Step Up
About:
Step Up is a digital game-based bystander intervention for high school students to understand the importance of diversity in STEM, and to acquire the skills, attitudes, and awareness to attain positive STEM identities and mitigate bias and harassment in STEM and health learning environments.
Robin’s Role
As the art lead for Step Up, I created the background and character art. When designing the characters, I wanted them to be relatable to the young people playing the game. With this in mind, I wanted the diverse characters to reflect a range of body types, genders, and skin tones. I further brought the characters to life with layered emotional states for the character animations. Additionally, I implemented scenes and dialogue.
All the characters I created and Illustrated for Step Up.
Concept art for the game art style (rounded vs sharp) along with main character sketches and final art and animated reactions from the game.
In-game scene with movement to give more life and expression to the characters.
Concept art for mentor and final animated states.
Concept art for cousin character.
A selection of different environmental art.