From game art design to NFTs, Concept Artist Tomas shares his perspectives on this new stage in gaming!
Throughout this series of interviews, members of the team will discuss everything from Blast Royale to cryptocurrency to art and game development. In our fourth interview, Tomas Navikas shares his thoughts about Blast Royale’s art design process and why NFTs are important to him.
Who are you, what is your career background, and what do you do at FLG?
Hey! I am Tomas, a Concept Artist at First Light Games.
My career background consists of games like Fall Guys, Temple Run Treasure Hunters, and few cool canceled projects that I cannot talk about :_(.
What aspect of the Blast Royale attracted you to work for FLG?
I could instantly see a huge potential of the game. It is one of the types of games I always wanted to work on. As it is still quite early when it comes to art style I got very excited to leave my stamp on the Blast Royale art style. Moreover I love working with vibrant, funky colours and Blast Royal definitely pushes eye catching colourful characters and environments, and that got me very excited!
As an artist in this industry, why do you believe NFTs are important?
Digital artists never had a platform to sell original art pieces and now that that is changing I think it is an amazing phenomenon! Only Traditional art was considered as “real” art which is a very outdated view, but now we live in very exciting times where we are shifting our views to a more modern approach.
A game’s art and visuals make the first impression, what impression do you hope to leave with first-time players?
I am aiming to help this game reach its full potential. I would love for players to see a fun, colourful and cool game the moment they start the game. I am very fortunate that the entire team is on the same page when it comes to art style. We want to create a polished, beautiful eye candy where every player could express their personality by customising their characters the way they want, they can be whoever they want and play however they want in a vibrant colourful world we are creating.
What is the art design process for the environment and characters in the Blast Royale universe?
As this is a new web3 game we want to push innovation, try fresh and new ideas when it comes to the entire world of the game. I think it is very important to show new exciting ideas as we are entering into a new stage of gaming! Currently there are a lot of exploration going on what does make Blast royal stand out and how we can push the style even further !
What do you think makes Blast Royale unique from other gaming blockchain projects?
Blast Royale definitely stands out a lot. The style of the game is very approachable, simple and fun. To me that is what makes games fun to play without spending hours of understanding what the game is. You can look at 1 screenshot of the game and you would instantly understand the game! Moreover we are creating a polished artistically pleasing product that anyone can pick up and dive in stunning Blast Royale world!
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