Portfolio - Joyce Beckhaus (English version)

Portfolio

diGital woRks

fRom 2018 - 2023

Game desiGn - concept aRt - 3d-pRoJects- GRaphic desiGn - peRsonal aRt

Joyce RicaRda Beckhaus

GAME DESIGN

pRoJects: oRGan donoR (hoRRoR-suRvival walkinG simulatoR)datinG swim (edutainment visual novel)

Organ DOnOra HOrrOr-Survival Walking

SimulatOr (2023)

download link via itch.io: https://xluminaa.itch.io/oRGan-donoR-Game

the veRy fiRst demo I developed was in unReal enGine. I am a BiG fan of hoRRoR-suRvival Games, so I decided to Go Go foR a walkinG simulatoR with a lot of GRotesque elements. you Go on a small hunt foR youR missinG oRGans, staRtinG in a foRest level followed By a concRete maze. I incoRpoRated my own aRtwoRks into the concRete maze staGe, they aRe featuRed in paintinGs on the wall.

the look of the Game emulates a RetRo kind of feelinG. “doom” (1993) was the InspiRation foR the inteRface. assets weRe downloaded via the epic Games l BRaRy and cGtRadeR.

scReenshot

theiR lunG.

of the foRest staGe. the playeR is lookinG foR

scReenshot of the laByRinth staGe and one of the mysteRious paintinGs the mysteRious entity that stole youR oRGans left Behind.

Dating SWiman interactive viSual nOvel tHat eDucateS tHe player On tHe “DO’S anD DOn’tS” Of SWimming Safely in Open WaterS (2023)

the assiGnment in my “inteRactive media” class was to develop a piece of media with a “spoRty topic”. we weRe encouRaGed to Get cReative with ouR pRoJect, so decided to educate people aBout safety in open wateRs with a comedic twist. two lifeGuaRds Give you impoRtant lessons thRouGhout the Game and you have to RememBeR eveRythinG they said to pass theiR test. while that is GoinG on, you may also fliRt with one of the two. It’s meant to have an educational puRpose while also BeinG a fun expeRience.

the Game was pRoGRammed in Ren py and has a simple decision tRee. the chaRacteR concepts weRe dRawn By me.

https://xluminaa.itch.io/datinG-swim-a-life-savinG-visual-novel

maRina and avalon, the lifeGuaRds pRoGRam: pRocReate

CoNCEpt Art

BottlE BuDDiES (2020)

CharaCter-Design

DeveloPment of a boarD game

Program: Paint tool sai

2020

my uni-GRoup and I developed a BoaRd Game pRototype foR one of my classes.

the Game is supposed to Be a paRody of dRinkinG Games, executed in the most liteRal sense. the alcoholic BeveRaGes weRe tRanslated into chaRacteRs who must chase foR the Golden liquoR Bottle in the middle. you can Get theRe By completinG tasks you would most likely heaR in “tRuth oR daRe”.

was fully in chaRGe of the chaRacteR concepts.

(left to RiGht: Bloody maRy, BuBBle JR., lady vino)

cOncept art

this is a dRaft foR an inteRestinG chaRacteR concept foR a sci-fi oRiented univeRse.

the pRompt was “cyBoRG-nomad”.

“In too deep” - a chaRacteR concept foR a video Game demo. this chaRacteR is paRt of an undeRwateR special team. she needs to Get “to the Bottom” of a pRoBlem, ReGaRdinG hiGhly aGGRessive sea cReatuRes that used to Be peaceful BefoRe.

MotioN DESiGN

3D prOject “naqHelgO” (2021)

SHOWcaSe viDep: HttpS://yOutu.be/4vy58-DDOcm

naqhelGo is a fictional sceneRy made in unReal enGine. It was made to pRactice compositions and enviRonments. the epic Games liBRaRy assets weRe handpicked and all placed By me. so was the liGhtinG and shadinG.

DeatH in tHe batHtub- a SWr unD arD-prODuctiOn (2022)

as an InteRn at the “fRitz Gnad” studio was aBle to woRk at pRoJects foR GeRman puBlic-seRvice television BRoadcasteRs.

I used pRoGRams like BlendeR, makehuman and unReal enGine to develop 3d-sceneRies and animations which weRe lateR featuRed in documentaRies.

fRitz Gnad encouRaGed me to step out of my comfoRt zones and diRected my woRk to GReat success.

one of the documentaRies my woRk can Be seen in can Be found heRe: https://www.aRdmediathek.de/video/aRd-cRime-time/ folGe-2-tod-in-deR-Badewanne-veRuRteilt-s16-e02/ swR/y3Jpzdovl3n3ci5kzs9hzxGvBze4mdewoda

GrAphiC DESiGN

pRoJects: pictoGRams - font posteR - “slayy”-BRand

Lorem Company

piCtoGrAMS (2020)

“Zombie aPoCalyPse”

Program: aDobe Illustrator

2019

duRinG my fiRst semesteR I leaRned a lot aBout GRaphic desiGn.

In my “aRt and composition” class I was asked to come up with 6 distinct pictoGRams that Relate to a topic of my choice I decided to conceptualize waRninG siGns foR a fictional zomBie apocalypse in flat desiGn.

FoNt poStEr (2020)

“typewRiteR Ink”

pRoGRam: adoBe photoshop

2019

as a cReative pRoJect, I came up with a RepResentative posteR foR the famous font “couRieR new”.

as it is a typewRiteR font, I wanted to make it look like the sentence “the quick BRown fox Jumps oveR the lazy doG” was wRitten oveR and oveR with a typewRiteR.

“A PictogrAmm needs to be understood immediAtely. InformAtionAl reduction is the key to success.”

- Markus strick, HMkW-professor

Ipsum Company

loGo DrAFt

“slayy” skateboarD Illustration Program: aDobe Illustrator 2021/22

foR my fictional skateBoaRd BRand I was eaGeR to comBine two unusal topics with one anotheR: skatinG and dRaG queens.

my loGo foR my BRand is playful yet stRuctuRized, which was an conscious desiGn decision on my paRt. It featuRes a fiGuRative maRk that functions as Both a silhouette with a wiG on and also as the fiRst two letteRs of my BRand’s name.

Lorem Brand Identity

IlluStrAtioNS

“slayy”

skateboarD Illustrations

Program: ProCreate 2021/22

the intentions of the GRaphic illustRations weRe similaR to the appRoach of my loGo concept.

the stRuctuRe comes fRom the symmetRy, the playfulness fRom the coloRs and the linewoRk. it caRRies on the leGacy of my initial thouGhts.

the aRt of dRaG has its Root in individualism and confidence so my illustRations had to Give off the same viBe while at the same time lookinG Good on the Backside of a skateBoaRd.

the mock-ups show that I succeeded in conveyinG that.

Lorem Brand Identity

left to RiGht: tRixie mattel; mo heaRt; violet chachki; symone

perSOnal art

Joyce (puBlished undeR the pseudonym “xluminaa”)

Game: “spiRit Boom Box” - concept aRt (main chaRacteR + vaRious assets) - 17/11/21

Game: “spiRit Boom Box” - alteRnative main chaRacteR desiGn - 03/11/21

“spuRtinG Blood” - 2020

Social Media Campaign

thanks for your attention!

Joyce RicaRda Beckhaus