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Plato: The Boss of Limbo
Cleopatra: The Boss of Lust
Cerberus: The Boss of Glutton
The Pope: The Boss of Greed
Medusa: The Boss of Wrath
Joan of Arc: The Boss of Heresy
Minotaur: The Boss of Violence
Pontius Pilate: The Boss of Fraud
The Devil: The Boss of Treachery
Project Description:
For my first project in the Game Design studio at UCLA, I was the Illustrator for a group project board game called "The Ninth Circle". "The Ninth Circle" is a board game based off of Dante's "Inferno", in which 4-6 players go through the nine layers of hell. To play the game, the players must defeat the boss of each layer (every layer theme and specific boss character are inspired by the Dante's literature) to continue to the next layer. In order to win the game, you must defeat the last boss, the devil himself.
Character Design Description:
With the dark themes of Dante's Inferno, I strived to create a grittier, somewhat frightening look with the characters, via their facial expressions, accessories, and overall design. I chose to draw the characters in a somewhat flat realistic manner to mimic the traditional paintings which tell the story of the nine layers of hell, but with a little twist of my own style.
The boss character illustrations live in the game's manual.