Brian Maricle | Gobsmax Galaxy Game

I was brought on by Asteri in mid-production to establish a new art direction for this mobile launcher based on a toy property called Gobsmax. The game is currently available on the App Store and Google Play.
I led a team of 5 in-house artists, 3 contractors, and 6 outsourcers. Here is an art dump:

Our first cinematic. Video made in After Effects. Directed by Brian Maricle. Art by William James, Hector Del Busto, Sergio Briseño, Alejandra de la Cruz Chavez, Emilie Vaccarini, Michael Chapman, and Brian Maricle. Placeholder VO by Brian Maricle. Story by Dennis Harper, Natasha Regard, Matt Bryant, Meg Long, and Brian Maricle.

An illustration I made for the loading screen. Photoshop, Illustrator, and 3ds Max.

Some UI selectors for mini games I made. Illustrator and Photoshop.

Some target assets I made. Background buildings. 3ds Max and Substance.

Factory panel target art for factory backgrounds.

Target art I made in engine for the Robogob Rampage minigame. Factory levels will look very similar.

Early art direction mock-ups and sketches I made for UI.

I was very heavily involved with look-dev and production. There was lots of back and forth with my artists. Click on an image below to see the collaborative process I employed to get the final results to unfold:

Gobsmax City, home to the Space Jump team.

Gobzor, by Brian Maricle and Kindal Dewitt. Rendered in Substance.

Gobzor's final iteration with no nose, ready to be made into a toy.

Star Power characters by Michael Chapman.

Dino Run environment concept by Hector Del Busto.

Some early look dev, tuning, and testing in engine.

In-game look-dev tests for Gobsmax City. I really wanted to go this way, but because we were targeting low-end mobile devices, the tech needed for this look, especially post-processing effects such as bloom, was determined to be off the table through performance tests. Sniff.