Project Exonaut - The Battle Begins

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 Let me share some cool art with you...

When I started working on the "Project Exonaut" project, I knew that I wanted two distinct styles of art in the game. We had our cool 3D models, but I wanted to develop a 2D style to go along with them. I also knew that I didn't want this "2D look" to be an over-polished, airbrushed, marketing driven, snooze fest.

Ben Caldwell (his awesome blog) is one of my favorite artists working today, and an all around cool guy. His style is very unique, and he is such a talented draftsman that he can pretty much draw anything well. He was my first choice to bring something awesome to the game, and thankfully he agreed to join up. He was able to take my suit designs and turn them into truly spectacular animated characters. (He also ended up designing several suits in the game. Thanks Ben!) Full of style, yet never lacking in form. Fun, yet menacing. I handed him a very tough task, and he blew me out of the water.

When it came time to paint a few of the larger scenes, I had a wish list of studios... and Massive Black was at the top. They do amazing work on so many projects. (check them out here) We ended up signing them to paint two large scenes and they brought the awesome. (Kemp Remillard is the artist from MB who rocked this scene out.)

I am happy to share the above image with you. As you can see, I have a few of the suits blacked out. That is only because we haven't released them into the game yet.

Ben did a lot of art for the game, and I am hopeful that it will all be released over time.

Very good work.

Project Exonaut - The Factions

Cartoon Network's latest online multi-player game "Project Exonaut" is now live and speeding along. My team did a fantastic job putting the visuals together, and I think the players are going to be pleased with the updates that we have planned for the rest of the year.

Along with the internal team, I was able to work with some extremely talented artists from the outside... like Paul Conrad, who designed all of the faction identity as well as the main game logo. These faction logos are but a tiny taste of the awesomeness created by Mr. Conrad, and hopefully he will talk about it himself over on his blog at some point.

In the near future, I will talk more about the art that went into the game, and also discuss some of the other super talented artists that helped bring things to life.

Project Exonaut - Only A Glimpse

Project Exonaut

I can reveal the name of what I am working on.

Soon, more will be revealed.

Now back to work.