Kato Island

A clan of cute anthropomorphic cats shipwrecked on a small island with the skeleton of a giant fish. You as a leader of the clan need to learn how to survive on this island and provide resources for your village by going fishing and killing various sea monsters in the ocean.

Solo project produced over 3 months as a brief for the University of Hertfordshire. I specialize in stylized environment art and my goal was to create an environment of the base island where cats are living. The outcome of my project is a trailer for a "fake" game showcasing my environment.

The project was made in UE5, all models were modeled in Blender, sculpted in Zbrush, and textured in Substance Painter.

Example of asset creation. The skull is a very large asset and needed a bigger polycount. UVs were generated automatically by Blender.

The base cat model was made for me by freelance character artist Emma Lau. I created textures and accessories for the cats.

All assets are created by me. The foliage was painted in Procreate and imported to UE5 as planes.

Some cat animations were created by me in Maya others were generated by Mixamo. The cat rig was made by Emma Lau.

                                                  Showcase of pre-production concepts

                                                                      Kato Island posters