Overwatch architecture work - Thiago Klafke
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Hey everyone! About time I post some of my architectural work on Overwatch 
Before we go further I need to make it very clear that these screenshots represent the culmination of team work. We are a very small team and each one of us contributes a lot to how our maps look. These screenshots show the areas where I had the biggest impact, either by making the majority of the architecture in them or by putting my own vision/interpretation into them.
First one, Ilios. I worked mainly on the Village tier, creating several of the buildings for this area. The architecture work in this map was split between me, Bram Eulaers, Martin Holmberg and Philip Klevestav. Dion Rogers and Helder Pinto took care of the set dressing and lighting and Andrew Klimas made the dropship.
Before we go further I need to make it very clear that these screenshots represent the culmination of team work. We are a very small team and each one of us contributes a lot to how our maps look. These screenshots show the areas where I had the biggest impact, either by making the majority of the architecture in them or by putting my own vision/interpretation into them.
First one, Ilios. I worked mainly on the Village tier, creating several of the buildings for this area. The architecture work in this map was split between me, Bram Eulaers, Martin Holmberg and Philip Klevestav. Dion Rogers and Helder Pinto took care of the set dressing and lighting and Andrew Klimas made the dropship.
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Unfortunately we will not be posting breakdowns at this time.
Here's another map, Eichenwalde.
I worked closely with Bram Eulaers and Philip Klevestav on the architecture, blocking out a lot of the village part from the level design blockout, and taking most the buildings in the screenshots to completion. The tavern was started by me and finished by Philip Klevestav. Dion Rogers and Helder Pinto took care of the foliage, lighting and set dressing. These screenshots feature a lot of my work but of course this map is a culmination of team effort.
Extra architecture work by Bram Eulaers, Philip Klevestav and Helder Pinto. All foliage work and lighting done by Dion Rogers. Set dressing by Nathan Bowden and Lindsay Johnson.
I'll be posting more maps soon, so stay tuned to this thread
And I also just created a twitter account, feel free to follow me to stay in touch! https://twitter.com/thiagoklafke
I was deeply involved in the creation of this map, being responsible for the majority of the architecture in the outback area (ranch), and scrapyard arena. I converted the level design geometry to first pass art geo, figured out the architecture style (with help from Al Crutchley's amazing concepts!), made several of the tiling textures and trims, ground mesh and backdrop vista. At some point, I handed over this area to Phil Wang, who did an amazing job finalizing the buildings (and making Junkrat's house). I then came back in the end to do some final polish (decal placement, etc...)
For the scrapyard, I also started early, converting the area from Level Design to Art, making the majority of the architecture and textures. I had a huge help from my friend Helder Pinto in this area (who did the amazing lighting you see here and helped finalize the final stage area). This area also features mechas by Gaëtan Montaudouin, and scrap texture by Dion Rogers.
All of the set dressing you see on the map was done by Helder Pinto, Nathan Bowden, Lindsay Johnson and Dion Rogers. Lighting was done by Dion Rogers and Helder Pinto. Props were created by Nathan Bowden, Lindsay Johnson and outsourcing teams. Concept art was done by Al Crutchley and Oscar Favaro.
The city part of the level (not shown here), was made by Andrew Klimas, Gaëtan Montaudouin and Helder Pinto.
If you want to know more about the making of this level, you can watch my Digital Dragons 2018 presentation on it (included in this page).
Cheers!
Thiago
Here's the Digital Dragons talk: