"Canton", Concept art for "High Tea", Line and colour in Manga Studio
In December 2010 I was hired by the guys at Preloaded to produce some character designs and miscellaneous art for a new flash game "High Tea" about the Opium Wars and tea trade between the British empire and China in the 19th century. The game is part of the High Society exhibition discussing the history of drug trading at the Welcome Collection in London.
My main task was to design the characters for the game based on historical figures. The art direction I received from Preloaded was to draw the characters a little more cartoony than my usual style and use cross hatching to give a flavour of the art from the period.
"Queen Victoria", line art in Manga Studio, colour in Photoshop.
"Smuggler", line art in Manga Studio, colour in Photoshop.
"King William IV", line art in Manga Studio, colour in Photoshop.
"Lin Zexu", line art in Manga Studio, colour in Photoshop.
Complete Character Sheet, line art in Manga Studio, colour in Photoshop.
I also produced some concept images for splash screens and drawings of general objects to use throughout the game.
"Misc Objects", line art in Manga Studio, colour in Photoshop.
Have a great week and be sure to try the game out!
