Care N Cure production art :)

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As with most projects, I start off with rough concept sketches which eventually morph into the final artwork after a series of reviews with the client!

Care N Cure - Concept art
Needless to say, I had a really fun time referencing photos of baby pandas, polar bears and snow leopards while working on this project. Below are a series of rough sketches that evolved into my first design comps for the main characters!

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polar bear sketches
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snow leopard sketches
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final sketched comps
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Digital character explorations
The second stage exploring designs for the main characters was nailing down the digital look & feel.

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Although the animals in the game are sick and need to be rescued, these were all a little too sad and needed further adjustments with the expression specifically.

Final characters
The final characters are much happier than the originals, woohoo!
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Digital background explorations
While nailing down the look & feel for the characters, I began working on the environments for the search & rescue segment of the game. The animals would be hidden in these environments as color tinted silhouettes throughout the background. Below is Alaska & Tibet!

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