Back to the lab again!

Last year I helped streamer duo Sigrid & Bird out with the initial design of their background for their streams. Working with them was a lot of fun, as was making the entire lab.

Here are some never-before-seen renders of the lab before it was completed!

The style is very faux-low-poly (faux-poly?) and pixelated, with lots of solid colors and an orange-blue color scheme that matches their two avatars. Of the textures that are original, I used my pixel art software of choice, Aseprite. It's perfect for making pixel-art photo textures like you'd see on the PS1. I used this especially for the two objects you see up close and personal, the oscilloscope and the PCBs.

The final piece is a looping video which features flickering lights, the wires on the ceiling swaying gently, and the two golden statues in the back floating gently like collectables and emitting sparkling particles. I made a total of 4 animations for the lights---one with the lights on, and the lights off, then two more animations for the lights turning on and the lights turning off.

So many more things I could've added... One thing in particular I'd like to add would be a cool fog spilling from the constantly open fridge.

A few of the objects are direct rips from other games.

• The cork board on the left wall is from Half-Life 2.
• The chairs at the desk are "borrowed" straight from the labs of Aperture Science.
• The burger in the fridge is from some Garfield game. I think it's on the DS?
• The sandwich is from Cooking Mama, I believe.

Props if you can figure out what games they're playing! :)