Process
The pill/chip is essentially an asset seen in Alberto Mielgo's cinematic short film he co-produced for the game. I just decided to expand on its narrative for this tiny little product found on Tau Ceti IV.
Creation
My workflow usually involves thoroughly dissecting the lore, creating a board full of screenshots, sketches, snippets of text surrounding the idea before I solidify my narrative around the piece.
I used Blender to model, texture and light the scene. Further, I took the render sequence into After Effects for editing and grading — Simple but meticulous.
Outcome
Being drawn to Marathon's brutalist graphic realism, my imagination bled into this CGI fan fiction, a mere fragment from the lost world.
The short was widely popular across community channels for being visually identical to the real lore content Marathon's marketing has been revealing.