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POWERWELL - ORIGINAL IP DEVELOPMENT
PowerWell is a personal IP project I devote time on with my husband and brothers-in-laws. We've shown PowerWell and PowerWell: Fates in the con space, such as PAX East and West, and aim to release is by end of this year!
Power Well: Fates is a 1v1 or 2v2 hero fighter that utilizes the match 3 activation resource in a travel-friendly, card format!
There are 8 heros, with 9 abilities each, with completely different mechanics.
Art-direction wise, I wanted Fates to feel like a marriage between stylized games like Overwatch and Western animated series. The gameplay surrounds the use of matching colors, which became a huge part of the design as well. Thus, the hero designs are focused on strong shapes, saturated colors, and varying spins on fantasy classes.
Because I'm currently the only artist on the team, I allowed my concept process to be a lot looser. This meant less focus on polishing out a final concept piece to save more time for card illustrations. We had a very short deadline on this project. Most of this was done in 3 months, and we wanted each card to be unique. Balancing self-scoping here was a must!
Power Well: Fates
Power Well: Fates
Banner image with Season 1 heros!
Card Concepts
Exploration of card types and visual language to denote
Drauth, the Eternal Emperor
Undead Ice King who summons an undead army, and applys chill to his opponents
Drauth Process
Xaden, the Spell Slinger
Ex-Wizard school attendee who got kicked out for tampering with forbidden magic. Spell Slinger now works alone as a bounty hunter, taking dirty jobs.
Wanted to make a wizard cowboy, that is both a little polished yet a little rugged.
Wanted to make a wizard cowboy, that is both a little polished yet a little rugged.
Zé'esh the Brawler
Brawler is an orc who fights with the power of the Golden Lizard. She has powerfully infused kicks, taking her opponent down as fast and brutally as possible.
Brawler Process
Wanted to focus on leg attacks and bring in her desert themes
Orc process
Process in establishing the Orcs in Power Well
Orc Process 2
Further Orc establishment aside our other races.
Serina, the Bard
Bard is an Elf whose themes are mix of Jester and Color guard. Bard doesn't seek to wish at the Well, all she wants is to keep an accurate account of the story for future retellings. She's a part of the Royal Theater, where she takes part in dancing out retellings of previous Well Seekers.
Bard commands the Winds of Change to flow through the chimes on her spear; playing beautiful Songs in combination with decisive strikes.
Bard commands the Winds of Change to flow through the chimes on her spear; playing beautiful Songs in combination with decisive strikes.
Bard Process
Elves are upper half avian, while Satyrs are lower half mammal. I wanted to see how these two characters would look side by side, as well as some costume iterations for Bard.
Bard Process, early thoughts
Bard originally was inspired by girl groups, and I wanted her to have a slight rock-goth feel. This eventually changed later on, as it didn't fit where I wanted to go with her character. We see early tweaks of making elves part animal.
Aru, wielder of the Spiritblade
Aru is based of the Inugami! I dove deep into stories about how they're formed, and was really inspired by the idea behind the ritual. In some writings, an Inugami is formed by burying a dog up to its neck. The head is then severed and reknit, while sometimes the head is kept for medicinal purposes. I liked the idea of the dog body being saved while the head was lost, and Aru's spirit attaching to his mask.
When we meet Aru, his master (who has saved him) is trapped within the blade. Aru's mission is to follow his master's Guidance, and wish for his master to live again.
When we meet Aru, his master (who has saved him) is trapped within the blade. Aru's mission is to follow his master's Guidance, and wish for his master to live again.
Spiritblade process
Knight, last of the Wellbreakers
Their mastery of tactics is unparalleled. They read their enemies before they move, striking true with their blade while their shield drives them forward, unyielding. Knight has sworn an oath: to shatter that cursed Well and return the power of Fate to mortal hands.
Knight has 2 tokens, 1 side is sword, 1 side is shield. They can either have a sword and shield out, or 2 sword/2 shield. Because of this, I wanted to illustrate how the sword and shield can get bigger with slotted pieces,
Knight has 2 tokens, 1 side is sword, 1 side is shield. They can either have a sword and shield out, or 2 sword/2 shield. Because of this, I wanted to illustrate how the sword and shield can get bigger with slotted pieces,
Kngiht process
Early iterations, seeing ways I could make an expanding sword and shield. I wanted to make the pieces part of the design so it makes sense how Knight is able to carry all this weaponry, but that ended up falling to the wayside later for readability.
Puppet master
Puppet master fights with her puppet, a yarn golem she has imbued with magic. On the run, her goal is yet unknown.
Puppet master was inspired by the large parade floats that are made. I was particularly stricken by the Parade of Giants, and fell in love with the idea that this crazy dancer made her parade-golem sentient. I played with themes surrounding "The Fates", hence the spinning wheel, spider, and yarn theming.
Puppet master was inspired by the large parade floats that are made. I was particularly stricken by the Parade of Giants, and fell in love with the idea that this crazy dancer made her parade-golem sentient. I played with themes surrounding "The Fates", hence the spinning wheel, spider, and yarn theming.
Puppetmaster process
finally landing on sizing and puppet design
Puppetmaster process
Was stuck for a while figuring out a design for the puppet that didn't look phallic, didn't look too realistic, and used typical knitting pieces.
Puppetmaster process
Early on, her puppet was smaller. Then I was stricken by parade floats and the rest was history!
Druid
Process behind Druid, our shape shifting swamp man!
Fioran, the Painter
Painter is our every man character, the "Paint Wizard." Painter is half-elf, hence the hint of feathers in his hair and beard. Painter is our control character and was one of my first designs.
Painter Process
Progress working out how I want to mix French painter with Wizard. Eventually landed on the apron to pull a lot of the silhouette together. We also went with a big paint brush staff, as well as worked out a palette. Instead of a book of spells, Painter uses his palette to store and use color in his magic.
Vyra, the Beasthunter
Beasthunter was my first ever design, so I had a way wider range of ideas. Happily, I landed on a wolf satyr to follow the "lone wolf" bounty hunter feel.
Beasthunter has a dual trap and crossbow that are on one chain. The trap lays around her head, and the cross bow at her side. She fights by whipping her crossbow on a chain to lash out for further targets. I went with a tension-based activation approach for this design challenge.
Beasthunter has a dual trap and crossbow that are on one chain. The trap lays around her head, and the cross bow at her side. She fights by whipping her crossbow on a chain to lash out for further targets. I went with a tension-based activation approach for this design challenge.
Beasthunter process
It took a while to finally land on a direction for her, but I'm ultimately very pleased where she ended!
Power Well: Fates
Banner image with Season 1 heros!
Card Concepts
Exploration of card types and visual language to denote
Drauth, the Eternal Emperor
Undead Ice King who summons an undead army, and applys chill to his opponents
Drauth Process
Xaden, the Spell Slinger
Ex-Wizard school attendee who got kicked out for tampering with forbidden magic. Spell Slinger now works alone as a bounty hunter, taking dirty jobs.
Wanted to make a wizard cowboy, that is both a little polished yet a little rugged.
Wanted to make a wizard cowboy, that is both a little polished yet a little rugged.
Zé'esh the Brawler
Brawler is an orc who fights with the power of the Golden Lizard. She has powerfully infused kicks, taking her opponent down as fast and brutally as possible.
Brawler Process
Wanted to focus on leg attacks and bring in her desert themes
Orc process
Process in establishing the Orcs in Power Well
Orc Process 2
Further Orc establishment aside our other races.
Serina, the Bard
Bard is an Elf whose themes are mix of Jester and Color guard. Bard doesn't seek to wish at the Well, all she wants is to keep an accurate account of the story for future retellings. She's a part of the Royal Theater, where she takes part in dancing out retellings of previous Well Seekers.
Bard commands the Winds of Change to flow through the chimes on her spear; playing beautiful Songs in combination with decisive strikes.
Bard commands the Winds of Change to flow through the chimes on her spear; playing beautiful Songs in combination with decisive strikes.
Bard Process
Elves are upper half avian, while Satyrs are lower half mammal. I wanted to see how these two characters would look side by side, as well as some costume iterations for Bard.
Bard Process, early thoughts
Bard originally was inspired by girl groups, and I wanted her to have a slight rock-goth feel. This eventually changed later on, as it didn't fit where I wanted to go with her character. We see early tweaks of making elves part animal.
Aru, wielder of the Spiritblade
Aru is based of the Inugami! I dove deep into stories about how they're formed, and was really inspired by the idea behind the ritual. In some writings, an Inugami is formed by burying a dog up to its neck. The head is then severed and reknit, while sometimes the head is kept for medicinal purposes. I liked the idea of the dog body being saved while the head was lost, and Aru's spirit attaching to his mask.
When we meet Aru, his master (who has saved him) is trapped within the blade. Aru's mission is to follow his master's Guidance, and wish for his master to live again.
When we meet Aru, his master (who has saved him) is trapped within the blade. Aru's mission is to follow his master's Guidance, and wish for his master to live again.
Spiritblade process
Knight, last of the Wellbreakers
Their mastery of tactics is unparalleled. They read their enemies before they move, striking true with their blade while their shield drives them forward, unyielding. Knight has sworn an oath: to shatter that cursed Well and return the power of Fate to mortal hands.
Knight has 2 tokens, 1 side is sword, 1 side is shield. They can either have a sword and shield out, or 2 sword/2 shield. Because of this, I wanted to illustrate how the sword and shield can get bigger with slotted pieces,
Knight has 2 tokens, 1 side is sword, 1 side is shield. They can either have a sword and shield out, or 2 sword/2 shield. Because of this, I wanted to illustrate how the sword and shield can get bigger with slotted pieces,
Kngiht process
Early iterations, seeing ways I could make an expanding sword and shield. I wanted to make the pieces part of the design so it makes sense how Knight is able to carry all this weaponry, but that ended up falling to the wayside later for readability.
Puppet master
Puppet master fights with her puppet, a yarn golem she has imbued with magic. On the run, her goal is yet unknown.
Puppet master was inspired by the large parade floats that are made. I was particularly stricken by the Parade of Giants, and fell in love with the idea that this crazy dancer made her parade-golem sentient. I played with themes surrounding "The Fates", hence the spinning wheel, spider, and yarn theming.
Puppet master was inspired by the large parade floats that are made. I was particularly stricken by the Parade of Giants, and fell in love with the idea that this crazy dancer made her parade-golem sentient. I played with themes surrounding "The Fates", hence the spinning wheel, spider, and yarn theming.
Puppetmaster process
finally landing on sizing and puppet design
Puppetmaster process
Was stuck for a while figuring out a design for the puppet that didn't look phallic, didn't look too realistic, and used typical knitting pieces.
Puppetmaster process
Early on, her puppet was smaller. Then I was stricken by parade floats and the rest was history!
Druid
Process behind Druid, our shape shifting swamp man!
Fioran, the Painter
Painter is our every man character, the "Paint Wizard." Painter is half-elf, hence the hint of feathers in his hair and beard. Painter is our control character and was one of my first designs.
Painter Process
Progress working out how I want to mix French painter with Wizard. Eventually landed on the apron to pull a lot of the silhouette together. We also went with a big paint brush staff, as well as worked out a palette. Instead of a book of spells, Painter uses his palette to store and use color in his magic.
Vyra, the Beasthunter
Beasthunter was my first ever design, so I had a way wider range of ideas. Happily, I landed on a wolf satyr to follow the "lone wolf" bounty hunter feel.
Beasthunter has a dual trap and crossbow that are on one chain. The trap lays around her head, and the cross bow at her side. She fights by whipping her crossbow on a chain to lash out for further targets. I went with a tension-based activation approach for this design challenge.
Beasthunter has a dual trap and crossbow that are on one chain. The trap lays around her head, and the cross bow at her side. She fights by whipping her crossbow on a chain to lash out for further targets. I went with a tension-based activation approach for this design challenge.
Beasthunter process
It took a while to finally land on a direction for her, but I'm ultimately very pleased where she ended!
Concept Design
Card Illustrations
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