Ranger Rob - Ranger in Danger
Concept art for the protagonist of the small game prototype Ranger in Danger. Created with a handful of classmates from the Academy of Art University (GAM 651: Prototype Game Development).
Started off with the exaggerated, stylized design (inspired by Activision and Edge of Reality's 2004 game, Pitfall: The Lost Expedition), then you can see it get refined, then finally simplified for modelers to fit better into our limited timeline for development.
This game was designed and created in 5 weeks by a small and dedicated team of student devs at the School of Game Development @ Academy of Art University.
Colorized final turns of Ranger Rob.
That new design was further simplified to make more manageable in our limited time frame to model, texture and implement.
Second pass at the character to differentiate him more from an existing character inspiration.
Original, more stylized sketch and concepting of Rob.
Original style with quick prop sketches added.