Awkwafina is Nora From Queens

Background and character design

For the series “Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens” I had the pleasure of designing and illustrating the backgrounds as well as the sprites for the video game Nora plays throughout the series. “Savage Valley” is an online multiplayer farming game that also incorporates medieval and mythological elements and begins to bleed into real life as Nora becomes more engrossed in the game. When designing the game I wanted it to remain bright and playful in the beginning and begin to grow darker and more real as the game begins to seep into Nora’s daily life.

Below are samples of sprites and various stages of the character design process. The entire game was illustrated by me while compositing and animation was done by Eric Overton.