Aztec Steampunk concept art

Character color thumbnails. Trying to incorporate the rainbow of colors and design language used in Aztec clothing, while still wanting to keep a recognizeable look.

Big brother spear and shield sheet.

Main Character futuristic macuahuitl and shield.

Main character shield sheet.

Enemy color thumbnails. Same challenge here in keeping the aztec warrior feeling, but pushing it to be instantly recognizeable as 'bad guy'.

Enemy weapon and shield sheet.

Thumbnail exploration

Thumbnail exploration.

Enemy character sheet.

Enemy character sheet.

Underlayer knotwork design, same on all good guys. We wanted to make something that would function as a base for all the armor to be tied on to, and add some protection. Without it looking too hot and out of place.

Big brother armor sketch

Big brother armor sketch back

Main character armor sketch

Main character armor sketch back

Face references and rough sketches

Costume references. We wanted to keep the feeling of the Aztec/ Mayan design language but add a futuristic/ steam punk flair to it.