The City

Objective

To promote a USA TODAY podcast called "The City”, I re-created the neighborhood of North Lawndale, Chicago, where corruption turned an open lot into a 6 story tall illegal dump.

Contributions

Lead the UX design and storyboarding
Collaborated with research journalists to construct an interactive script
Lead the projects visual design
Constructed 3D and 2D assets
Rigged and animated 3D assets for player inspection and story beats
Edited audio recordings and photographs

You can learn more about the story HERE.

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