We’ve gotten some art sketches back for the Shocktopus.
Just to give you guys an explanation of our process, the art team will do 2 rough sketches which our Art Director reviews, and decides on the which one we want to follow (sometimes we will ask for parts of one to be used the the other because they are both so good).
In this case we chose to go with sketch B, as we felt that it highlighted the mechanical nature of the creature (i.e. more metal plates) and the spikes were consistent in style with other big mechs in the game such as Carnex.
I don’t know which one I would have chosen. Your reasoning for picking B makes perfect sense, but I love the patchwork haphazardness of the plates in sketch A; it makes it look more like a mech that was cobbled together over time, rather than the smooth crustacean-like armour of sketch B.
The Art team sent through 2 color roughs for spell icons for us to consider. We went with B, as it looked like the tentacles were coming from the Mech itself.
I prefer A as gold does not oxidize or rust in salt water while copper or aluminum would oxidize and change color. If B was the main color with patches of green for oxidization, it could look rather cool as well. For the spell art, I would say A hands down.
