One of the many fun aspects of Batman is the arsenal of gadgets and props. I got the chance to work on a few fun things.
Here are some concepts for Deathstroke’s swords. Finding the right balance of elegance, function and high-tech was the challenge.
More concepts from the game. I worked on a lot of the designs for the architecture of New Gotham. I based a most of it on Soho in New York, and Chicago’s iconic buildings. This is just a small sample of environment sketches and designs.
I had fun drawing this one – a cross section of hero buildings, designed to be modular so parts could be mixed and matched like a lego set. Took me 4 days to draw in Photoshop, and the original is 18,000 pixels across.
Here’s a closer view of a section of that drawing.
A view from Old Gotham, without the bridge.
Now that Batman: Arkham Origins is released, I’m pleased to be able to show some of the things I worked on. Here are a few images of Batman’s prototype for the Batwing. There were many variations, and I loved designing it since it gave me a chance to get back into aircraft drawing. The blueprints below were drawn in Photoshop using the line and pen tools, which made for an efficient and clean look.
I’ll be posting more artwork in the next coming days – environments and props.
The final design had a meaner, blunter nose.
One of about a dozen pages of thumbnails
My colleague Virgil Loth modified this later and made it much cooler. You can see his designs in the art book that comes with the collector’s edition of the game.
Frame grab from a cinematic.
Meinert Hansen 