Portfolio 2022 by Dikshita Goswami

DIKSHITA GOSWAMI

MAY, 2022

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Hi there, My name is Dikshita Goswami and I’m an Illustrator and a Graphic Designer hailing from Assam. I’m a dreamer and I like to explore various different possibilites both in my work as well as in my personal life. I love expressing myself through drawing and I’m quite comfortable in both digital as well as traditional media. When I’m not entranced by a computer screen, paper or pencil, I enjoy playing video games (I play a lot of Valorant), vibing to good music and occasionally singing along to them as well (pretty badly might I add).

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Reach Me Dikshita Goswami Dikshita Goswami +91 8447200337 dikshita.goswami0208@gmail.com

Skillset My Skillset ranges from working on Branding to Publication, UI/UX and Illustration with a pretty good hand in all the major design softwares out there. Adobe XD Procreate Adobe Illustrator Adobe Photoshop

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Education Symbiosis Institute of Design Bachelor’s Degree in Communication Design 2017-2021

Vishwa Bharati Public School XII (Senior Secondary), Science 2017

Vishwa Bharati Public School X (Secondary) 2015

Work Experience Visual Designer IBM- iX Studio Aug 2021 - Working across various aspects of design including UI/UX, Branding and VD - Worked with CHUBB Insurance to create web portals for internal use - Conducted EDT sessions to help facilitate design thinking - Worked as a shadow in multiple projects ranging from design to market research

Graphic Designer Design Flyover- Internship Feb 2021- June 2021 - Worked as a Graphic Designer with specialization in illustration and branding - Worked on creating a new brand and market research for an app designed to help kids read - Created initial storybooks for children from the ages of 0-8 - Worked on a blog on the art of storytelling which included social media promotion as well - Worked on minor illustration projects

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TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Brochure Ipoh Map Design A Map brochure re-design re-design for Ipohfor Ipohan an amusement park in Malasia

Inktober 2021 Illustrations based on the official Inktober prompt from Jake Parker

Design in Pixels A publication design for a hypthetical game magazine

Arthur Games Website UI for a hypothetical gaming company

Children’s Story

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Ipoh Map Design Brief: To create a Guide Map for the users to easily navigate through the attractions + Brochure for night and day navigation.

Audience: Tourists (Local and International)

Problems/ Challenges: 1. Visitors provided with a very flimsy and brief map of the park 2. Most attractions get lost in the huge jumble of illustrations 3. Visitors usually come for one day and are intimidated by the sheer volume of information

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Solution/ Information Structure: Existing: Map, List of Food joints, amenities available To search: Visitor Information and experiences, navigating through wayfinding system

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PREVIOUS MAP

NEW MAP FRONT GRID

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Day & Night Attractions +Food Coupons

2 Day Itinerary planned

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Inktober 2021 Brief: To create 31 Illustrations for the whole month of October based on the prompt list provided by Jake Parker.

Design in Pixels Brief: To create a magazine with a suitable topic and apply various styles into publication design (photography, typography, illustration etc.)

Topic: Makings of a Video Game (Understanding concepts and extending them to other design fields)

Concept: Focusing on creating video games rather than the end process, sharing ideas and concepts that go into play in various video games and creating a community of like-minded readers.

USP: Understanding the concepts behind many of today’s successful video games and how these can be forwarded to other general fields of design for creating more impactful design.

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Network

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Talk Guys

Watch Dogs: Legion

Special Interview with the developers of Fall Guys

Watch how Ubisoft is evolving Gameplay with character customization

Game Jam

Design Spotlight

Check out this issues top works- made by you! Get inspired and know more on how to get featured in our next issue

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First Looks: Monster Sanctuary Worth it or not? Read all about the new monster collection games and make the decision yourself

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Network Insider Interview

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The Loadout: The game’s concept is pretty simple but it’s been built with streaming in mind. What is it about Fall Guys that makes it the perfect game for Twitch streams?

JW: There are some really exciting opportunities presenting themselves too, but we have to be really careful with what we pick. The brand and the image of the game is very valuable and if we just throw everything in, it’ll become a mess and it will start looking like the inside of a supermarket and that’s not what we want Fall Guys to be.

Joe Walsh: I think that what makes it so unique is that it’s instantly understandable as soon as you see a clip of it and that’s something that can’t be said for a lot more of the complex competitive games that are popular on Twitch. You know, you see these 60 guys on the start line and these horrendous looking obstacles and you instantly understand what it is you need to be doing and it makes it really, really watchable. Also the fact that it’s inspired by TV shows, you know, we’re inspired by Takeshi’s Castle and Total Wipeout and that means we tried to inherit a lot of their inherent watchability because we use the same format.

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OH: It was actually Nigel’s idea at Devolver. We had all these brands hitting us up with their costumes and stuff and rather than turn this into a big commercial thing, we decided to make it more positive. We’ve always liked Special Effect and we’ve worked with them previously at MediaTonic, so we just thought let’s turn this into a big event.

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A lot of the streaming success was built on the foundations of the game’s beta. What exactly did you do?

Streaming Success: The Fall Guys interview

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JW: Watching that moment of him win is gonna go down in Twitch history. We had about 400,000 people online in the game at the time, so if half of them are dressing up in the same lobby, I mean, that’s just incredible to see one twitch streamer actually affect the ecosystem of the game in such a way. I’ve never ever seen that before – that was a really special moment.

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“It’s been really fun to watch our game grow but it’s also been a bit worrying because these things tend to sizzle out quicker than other games.”

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Patch Notes Bioshock | Hades | League of Legends

Level Design

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Left to right 1. Welcome to Bioshock 2. Welcome to Arcadia 3. Rolling Hills Lookout 4. Hacking Expert Tools

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In Arcadia, players must steer luckless lead character, Jack, through Rapture’s principal arboreal leisure and agricultural hub—its lungs ‘n’ larder if you like. But how does the level actually work from a design perspective and how does it augment your trip to the neon murderfest of Fort Frolic?

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An Inside look into the development of one of Bioshock’s most complicated levels.

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Bioshock: The making of the twisted green belt, Arcadia

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Patch Notes Monster Sanctuary | Immortal Fenyx Rising | Watch Dogs Legion

First Looks

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Why this game? Immortals Fenyx Rising is, essentially, The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild with a Greek mythology setting. It contains all the key elements of a Zelda game: a naïve, heroic protagonist; epic puzzles; dungeons; boss battles and an ever-growing array of abilities. Visually, it looks very similar in stye to Breath Of The Wild Lorem ipsum that have (albeit with a slightly more primary-coloured palette) and, as you play it, you notice other elements been cribbed from Nintendo’s game, such as a stamina meter which runs down when youipsum climb. Lorem dolor sit amet,

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What’s wrong with Gods and monsters? The game was originally slated for a Feb. 25, 2020 release but was quietly delayed. Rumors of a nebulous change in direction and title appeared, but there was nothing official. The first time we heard the name Immortals Fenyx Rising, we thought it was a joke. It’s not as good as Gods & Monsters, right? As our friend and colleague Russ Frushtick said, it sounds like a free-to-play mobile game. It’s a downgrade, is what we’re saying. And if that title was indicative of the rumored change in direction, then what did that say about the rest of the game? Turns out the title makes more sense in context, since we all will play as the titular Fenyx, the lowly mortal savior who battles through the supernatural onslaught of ancient Greece. And that brings us to the rest of the game, which we have little choice but to describe as exactly the kind of game you get when the people at Ubisoft Quebec who created the exquisite Assassin’s Creed Odyssey make a new game also set in ancient Greece but now less realistic and instead heavily inspired by The Legend Zelda — and not just Breath of the Wild. It exists somewhere in the

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We spent the last year-plus thinking of the character shown in the original trailer as Ubisoft’s Kid Icarus, but I was surprised to find that my demo’s pre-made version of Fenyx was a womanLoremWhimsical ipsum character creator where you can customize the full model as Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, well as voice and hairstyle, Immortals Fenyx Rising, consectetuer adipiscing elit. an option that would, like so many things, mirror its cousin Assassin’s Creed Odyssey.

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To sum it up: ACTION RPG

ADVENTURE EXPLORATION

Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PlayStation®5, PlayStation®4, Nintendo Switch™, Epic Games Store, Ubisoft Connect and Stadia Pros 1. Exciting Combat 2. Beautiful World 3. Puzzles can Be Exciting 4. Funny Presentation Cons 1. Lack of Original Ideas 2. Narrative Has Little Impact 3. Lacks Challenge

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TLDR: “Breath of the Wild for Non- Switch Players but really, just play the Original.”

Arthur Games Brief: To create a website UI for a hypothetical gaming company called Arthur Games.

Concept: Creating an indivisualized experience for gamers- giving them games based on the categories they fall into.

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Children’s Story Brief: To create a storyboard for traditional children stories- making them more contemporary.

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