Closer Look: Battle Bands

Battle Bands is a cooperative deck builder that takes place in a rock and roll fantasy world. Players assume the role of the guitarist, bassist, drummer, or keyboardist and play with a deck specially tailored for their instrument. Players must work together to defeat outlandish AI enemies or other rival player bands in this awesome title from Aerie Digital.

I worked with the two amazing in-house artist at Aerie Digital - Isaac Hilyard and Zach Cunningham - to define the art style. Together, we crafted a look inspired by concert posters, irreverant adult animation, and comics. While this was happening, I figured out art pipelines. They're both highly skilled 2d artists but didn't have shippable 3d skills at the time, so the character and environment pipelines were both designed around having textures that were easy to paint and easy to swap. It played to their strengths and would ensure they could create new content for the game for years after my contract wrapped.