THE TOWER, DROP SHIP: Diagram helping to explain the modular floor spacing for the interior space, as we iterated through multiple interior mission layouts. The system was setup to allow many variations, however in the final release we only used one.

(Includes scale comparison of "Excavation Site" Base.)

THE TOWER, DROP WALLS: Proxy Art & Modular Design for the Banished Drop walls, which included 3 height variations (floors 1-3). Also includes 3-point articulation of 'clamping legs'.

THE TOWER, DROP WALLS: Diagram explaining the macro-modularity of the Banished Drop Wall set, including 45 and 90 degree parts. Each tile is a prefab (aka: kit/assembly) of smaller modules. This system allowed design to quickly place large layouts on grid, but also allowed artists to later adjust components and make things feel unique and non-uniform.

THE TOWER, DROP WALLS: Early Layout Example

THE TOWER, DROP WALLS: Early Layout Examples

THE TOWER, DROP SHIP: Telescoping Legs & Foot Clamps - Proxy Assets.

THE TOWER, PRISON CELLS: Early prototypes of Prison Cells and Prison Transports (Proxy Art).

THE TOWER, INTERIOR: Early Layout Example, Top Floor, Interrogation Room - Proxy Assets

THE TOWER, Exterior: Refined Proxy Assets & Level Layout

THE TOWER, EXTERIOR: Refined Proxy Assets & Layout (Pre ECT Pass)

THE TOWER, INTERIOR: Refined Proxy Assets & Layout (Pre ECT Pass)

THE TOWER, INTERIOR: Refined Proxy Assets & Layout (Pre ECT Pass)

THE TOWER, INTERIOR: ECT First Pass, Refined Models & Surfacing. Collaborated with ECT on Modularity Updates & was responsible for integrating any Transforms/World Art changes.

THE TOWER, EXTERIOR: ECT First Pass, Refined Models & Surfacing. Collaborated with ECT on Modularity Updates & was responsible for integrating any Transforms/World Art changes.

THE TOWER, INTERIOR: ECT First Pass, Refined Models & Surfacing. Collaborated with ECT on Modularity Updates & was responsible for integrating any Transforms/World Art changes.

THE TOWER, INTERIOR: ECT First Pass, Refined Models & Surfacing. Collaborated with ECT on Modularity Updates & was responsible for integrating any Transforms/World Art changes.

EXCAVATION SITE, EXTERIOR: Early Layout of base, updating from Design Blockout to Art Proxy and modular construction.

EXCAVATION SITE, EXTERIOR: Example of Design Blockout (red) update to initial Art Proxy (in collaboration with Design Team).

HOUSE OF RECKONING, EXTERIOR: Early Layout, "Environment Art Design Direction Map" to help Design & Art Team with layout and flow.

HOUSE OF RECKONING, INTERIOR: Early Level Blockout & Diagram to help Design & Art Team with layout and flow.

HOUSE OF RECKONING, INTERIOR: Early Level Blockout of Escharum's Throne Room, and some LookDev for the "Overcharged Shield" combat loop.

HOUSE OF RECKONING, PROPS: Assembled/Kitbashed prefabs made for this base. The idea was that the Banished faction collected UNSC scrap to stage the combat training areas.

HOUSE OF RECKONING, INTERIOR: View of Floor 04, Entrance to Escharum's Throne. Final Layout & Assembly. First pass Lighting/VFX.

HOUSE OF RECKONING, INTERIOR: View of Floor 04, Combat Area in Escharum's Throne. Final Layout & Assembly. First pass Lighting/VFX.

HOUSE OF RECKONING, INTERIOR: View of Floor 04, Combat Area in Escharum's Throne. Final Layout & Assembly. First pass Lighting/VFX.

HOUSE OF RECKONING, INTERIOR: View of Floor 04, Combat Area in Escharum's Throne. Final Layout & Assembly. First pass Lighting/VFX.

HOUSE OF RECKONING, EXTERIOR: Top view of base location, from the "tank run" to the Base Entrance.

HOUSE OF RECKONING, EXTERIOR: "Tank Run" View

HOUSE OF RECKONING, EXTERIOR: "Tank Run" View

HOUSE OF RECKONING, EXTERIOR: Final Gate View

HOUSE OF RECKONING, INTERIOR: View of Floor 01, from Control Bridge.

HOUSE OF RECKONING, INTERIOR: View of Floor 01, from Lower Combat Area.

HOUSE OF RECKONING, INTERIOR: View of Floor 01, from main combat area.

HOUSE OF RECKONING, INTERIOR: View of Floor 01, from main combat area.

HOUSE OF RECKONING, INTERIOR: View of Floor 02, from Control Bridge.

HOUSE OF RECKONING, INTERIOR: View of Floor 02, from lower combat area.

HOUSE OF RECKONING, INTERIOR: View of Floor 02, from main combat area.

HOUSE OF RECKONING, INTERIOR: View of Floor 02, from main combat area.

HOUSE OF RECKONING, INTERIOR: View of Floor 03, from Control Bridge.

HOUSE OF RECKONING, INTERIOR: View of Floor 04, Entrance to Escharum's Throne. (Special Note: Image used from Halopedia, to capture the Holograms, many thanks!)

PELICAN DOWN, PLANNING DIAGRAM: This "AA-GUN" base was one of the largest (by area) experiences that our team was responsible for. With 19 world chunks to edit, we assigned core areas for each artist to work on to prevent check-out conflicts. (Note: This rough diagram reflects initial ownership, and by the end of project many artists efforts overlapped.)

PELICAN DOWN, CONDOR: Modified/Kitbashed a Condor out of the Infinite Pelican to meet Design and Narrative needs. This assembly needed to be broken up, with easy pivots, for a variety of 'damage' states and layouts per placement. (Proxy Art, sent to ETC for final model and surfacing. This diagram was created to collaborate with Concept Team.)

PELICAN DOWN, AA-GUN EAST: Early layout progress of AA-GUN East.

PELICAN DOWN, WRECKAGE: Early prototypes of Wreckage/Terrain integration.

PELICAN DOWN, AA-GUN HOLOGRAM: Early prototype of the "AA-Gun" Control Room Hologram design. Proxy Art, later to be sent to VFX team.

PELICAN DOWN: Top down view of island.

PELICAN DOWN: Shot looking West showing island valley.

PELICAN DOWN: View from above Boss Combat Area.

PELICAN DOWN: View from vehicle jump in Boss Combat Area.

PELICAN DOWN: View showing Boss Combat area and "Jet-pack Boss" landing platforms.

PELICAN DOWN: View from AA-GUN East, looking North.

PELICAN DOWN: View of AA-GUN East, looking East.

OUTPOST TREMONIUS: Very early layout, with general flow indicated (later reversed by design).

OUTPOST TREMONIUS: Very early layout, Design required player to be 'contained' in this early part of the game. Even though it was loading the "Open World Map", this section was not supposed to be open world (due to mission progression requirements.)

OUTPOST TREMONIUS: Top down view of base. (Special Note: While I was officially the lead of this 'base', especially during early blockout, Ryan Peterson (as Outpost Lead) ended up taking over most of the efforts of this location. While I mostly focused on managerial efforts: production tracking, bug fixing, and performance tuning, etc.

OUTPOST TREMONIUS: Side view of base.

Simple diagram made during efforts to prove our Open World "object count" per tile was too low. Ultimately, we increased our static asset limits significantly for final release.

Quick diagram describing a more granular and intentional modular geology construction method, to better suit designer terrain.

Diagram explaining modularity language around "Corner-IN" and "Corner-OUT".

Diagram to help explain our geometry creation workflow and filestreams in Slipspace/DCC Packages.

UI Mockup for "in-engine" asset status tracking. This system was fully integrated into Slipspace and was used in production.