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Emmett Gervais

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VCD – Character Design & Illustration

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Hello! I am an illustrator and animator with an interest in the weird, the spooky, and the fantastical! My work explores environments, characters, and stories through the lens of video games and motion.


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Circus Stampede Perhaps leaving all of the circus's animals in the care of one clown was just asking for trouble.
Meteor Shower A lone space rock's long fall to the surface.
Winter Wonderland An illustration showing a child's journey back home on a winter night.
Under the Sea A colouring book page dedicated to our favourite friends down below!
D is for Deer | ABC Book Follow Detective Deer as he solves the mystery of the missing zoo animals!

Illustrations

A collection of various single artwork projects.

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Circus Stampede Perhaps leaving all of the circus's animals in the care of one clown was just asking for trouble.
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Meteor Shower A lone space rock's long fall to the surface.
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Winter Wonderland An illustration showing a child's journey back home on a winter night.
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Under the Sea A colouring book page dedicated to our favourite friends down below!
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D is for Deer | ABC Book Follow Detective Deer as he solves the mystery of the missing zoo animals!
Barnyard Requiem A group of animal spirits go on a memorial walk to say their final goodbyes to their owner.
Come One, Come All A sick boy wakes up one night to discover that a circus run by children mysteriously appears at his window.
Space Pilot Jones Start the day off right with everyone's favourite space pilot, Jones!
Ascension From Playtime Innocence toys take a different form when no one is watching.
Poptart's BIG Fall Poptart wants to show everyone their new big trick! Let's hope everything goes well!

Animation

A collection of various animation projects highlighting my accumulated skills in both hand-drawn and puppet-styled motion and storyboards.

Animation
Barnyard Requiem A group of animal spirits go on a memorial walk to say their final goodbyes to their owner.
Animation
Come One, Come All A sick boy wakes up one night to discover that a circus run by children mysteriously appears at his window.
Animation
Space Pilot Jones Start the day off right with everyone's favourite space pilot, Jones!
Animation
Ascension From Playtime Innocence toys take a different form when no one is watching.
Animation
Poptart's BIG Fall Poptart wants to show everyone their new big trick! Let's hope everything goes well!
Character 1: Bingles Bingles is a personified flower who had fallen from his home in the clouds with a mission to fulfill the wishes of those in the world below. He is the main character of the game and the one the player will spend the most time with; the players actions have a direct impact on how Bingles interacts with the world and who he meets.
Bingles Iterations
Character 2: Mudskipper Mudskipper is a humble snail creature with a single wish: to tend to the swampland in which she lives. She carefully tends to the blogs flora as she delicately plants and prunes as she goes. Mudskipper’s porous skin allows her to easily refill the tank by simply submerging a part of herself in the swamp water. This handy and portable water source allows her to travel on land without worry of drying out, no matter how harsh the sunlight gets.
Mudskipper Iterations
Character 3: Sir Phillament and Bunson Sir Phillament and Bunson are a father-son duo of ghosts who have possessed a lightbulb and an oil lamp, respectfully. Sir Phillament is a proud, but absent-minded man who wishes nothing more than the simple pleasure of caring for his estate. However, his oblivious nature often gets himself stuck in random nooks and crannies around the manor, without a guiding light to lead him back to safety. Bunson is an energetic little lad who has a zest for life and a fear of the dark.
Character 4: The Borzoid Equally as powerful as they are long, the Borzoid is the godly figure of this world. They are composed of clouds and stardust, with a form that is moldable to them on a whim. Although the number of their creations is vast, they remember each of their creations down to the name. In order to ensure that their creations live in happiness, the Borzoid sends down their dandelion child made of their own fluff to fulfill the wishes of the mortals that they cherish so dearly.

Dandelion Wishes: Characters

In Dandelion Wishes you play as a personified dandelion who has fallen out of the sky on a mission to fulfill the wishes of the world. Armed with nothing but your dandelion tail, you set off on a journey through four different areas in which you team up with a cast of colorful characters to achieve their heart’s wish.
The game takes the form of a 2D platformer in which you jump, run, glide, and ride your way past obstacles and enemies. This development book primarily focuses on the ideation and exploration of the main ensemble, level concepts, and UI design, with further development to follow later.

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Character 1: Bingles Bingles is a personified flower who had fallen from his home in the clouds with a mission to fulfill the wishes of those in the world below. He is the main character of the game and the one the player will spend the most time with; the players actions have a direct impact on how Bingles interacts with the world and who he meets.
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Bingles Iterations
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Character 2: Mudskipper Mudskipper is a humble snail creature with a single wish: to tend to the swampland in which she lives. She carefully tends to the blogs flora as she delicately plants and prunes as she goes. Mudskipper’s porous skin allows her to easily refill the tank by simply submerging a part of herself in the swamp water. This handy and portable water source allows her to travel on land without worry of drying out, no matter how harsh the sunlight gets.
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Mudskipper Iterations
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Character 3: Sir Phillament and Bunson Sir Phillament and Bunson are a father-son duo of ghosts who have possessed a lightbulb and an oil lamp, respectfully. Sir Phillament is a proud, but absent-minded man who wishes nothing more than the simple pleasure of caring for his estate. However, his oblivious nature often gets himself stuck in random nooks and crannies around the manor, without a guiding light to lead him back to safety. Bunson is an energetic little lad who has a zest for life and a fear of the dark.
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Character 4: The Borzoid Equally as powerful as they are long, the Borzoid is the godly figure of this world. They are composed of clouds and stardust, with a form that is moldable to them on a whim. Although the number of their creations is vast, they remember each of their creations down to the name. In order to ensure that their creations live in happiness, the Borzoid sends down their dandelion child made of their own fluff to fulfill the wishes of the mortals that they cherish so dearly.
Level 1: Grand Mysh Forest The Grand Mysh Forest is a vast, dense forest made up entirely of mushrooms. Any previous greenery that existed was overtaken by networks of mycelium and converted into thick stalks of fungal growth. Sturdy mushroom caps act as platforms for the player to get their bearings, while the cavernous underbelly allows for exploration and alternate routes through the level. It is in this dark and quiet place where the players find themselves at the beginning of the game.
Level 2: The Dank Swog The Dank Swog is known for its vast swamplands and humid conditions. This area stands in stark contrast to the previous area that the player went through - it is instead teeming with plant life, while also lacking the verticality of the previous stage. This stage was designed with Mudskipper in mind, as she cannot jump high unaided like Bingles. Instead, there are cattails that can be cut down to act as bridges and lotus pods which can be grown into lily pad platforms.
Level 3: Phillament Manor The once prestigious and lavish halls of the Phillament Manor now lie unkempt and deteriorating. However, despite what it may first seem, these halls are not as abandoned as they appear. One can catch a glimpse of a flickering candlelight passing through the window on dark nights and the bumps of the terribly clumsy former owner as he floats to-and-fro.
Level 4: Sky's Summit As the sun sets on this journey, Bingles seeks to return to his home amongst the clouds that he fell from in the beginning of the game. His dandelion tail puffs into a majestic, fluffy ball that carries him skyward to the clouds. This level is a mix of flying and platforming as the player attempts to get higher into the sky to reunite with the Borzoid. It has been a long, but exciting journey, and all Bingles can hope for is a gentle breeze to guide him home.

Dandelion Wishes: Levels

These are the different level designs created for the Dandelion Wishes project. Each level was designed to revolve around different gimmicks related to the highlighted characters you would find on your journey.

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Level 1: Grand Mysh Forest The Grand Mysh Forest is a vast, dense forest made up entirely of mushrooms. Any previous greenery that existed was overtaken by networks of mycelium and converted into thick stalks of fungal growth. Sturdy mushroom caps act as platforms for the player to get their bearings, while the cavernous underbelly allows for exploration and alternate routes through the level. It is in this dark and quiet place where the players find themselves at the beginning of the game.
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Level 2: The Dank Swog The Dank Swog is known for its vast swamplands and humid conditions. This area stands in stark contrast to the previous area that the player went through - it is instead teeming with plant life, while also lacking the verticality of the previous stage. This stage was designed with Mudskipper in mind, as she cannot jump high unaided like Bingles. Instead, there are cattails that can be cut down to act as bridges and lotus pods which can be grown into lily pad platforms.
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Level 3: Phillament Manor The once prestigious and lavish halls of the Phillament Manor now lie unkempt and deteriorating. However, despite what it may first seem, these halls are not as abandoned as they appear. One can catch a glimpse of a flickering candlelight passing through the window on dark nights and the bumps of the terribly clumsy former owner as he floats to-and-fro.
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Level 4: Sky's Summit As the sun sets on this journey, Bingles seeks to return to his home amongst the clouds that he fell from in the beginning of the game. His dandelion tail puffs into a majestic, fluffy ball that carries him skyward to the clouds. This level is a mix of flying and platforming as the player attempts to get higher into the sky to reunite with the Borzoid. It has been a long, but exciting journey, and all Bingles can hope for is a gentle breeze to guide him home.
Story Beat 1: Calm Before the Storm Phyllis and Isaac's lives depend on the cornfield, as all they have in this world is the land and each other.
Story Beat 2: The Sacrifice The Corn Mother's will has overtaken Phyllis's mind as she becomes a mere puppet for the corn's bidding.
Story Beat 3: The Consequences The crows have become warped by Phyllis's sense of guilt as they seemingly taunt her for her actions.
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God of Blighted Soil

This work was based on the European pagan tradition of corn dollies or corn mothers - the act of burying corn husk dolls into the soil to appease the spirits residing in the cornfield and to return fertility to the land.
Phyllis is a farmer who finds that her corn field is no longer appeased by the corn doll offerings, leading to her plot of land becoming blighted and unusable. In an act of desperation, she makes a deal with the spirit of the corn, the Corn Mother, to do anything she must to get rid of the plague. The corn spirit possesses her to make a sacrifice of blood to appease the land, leaving Phyllis to deal with the consequences of her actions once she awakens from her trance.

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Story Beat 1: Calm Before the Storm Phyllis and Isaac's lives depend on the cornfield, as all they have in this world is the land and each other.
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Story Beat 2: The Sacrifice The Corn Mother's will has overtaken Phyllis's mind as she becomes a mere puppet for the corn's bidding.
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Story Beat 3: The Consequences The crows have become warped by Phyllis's sense of guilt as they seemingly taunt her for her actions.
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Goose Girl
Goose: Clothing Ideation and Final Design Goose is a young girl who recently came down on her luck, and thus needed to pick up a job tending geese to get by. Her real name is not Goose, but due to her job many of the town’s folk just started calling her that out of convenience.
Prince Conrad: Colour Roughs and Final Design Prince Conrad is much more interested in studying the natural world and poetry than doing more gallant prince activity or swordplay. He always has a feather quill and a book to jot down notes into. He is introduced into the game because his favourite goose feather quill has a fraying tip and thus needs a new one to replace it.
Falada: Colour Roughs and Final Design Falada is a wise and mystical talking horse who knows the truth behind who Goose is and why she is in this kingdom. This knowledge, however, comes at a great price, as those who benefit from Falada’s silence are willing to take drastic actions to ensure that he is unable to speak the truth to willing listeners.
UI Design: In-game Textboxes
UI Design: Pause Screen

Goose Girl

Goose Girl is a third person story based exploration game that is based on the Brothers Grimm story of the same name. The story focuses on Goose, a former princess who recently got a job tending to geese in a kingdom she recently arrived at, as she goes through her days and gradually unravels the mysteries of her past.

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Goose Girl
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Goose: Clothing Ideation and Final Design Goose is a young girl who recently came down on her luck, and thus needed to pick up a job tending geese to get by. Her real name is not Goose, but due to her job many of the town’s folk just started calling her that out of convenience.
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Prince Conrad: Colour Roughs and Final Design Prince Conrad is much more interested in studying the natural world and poetry than doing more gallant prince activity or swordplay. He always has a feather quill and a book to jot down notes into. He is introduced into the game because his favourite goose feather quill has a fraying tip and thus needs a new one to replace it.
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Falada: Colour Roughs and Final Design Falada is a wise and mystical talking horse who knows the truth behind who Goose is and why she is in this kingdom. This knowledge, however, comes at a great price, as those who benefit from Falada’s silence are willing to take drastic actions to ensure that he is unable to speak the truth to willing listeners.
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UI Design: In-game Textboxes
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UI Design: Pause Screen

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