The Ancient Balete Tree's Tribe - Ardent Rise
This was a commissioned project where I had a great opportunity to explore an idea deeply and structure a logic for a magical universe. In this project, I developed unique concepts and aesthetics to build a universe of a magical forest with a Mushroom Tribe guided by an Ancient Balete Tree.
Once the world was set, I created a final illustration to represent all these concepts for the game Ardent Rise. I loved this art piece, as well as the journey to create it.
First concept sketches to explore and visualize the world.
Earliest exploration of the stones, vegetation and props in the scene.
The lamps design and some variations.
The lamps mechanics.
I made this gif animation to see how the lamps would actually work.
The energy cycle of the Mushroom's Spheres.
Inside the mushroom's cave.
The Cog Picker - Its function is to cultivate and harvest the Mushroom Sphere and bring it to its master providing magical energy.
The Cog Smith - He is the blacksmith of the tribe, crafting lamps, weapons and other equipments.
The Cog Fighter - He is the first one to come when his partner has a problem. He is a hero for no reason. He is always ready.
The Gnomes - They are ancient creatures, they are always there, even if just for a quick look.
The lamp's guard Goblins - His function is craft tools and guard the lamps, always changing the lamps with lower energy.
The Ancient Balete Tree
The Shaman Goblin - They are the protector and oldest goblin on the tribe. They use their knowloge to play with magic extracted from the Cog's Spheres, it's huge font of mana, but not an infinity source.
The Lazy Cog
Other Cogs, like the Fisherman cog and the little one Cog thats the shaman uses for drain its energy.
A Giant Thanks for watching!