Airborn Studios

15/08/2021

Runde 332: Vom Konzept zum Charakter | The Pod

G'day, everyone! We hope you're doing fine! It's been a bit tumbleweed-y over here on our cozy page, but we most certainly will be back in action next week with fresh portfolio material.

In the meantime: if you know some German and happen to be looking for that relaxing, yet insightful listing experience while going about your Sunday things, you might want to tune into the latest episode of Auf ein Bier - Der Gamespodcast to which our Johannes Figlhuber was invited to talk about concept work, Ori and the Blind Forest, and art production in general. Chop chop! https://www.gamespodcast.de/2021/08/14/runde-332-vom-konzept-zum-charakter/

#gameart #conceptart #3dart

Runde 332: Vom Konzept zum Charakter Liebe Freunde, heute unterhalten wir uns mit Johannes Figlhuber, der als Concept Artist 2D-Zeichnungen von Charakteren und Umgebungen anfertigt, die danach in animierte 3D-Modelle umgesetzt werden und in unseren Spielen landen. Wie seine Arbeit funktioniert, welc...

25/07/2021

Greetings, people of Earth!

Delicously delighted to report that yours truly got to helm the 3D work on the new Sentinels of Light set for VALORANT! Collaborating on these with the superb folks of Riot Games (who also provided the concepts and did the final VFX pass) was fun - and we also had the pleasure of contributing some of the gear in the Ruination line. Thanks for having us! 😚

Shout-out to Henrique Lopes, Këvin Skok, Josh Dina, and Mike Shultz! 👏👏👏

If you want to know more about the two sets, you can get some behind-the-scenes info over here via the way of Chris Stone: https://playvalorant.com/en-us/news/dev/how-we-brought-the-sentinels-of-light-to-valorant/

P.S: Expect some portfolio material in the near future. 😊

#Valorant #ruination #SentinelsofLight #3dart #3dmodeling #gameart

19/07/2021

Greetings, people of Facebook! Meet another Fortnite combatant yours truly got to do 3D work on: Rue! 😊

ArtStation: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/oADBGB

3D Artists:
Andrea Orioli (character)
David Fraaß (back bling)

Concepts and base provided by the sweet Fortnite team over at Epic Games. Thank yooouuu!

15/07/2021

Yohey, everyone! Bone Wasp has been gracing Fortnite with his presence for quite a while now, and yours truly finally got around to prepping him and his back bling for our portfolio! ☺️

ArtStation: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/9mqw8Q

3D Artists:
Alexander Polovov (character)
Jan Wyss (back bling)

Concept & base provided by the fine folks of the Fortnite team over at Epic Games. Thaaaaaanks!

#fortnite #fortnitebr #fortnitebattleroyale #bonewasp #gameart #3dart #3dmodeling

30/06/2021

Hello, hello! Yours truly once again had the pleasure of contributing a bit of 3D work to ASTRONEER! The Tough Suit launched alongside the most recent update for the game. :)

ArtStation: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/QrQ9GL

3D Artist: Joao Sapiro Josue

Concept provided by System Era Softworks and done by Kristina Ness. As usual, big tip of the space helmet for having us! 😚

#astroneer #gameart #3dart #3dmodeling #spacesuit

Hello, hello! Yours truly once again had the pleasure of contributing a bit of 3D work to ASTRONEER! The Tough Suit launched alongside the most recent update for the game. :)

ArtStation: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/QrQ9GL

3D Artist: Joao Sapiro Josue

Concept provided by System Era Softworks and done by Kristina Ness. As usual, big tip of the space helmet for having us! 😚

#astroneer #gameart #3dart #3dmodeling #spacesuit

14/06/2021

Greeeetings! Kicking off a new week with with some (literally) sweet 3D nugget we got to contribute to Fortnite a while ago: meet Candyman!

ArtStation: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/0nwO6Y

3D Artist: Mandy Waning

Concept provided by the folks of the Fortnite team over at Epic Games. Thanks a bunch! 😘

#fortnite #fortnitebr #fortnitebattleroyale #fortniteskins #3dart #gameart #3dmodeling #candyman

11/06/2021

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart – Launch Trailer I PS5

Huuuuuuuuuge congrats to Insomniac Games for shipping Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart today! It's looking mindboggingly terrific!

Keen eyes will have spotted our name in the credits, and our Manuel Virks indeed did a few environment assets for the game early on.

Sadly, due to other commitments previously made, we couldn't stay with the project. Major bummer for sure. 😭That said, we can't wait to dive into it eventually! Once, you know, we get our hands on a PS5. Ahem.

Have a great weekend, everyone!

Ratchet and Clank are back! Help them take on Dr. Nefarious and his new empire by battling hordes of robotic troopers in a cataclysmic expedition across dime...

10/06/2021

Oh hello! Back with a Fortnite portfolio double: check out Quackling and the Quad Roller back bling! :)

ArtStation:
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/48K9D1 (Quackling)
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Vg6JP5 (Quad Roller)

3D Artists:
Tairo Rodrigues Fialho (Quackling)
Däivid Fraaß (Quad Roller)

Concepts & base provided by the fine folks of the Fortnite team over at Epic. Thanks a bunch! 😗

#fortnite #fortnitebr #fortnitebattleroyale #3dmodeling #gameart #3dart #quackling #ducks

03/06/2021

Palia Announcement Trailer

Heyyyyy, folks! Great project news as we congratulate the sweet team over at Singularity 6 on the announcement of Palia! We joined their art crew over a year ago and have been doing 3D env/prop work & prop concepts since then. Super-happy about how this is coming together! :)

Big shout-out to the fabulous artists who do or did kick-ass work on our end: Benjamin Sauder (lead), Frédéric Fouque, Svenja Rösner, Jasmin Habezai-Fekri, Rodrigo Mizuno, Benjamin Sauer, Clara Soro-Bablet, Steffen Unger, and Jenny Harder (concept)! 🙌

Obviously, gigantic tip of the hat to the S6 crew for having us, in particular Jeremy, Sean, Alvin and Carol! 😗

If you want to stay up-to-date about the upcoming pre-alpha, you can follow the game on FB (see above) or here:

Twitter - https://twitter.com/playPalia
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/playpalia/
YouTube - https://youtu.be/lP009fvbt8c

Set in a beautiful and inviting fantasy world, Palia is a community simulation massively multiplayer online (MMO) game where players can build a home and lif...

01/06/2021

Howdy, everyone! Bryne is another bit of Fortnite work yours truly got to contribute. She made her first appearance in the game in the summer of 2020.

ArtStation: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/YeYg2V

3D Artists:
Vico Pancrazi (character)
Mandy Waning (back bling)

Concepts provided by the fine Fortnite crew over at Epic Games. Consider our collective studio hat tipped! 😗

#Fortnite #fortnitebr #fortnitebattleroyale #gameart #3dart #3dmodeling #bryne

31/05/2021

Greeeeeetings! Meet another Fortnite lady yours truly got to do 3D work on: Bandolette!

ArtStation: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/bKergd

3D Artist: Karina Bastos

Concept & base provided by the folks of the Fortnite team over at Epic Games. Thaaanks! 😁

#fortnite #fortnitebr #fortnitebattleroyale #gameart #3dart #3dmodeling #bandolette

28/05/2021

Oh hello! Concluding the week with another Fortnite combo yours truly got to do 3D work on: Clover Team Leader and her back bling! :3

ArtStation: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/484WN8

3D Artists:
Sebastian Zimmermann (character)
Christian Russeler (back bling)

Concepts & base provided by the jolly folks of the Fortnite team over at Epic Games. Thanks for having us!

#Fortnite #fortnitebr #fortnitebattleroyale #3dart #3dmodeling #gameart #fortniteskins

27/05/2021

Oh hey there! It's us again with another topical Fortnite portfolio piece (after last week's Axo) since Fishstick just happened to be back in the item store. A while ago, yours truly got to work on the following statues a while ago!

ArtStation: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/0nvPLy

3D Artist: Mandy Waning

The concepts the 3D work was based on were done on our end by Daniel Lieske. Of course, thanks to the Fortnite crew over at Epic Games for having us! 😙

#Fortnite #fortnitebr #fortnitebattleroyale #fishstick #gameart #3dart #3dmodeling

20/05/2021

Hey hey, Facebookians! Meet another combo we got to contribute to Fortnite: Axo, Axo Midnight and the back blings to go with that! :3 While the duo made its debut in the summer of 2020, Axo also plays a rather prominent role in this week's Fortnite x NBA crossover announcement (https://youtu.be/Z189RXBXfGg).

ArtStation: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/xJVmNm

3D Artists:
Andrea Orioli (character)
Däivid Fraaß (back bling)

Concepts provided by the fine people of the Fortnite team over at Epic Games. Thank you! 🥰

P.S.: "Wait, didn't you already post something axolotl-themed recently?" Indeed, we did! :3 https://www.artstation.com/artwork/VgQP0Z

#fortnite #fortnitebr #fortnitebattleroyale #gameart #3dart #3dmodeling #axolotl

19/05/2021

Aaaaand something fresh from the prop side of things: MM-Mei recently joined the Overwatch League line-up, and yours truly had the pleasure of doing the 3D work on her weapon!

ArtStation: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/kD9wVl

3D Weapon Artist: Erik Neubauer

© 2016 Blizzard Entertainment Inc.
Character not done by us. Concept & base provided by the fabulous Overwatch team at Blizzard! Thanks a bunch! 😁
#Overwatch #overwatchleague #3dart #3dmodeling #gameart

19/05/2021

Hello, hello, fellow friends! Proudly presenting another sweet outfit nugget we got to do 3D work on for ASTRONEER: check out the Hyper Suit!

ArtStation: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/5XxeQA

3D Artist: Jonas Kunert

Concept provided by System Era Softworks and done by Kristina Ness. As is tradition: thank yooouuu for having us! Always a pleasure! 😗

#astroneer #gameart #3dart #3dmodeling #astronaut #spacesuit

Hello, hello, fellow friends! Proudly presenting another sweet outfit nugget we got to do 3D work on for ASTRONEER: check out the Hyper Suit!

ArtStation: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/5XxeQA

3D Artist: Jonas Kunert

Concept provided by System Era Softworks and done by Kristina Ness. As is tradition: thank yooouuu for having us! Always a pleasure! 😗

#astroneer #gameart #3dart #3dmodeling #astronaut #spacesuit

18/05/2021

Oh hey there! The Depth Dealer made his Fortnite debut in early 2020 - and your fellow Airbornians got to do 3D work on him and his back bling! :)

ArtStation: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/xJVJn4

3D Artists:
Tairo Rodrigues Fialho (character)
Mandy Waning (back bling)

Concepts provided by our friends in the Fortnite team over at Epic Games. Thank yooouuu! 😙
#Fortnite #fortnitebr #fortnitebattleroyale #gameart #3dart #3dmodeling

17/05/2021

G'day, people of Facebook! Kicking off the week with another piece from our 3D work on Fortnite: meet Patch! 🎃

ArtStation: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Gan48a

3D Artists:
Sandro Silva (character)
Christian Fischer (back bling)

Concept and base provided by the jolly Fortnite team over at Epic Games! Thanks for having us!
#Fortnite #fortnitebr #fortnitebattleroyale #pumpkin #halloween #gameart #3dart #3dmodeling

14/05/2021

Buckle up, folks, as we're about to travel to distant places with our latest portfolio piece! 🚀👩‍🚀 The Outpost Suit is another outfit yours truly got to do 3D work on for ASTRONEER.

ArtStation: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/18PvrK

3D Artist: Joao Sapiro Josue

Concept provided by the lovely team of System Era Softworks and done by Kristina Ness. As always, big tip of the ...uh... space helmet towards Seattle! 😊

#Astroneer #gameart #3dart #3dmodeling #spacesuit

Buckle up, folks, as we're about to travel to distant places with our latest portfolio piece! 🚀👩‍🚀 The Outpost Suit is another outfit yours truly got to do 3D work on for ASTRONEER.

ArtStation: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/18PvrK

3D Artist: Joao Sapiro Josue

Concept provided by the lovely team of System Era Softworks and done by Kristina Ness. As always, big tip of the ...uh... space helmet towards Seattle! 😊

#Astroneer #gameart #3dart #3dmodeling #spacesuit

11/05/2021

Hello, hello, ladies and gentlemen of the Facebook realm! Today we'd like to show another Fortnite tidbit yours truly did 3D work on: meet Slurpentine! She made her debut in 2020.

ArtStation: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/AqY4Le

3D Artists:
Andrea Orioli (character)
David Fraaß (back bling)

Concept & base provided and final vfx work done by the fine people of the Fortnite team over at Epic Games. Thank yoooouuuu!
#Fortnite #fortnitebr #fortnitebattleroyale #gameart #3dart #3dmodeling #slurpentine

06/05/2021

Hello, hello! Back with another Fortnite portfolio drop: yours truly got to 3D work on the Lunar Sim and Mini Moon back blings as well as Sagan and her back bling. The character was largely a recolor - some tweaks to the mesh and rebakes were done though.

ArtStation:
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/3dWRXm (Sagan)
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/R3rkme (Lunar Sim & Mini Moon)

3D Artists:
Fatos Tahiraj (Lunar Sim, Mini Moon & Sagan)
David Fraaß (Sagan back bling)
Mandy Waning (support on Lunar Sim)

Concepts and original character data provided by the ladies and gentlemen of the Fortnite team over at Epic Games. Thank you! 😘
#Fortnite #FortniteBR #gameart #3dart #3dmodeling

04/05/2021

Howdy! Been a while since we posted Fortnite work, eh? And thus, we're kicking off another round now with the shiniest of them all: meet Oro! :3

ArtStation: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/lxQ2ZO

3D Character Artist: Vico Pancrazi

Concept provided by the jolly crew of the Fortnite team over at Epic Games! Thanks for having us! 😊
#Fortnite #FortniteBR #oro #skeleton #3dart #3dmodeling #gameart

03/05/2021

Greeeeetings! This would be the final nugget we got to contribute to Overwatch Archives 2021: yours truly did 3D work on Bushi Genji and his weapons! :3

ArtStation: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/R3r4Ke

3D Artist: Stephan Viranyi

© 2016 Blizzard Entertainment Inc.
Concepts & base provided by the splendid chums of the Overwatch team. Thank you for having us!

#Overwatch #overwatcharchives #3dart #3dmodeling #gameart #genji #samurai

29/04/2021

Well, technically, this one is not part of the Overwatch Archives 2021 line-up, but we shall smuggle it in here: check out the weapon work yours truly did on Midas Roadhog! :3 Released earlier this year ahead of the 2021 Overwatch League season.

3D Weapon Artist: Marco Leal
ArtStation: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/9m0ZKN

2016 Blizzard Entertainment Inc.
Concept & base provided by our friends over at Overwatch team. Midas Roadhog character work done by Blizzard's Hong Chan Lim.

#Overwatch #OverwatchLeague #gameart #3dart #3dmodeling #Roadhog

28/04/2021

Hello again, Facebookians! We're back with another 3D contribution we got to do for Overwatch Archives this year: meet Cavalry Tracer! :)

3D Character Artist: Agelos Apostolopoulos
3D Weapon Artist: Alexander Delagrange

ArtStation: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/eayVD6

© 2016 Blizzard Entertainment Inc.
Concept & base provided by the lovely people of the Overwatch team. Thank yooooouuuuu! 🥰

#Overwatch #OverwatchArchives #gameart #3dart #3dmodeling #3dmodel #Tracer

26/04/2021

Hello, hello! We're back to posting portfolio sweetness that is *not* related to Crash 4. Yes, the mind, it boggles. :3 Meet one of our contributions to the 2021 incarnation of Overwatch Archives: Mousquetaire Widowmaker!

3D Character Artist: Alexandra Graap

ArtStation: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/YeneRY

© 2016 Blizzard Entertainment Inc.
Concept & base provided by the splendid ladies and gentlemen of the Overwatch team. Thank yooouuu! 😘 Weapon not done by us.

#Overwatch #Widowmaker #3dart #3dmodeling #gameart

15/04/2021

At long last, here it is - our final major Crash Bandicoot 4 portfolio update. Crash 4 was a huge project for us, and we thought there's no more fitting choice for this post than going with artworks that bracket everything else we've published.

The first five images in this gallery are visual development artworks that were created in a very early stage of production to establish the general look & feel/mood of some locations and set-pieces. If you've played the game, you'll instantly recognize some of them. The airplane chase, of course, got adapted as it became the climax of The Crate Escape.

The other five images are artworks that were created during the final stages of production - you'll get to see them in the epilogue once you achieved a 100% completion rate in Crash 4. Which y'all surely did, riiiiiiiight? 😊 Important note here: design, composition and line art on those were done by Nicola Saviori, and we took them from there.

ArtStation: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/oAY2Ww

2D Artists:
Johannes Figlhuber (Lead)
Simon Kopp (Lead)
Maximilian Degen
Brun Croes

If you're not familiar with our work on Crash 4 yet, knock yourself out! https://www.artstation.com/airbornstudios/albums/2720504

One more time: gigantic shout-out to all the 2D & 3D artists who contributed on our end for knocking it out of the park! If you've followed our previous updates, you know their names - and if you didn't, you'll find them listed here: https://www.artstation.com/airbornstudios/blog/OmrE/in-which-we-talk-about-crash-bandicoot-4 . Same goes for all the other terrific artists we got to work along with throughout the production. Been a blast!

Of course, all of this wouldn't have happened to begin with without Activision and the great folks of Toys for Bob - and we can't thank them enough for having us along for ride on this from vis-dev phase on. It's been a mindboggling honor and joy for all of us - and a dream come true for some of the artists for whom the original Crash Bandicoot was a formative part of their journey into the world of videogames. Big kudos to their Art Directors (Josh Nadelberg & Amber Long) and their internal art team for having us - and, of course, to all the game designers, audio specialists, programmers, people on the producer side of things, QA ninjas, and the IT crack team who made Crash 4 the sweet game it is. It's no small feat to create the collaborative environment that yields these results - and Toys for Bob deserves all the credit for this. 🥰

Lastly, a heartfelt shout-out to all the Crash fans out there! Thank you so much for all the kind feedback, shares and comments! Everyone working on the game enjoyed and fed off the radiant enthusiasm that preceded and followed the reveal of Crash 4. And seeing how much of a good time the community seemed to have once it was released was amazingly rewarding. Once more: THANK YOU!

#CrashBandicoot4 #Crash4 #gameart #conceptart #visdev #illustration #CrashBandicoot #artwork #2dart