Fortnite x Metallica - FUEL Station

FUEL Station
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Created for the Fortnite x Metallica interactive concert which aired for a limited time in late June. One of the first things I designed on the project. I was given various references and in collaboration with our art director (Iris Muddy) and concept artist (Max Schiller) we decided to shy away from the traditional 'grungy desert gas station' we've seen a hundred times and try to make something truly unique. Using silhouette inspiration from Kirk Hammet's guitar I incorporated a sweeping rooftop canopy to make up the bulk of the building. We then started to design the rest of the building's shape language to match. Picking references from mid-century canopy gas stations and giving the band's image a more 'modern' breath of life. I can also never resist slapping some neon on something either.
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The main structure of the building was made from scratch, supported with surrounding elements from Fortnite to detail the structure. I was also responsible for various props. The daylight lighting was done by Attar Sagoo, I also assisted him on the night-time lighting's lava elements for the epilogue.
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Lightning & VFX was handled by the absolutely phenomenal artists at Tuatara