StarCraft II: War Chest

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I joined the StarCraft II team as a Senior UI Artist to help ship the first War Chest. My task was to design and animate brand new UI art within the established StarCraft II menus. In doing so I also developed the branding for the project as a whole, which made its way to the StarCraft II esports stage that year at BlizzCon.

War Chest UI Credits:

UX Design: Christopher "Crash" Reed
Art & Animation: Bailey Kalesti
Tech Design: Ryan Schutter, Chris Fugate, Lan Lu
Sound: Ed Cerrato, Evan Chen
Engineering: Jason Boyle, Chris Chen, Anders Ekermo, Chris Knorr, Chris Lee, Robbie McMahon
VFX: Michael Chae, Travis Castillo
Tech Art: Rob McNaughton
3D Cutscene: Jesse Brophy
Production: Melissa Corning, Mark Agustin, Elena Nikora, Rodney Tsing
QA: Brian Song, Matthew Huston, Tyler Plass, Tommy Tran, Aaron Yasukochi

The UI art & animations for War Chest in StarCraft II.

My work here was designing and animating the art content of this screen. Initial wireframe and UI design done by Chris “Crash” Reed. Tech design by Ryan Schutter and Chris Fugate. And, of course, the invisible engineering warriors who made it all happen!

I did the post fx and lighting for the key art of the actual “War Chest”. Thank you to Jesse Brophy for the great 3D model.

The War Chest wheel loop animation. Property of Blizzard Entertainment.

The big ol’ stage at BlizzCon, with blue on one side and red on the other. The lights, sounds, and visuals were something to experience. Plus a lot of people cheering. It’s crazy fun!