FInal Stand: Ragnarok - Champion Rene Boucher the Pirate Concept
Incredibly rad champion design our team completed in 2024 for Rene (they/them) the Pirate!
Main idea: crafty pirate with battlefield control abilities (fear AoE, enemy lure AoE, deployable autoturret, damage/healing wave ability).
A lot of love and work went into their design, big shoutout to character artist Jon Young and 3d artist Nathan Huft for all of their hard work on this assignment.
Art Direction Michelle Davies and Eben Schumacher.
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Incredible modeling and texture work by Jon Young
Final Pirate outfit with weapons breakdown
Pirate outfit underlayer breakdowns
Pirate outfit outer layer breakdowns
Final Nude Champion Base with face, makeup, and accessories. Top Right image displays animation rig/anchor points to effectively reuse an established rig
Initial concept sketches
Face exploration, a lot of time went into getting the right personality and character for Rene.
Face and outfit explorations
Narrowing down face design to be sharp/angular shapes. Big inspiration from Overwatch's Moira and DIshonored 2's Delilah.
Hair exploration
Outfit exploration, matching detail level alongside existing champion designs.
Sword and pistol concepts
Sword and pistol narrow-down
Cannon ability concept
Cannon final breakdown for 3d
Cannon animation and vfx
X Marks the Spot Ability - Meant to lure enemies in and explode like L4D's pipebomb
X Marks the Spot final breakdown
Jolly Roger Flag exploration - Caused a fear status AoE to enemies
Jolly Roger Flag - Final breakdown
Jolly Roger Flag revisions due to Design changes
Water Wave ability - Wave that heals allies and damages enemies
Water Wave final breakdowns