Oni's Quest is a web3 game in development from Yokai Kingdom where I've been creating artwork and concept pieces to build visuals for the game and it's world.

To create the logo, I wanted to use hand written type with a tactile feel to the letters and forms. Using various digital dry brushes I tried for the typeface to feel clean and fully formed.

Oni's Quest takes characters from the Yokai Kingdom world of warriors turned into Oni who go on a quest to rid themselves of their curse. They go on to fight many Yokai that have sided with the main villain, the Worlokk of The Void and fight through various map regions on the Isle of Geoda.

We've looked at concepts for customising load outs for each run of the game. I've designed and created various load out sets from armour, items and weapons that can give the player an advantage or even the playing field for later battles with bosses.

Creating the background battle regions was fun for me as drawing scenery isn't one of my strongest skills. But looking at Japanese style woodblock prints gave me the inspiration in drawing my own. I wanted to give these illustrations a sense of story and narrative that could hint at the lore of the world.

For the card graphics I used dry brush styles to create simple icons that feel visually tied to the lore and world of Geoda. 

For the status icons these were created as crude sharp vector icons to keep screen UI visually punchy without losing it's quality depending on screen resolution. Looking at various RPG games it was interesting creating icons that have a universal visual language to many gamers.

The enemy artwork for Yokai Kingdom is inspired by various Japanese anime and real folk lore. Every region has it's own band of Yokai to fight and their own unique spells, abilities and attacks that are linked to their surroundings.

The Temple and Shrine areas are for players to replenish items, spend the in-game currency spirit stones, train up a load out card or simply rest to gain extra health points (HP) for the journey ahead.