical roots"
ILUSTRADA
Role: Project Manager, Game Designer, Writer/Researcher, Concept Artist, 3D Animator
(we are a small team, thus the need to multitask!)
see game blurb in artstation project description
Game Poster
Main Character Design Exploration
Costume design with references. Our female protagonist needed to have practical clothing for an action genre.
Clothes layering reference for the 3D artists.
Front and back views
"Before and after" costume origins
Mirasol Diaz - the protagonist
Poster WIP
Gameplay feature inspired from Drake's Journal in Uncharted
Arcelio Luna character design
Arcelio Luna costume design
Donya Amorsolo design exploration
Donya Amorsolo abilities design exploration
Donya Amorsolo costume design exploration
Donya Amorsolo
Donya Amorsolo's office
Donya Amorsolo monster transformation character design
Donya Amorsolo monster transformation design exploration for 3D artist
Level visual design exploration
Guwardiya Sibil character designs