Plushie Blaze Environment Art
During this past semester, I worked on an alternative controller project titled "Plushie Blaze," where you play as Herb the Plushie dragon, who just wants to burn down the food-inspired plushie countryside and eat as much as he can.
I joined this team initially as a concept artist, but quickly moved to being an environment artist as we were shorthanded in that department. We developed a system for texture setup to simulate the puffs, lumps, seams, and textures of our plushie environment, making an open-world space filled with food-based plushie buildings. We wanted the world to carry an aspect of whimsy and child-like toy worldbuilding.
Several models shown were made by artist/producer Emma Beukes https://www.artstation.com/dripdropartist
Chop Canyon, our meat-themed "Hard" area
Houses and a "tree" featured in Chop Canyon
Houses, a car, and a specialty object that needed to be burned featured in Chop Canyon
Our primary building to burn down in Chop Canyon, a Grill-inspired factory
Defenses against the player character found in Chop Canyon and Pastry Palace
Pastry Palace, our dessert-themed area of "Medium" difficulty
Guard checkpoint, barracks, and walkway pathing featured in Pastry Palace
The eponymous Pastry Palace, when each supporting pillar is burned down, the entire palace crumbles down
The world's starting "Easy" area, Veggie Village
Houses and streetlamps found in Veggie Village
The cucumber and tomato slices that make up streets and pathing in Veggie Village