CHARACTER DESIGN • ILLUSTRATION
SMASH ROYALE- CHARACTER KEY ART
YEAR
2026
CLIENT
GK LABS
Character key arts made for Smash Royale — a web3 poker game featuring some original and web3 characters.
The goal here was defining an art direction for the characters' official renders, as I had only sketches at the time. Since this is a 2D game, I thought of going with the good old cellshading style to match the rest of the game UI and elements.
Ben - Character design by Ilya Galayda.
Kiki - Character design by Ilya Galayda.
Yanagi - Character design by Ilya Galayda.
Billy - Character design by Ilya Galayda.
Kubinashi - - Character design by Ian Barreto.
D-Money - Character design by Ian Barreto.