Space Engineers: Decorative Blocks II

Haven't been updating my portfolio for quite a long time so I'm 'fixing' it :)

Some time ago I had a pleasure to art lead the development of the Decorative Blocks Pack DLC #2 for Space Engineers which is currently available on Steam Store here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1167910/Space_Engineers__Decorative_Pack_2

Art leading included:
- Supervising visual quality of all art assets.
- Defining, keeping track and managing tasks in Jira.
- Planning the work ahead based on available man power and time budget.
- Managing and evaluating work coming from Outsourcing Studios.
- Recruiting top talent, senior artists to the team (creating job descriptions/requirements, test assignment tasks, interviewing candidates).
- Creating Onboarding Art Guidelines for new art team members
- Creating pipelines and workflows for specific tasks in the team.
- Cross-team management of Art tasks (with Coders and QA).
- Time allocations for the whole Art team.
- Regular SyncUps and feedback rounds for the whole team.
- Quick paint-over sketches and concepts as part of feedback.
- Creating all visual materials needed for marketing the game and its DLCs on all store platforms, dedicated Live Streams and social networks. Marketing materials included: Hero Banners and their adaptations, Screenshots showcasing key parts of the game and DLCs, Banners for Release Live Streams and Ads.
- Creating end pack shot screens for DLC video trailers showcasing all key content items.
- Creating in-game brand logos, DLC icons, badges and various minor UI elements for various parts of the game.

All of this wouldn't be possible without our Great Team of incredibly talented and passionate Artists, Coders, Designers, Testers and many other talented people who contributed their time, skills and passion to make the end product looking as awesome as possible! You're my heroes guys!

Special Thanks to the head of Keen SWH - Marek Rosa!

Artists whose work was presented here: Jan Trauske, Jan Golmic, Radek Stepan, Kristian Renaerts, Natiq Aghayev

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