BlackBird Interactive, Smilegate

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Crossfire Legion was a classic RTS developed in the Crossfire universe. For this project, I designed HUDS, icons, front ends, animatics and mission briefing videos.

Early on, our AD suggested trying to contextualize the front end work. I started layering menus onto the laptop graphic he provided.

Towards the end of the production, we needed to communicate exposition to the player. Therefore, I put together the visual based on an old news reel idea from the beginning of the project.

I explored a number of directions trying to strike a balance between a contextualized military look which the studio was pushing for and a more contemporary graphic design style that the publisher was pushing. I tried to keep a cleaner design with more reserved cues that hinted towards a military operating system
It was a fun challenge finding that balance that ultimately kept both the publisher client and the studio happy.
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UI, Motion Graphics

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