Murder by Choice — comic-style cutscenes (Lead 2D Artist @ Kevuru Games for Nordcurrent)
Murder by Choice — Nordcurrent. A hidden-object murder mystery where choices shape the story; NYX Game Awards winner, Best Narrative.
The game tells its story in comic-style cutscenes. These pages were produced at Kevuru Games, where I was Lead 2D Artist on the project: panel layout and flow, staging, character consistency across pages, style direction, paintover feedback and final QA — all against the client's script and a phone-sized screen.
Also here: the dining-room backgrounds and panel inserts built for the dinner sequence — the same set dressed and lit for several angles so panels stay continuous.
Workflow per page: thumbnails → line → flats → render. The process images show stage 2 (line + first colour) and stage 3 (line + flats) next to final pages — those stages are where most of the direction happened.
Artwork by the team, direction by me.
Murder by Choice — Nordcurrent. Hidden-object murder mystery; NYX Game Awards, Best Narrative. Comic-style cutscenes produced at Kevuru Games; I led the 2D team. Artwork by the team, direction by me.
Cutscene page — panel layout, staging and readability on a phone screen. Direction, paintover, final QA.
Cutscene page — panel flow and lighting continuity between panels. Direction, paintover, final QA.
Cutscene spread — wider layout. Direction, paintover, final QA.
Cutscene page — character staging across panels, consistent likeness. Direction, paintover, final QA.
Cutscene page — readability of expressions at phone size. Direction, paintover, final QA.
Cutscene page — group staging. Direction, paintover, final QA.
Cutscene page — direction, paintover, final QA.
Cutscene page — direction, paintover, final QA.
Cutscene page — direction, paintover, final QA.
Cutscene page — direction, paintover, final QA.
Cutscene background — dining room, evening. Set dressing and candle light for the dinner sequence. Direction, paintover, final QA.
Cutscene panel — the dinner party. Character staging and consistent likeness across the group.
Cutscene panel — dinner, over-the-shoulder framing.
Cutscene background — dining room, second angle. Continuity of props and light between panels.
Cutscene panel — close-up insert; props and hands carry the story beat.
Process — stage 3 (line + flats) next to the final page.
Process — stage 2 (line + first colour pass) of a full page.
Process — stage 3 (line + flats) next to the final page. This is where most of the feedback loop happened.