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The First Contact

Client
Portals
Role
Creative direction, illustration
Engagement
Via H3AT Studios
Year
—
Disciplines
Key Art, Characters, Social, Animation
01Overview

Visual storytelling for Portals: “The First Contact” key art, partner and ecosystem illustrations, mascot concepts and an animated scene for launch.

02The challenge

Make a virtual world feel inhabited before players arrive — and give partners a reason to share it.

03Approach
  1. 01

    A hooded wanderer as the recurring point of view into the world.

  2. 02

    Partner illustrations that put ecosystem brands inside Portals’ universe.

  3. 03

    An animated portal scene for the launch moment.

Portal scene
Portal scene
The First Contact
The First Contact
Social series
Social series
04Outcome
Shareable

Partner pieces designed to travel across ecosystem accounts.

Partner illustration
Partner illustration
05Deliverables & credits

Deliverables

Key artPartner illustrationsSocial seriesAnimated scene
Production
H3AT Studios art team
Creative direction & illustration
Vitor Carneiro
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