Tabula Rasa is a roguelite deckbuilder set in an elegant monochrome world punctuated by vivid elemental colour. We’re looking for a Concept Artist to help us visualise this world and how the game fits into it.

We’re primarily looking for UK-based candidates, due to contracting, tax, and potential funding considerations.

Key Challenges

• Supporting players in understanding the complex rules of the game
• Balancing elegance in the environment with energy/juice in the combat
• Integrating the 4 element colours without looking messy
• Composing the grid and environment on the screen, while leaving space for UI elements

Artistic Overview

Tabula Rasa is a 3D game with an angled top-down view that gives the player a full view of the current hexagonal combat grid (or non-combat "encounter"). Character scale on screen is therefore fairly small.

Each encounter is a diorama surrounded by a dense but minimal environment that varies by biome - for example it could be a dense forest, a cave, or something more abstract like a misty void. 

Scope of Work

You will be responsible for creating some screenshot mockups based on a comprehensive style guide and the existing game prototype, which will be combined with UI mockups to allow us to evaluate our planned visual direction.

Successful work could lead to more opportunities to create concept art for various biomes, set pieces, and characters. Many aspects of the game’s setting, theme, and characters remain to be decided, so this could be an opportunity to put your creative mark on an entire game!

Selection Criteria

We are looking for an experienced concept artist who can creatively interpret and synthesise our style guide, prototype, and game concept into a cohesive vision of what the game may look like. Someone who can bring their own ideas to the table and solve some of the key visual challenges at this early stage. 

Required Experience/Skills

• Located in the UK
• Environment concept art
• Character concept art

Desirable Experience/Skills

• Early stage development of visual concepts
• Colour Theory

Timeline

We aim to commence work before the end of May, with deliverables completed around the end of June. However, for the right candidate we have the flexibility to extend these timescales.

Budget

This is a short-term freelance engagement. Depending on agreed scope and deliverables, we expect a budget somewhere in the region of £1-4k, to be paid on a contract/invoice basis.

Next Steps

If you’re interested, please email with the following:

• Your portfolio
• 2-3 pieces most relevant to this project
• Your rough pricing expectations (fixed price or day rates) 
• A short note on why you think your work suits Tabula Rasa

If it looks promising, we’ll follow up with more details and schedule an intro call to explain more.