Brian O'Byrne
Graphic Artist / Animation / Illustration
Harry's Magic Tables Game Map
Below is the complete world map for the game section of the app. In the world there are 9 distinct areas, each based on a different theme. The themes were taken from the rhymes that the books are based on examples include running, flying, painting and swinging. I wanted to create a colourful, magical world that managed to combine the somewhat abstact and unrelated rhyme themes into a coherent scene.
Process
I began with creating a sketch of the overall idea. This was fleshed out in photoshop with some colours to give a better approximation of how it could look. Initially the whole map was to be located on a single screen and the overall concept was agreed upon. However it was decided later in development that it would spread across several screens that the player could scroll across. This lead to a slight redesign as the scene could be spread out across a much larger area resulting in the final image used above.
This was the initial sketch done for the map. It was decided each of the levels were to be displayed on one image, with the player avatar moving along to the different areas as they progressed.
This was the final sketch done before the artwork was created. The map was expanded so it covered multiple screens.
The sketch was colourised to give it more life.