Himmel and the Dead God
Project Role: Designer/Planner, Architect, Artist
Project Date: January 2026
Himmel and the Dead God is a worldbuilding project about a small mouse on a huge adventure. With the help of a veiled fairy, Himmel quests to retrieve and reassemble the skeletal remains of the now-dead God of Life, to stop the calamity of the God of Love's wrath, lest she and her steed unmake the world as they know it.
This project was made for ConceptCore's January 2026 Worldbuilding challenge, that pushed me to address world building from the early written concepts to environments, props, character art, and keyframes in a sprint format, with each piece having a 24-hour turnaround.
Concept: Characters
The Hero: Himmel
Front/back references
Pose exploration
Himmel: early sketches and process work
The Weeping Priestess: the Sidekick to Himmel and the quest giver.
Heavily references damselflies to further animalistic nature of the world
Designed to contrast Himmel's grounded silhouette
"NPCs" and background characters
Furthering worldbuilding
- Infrastructure
-Economy
-Environmental threats
-Culture
Concept: Props
The fashion of Himmel's hometown, considering the following:
- Materials available
- Technology level
- Environmental needs
The object for which Himmel quests.
Himmel's tool of choice
Himmel's Ride: Considered steeds, but since the animals in this world are sentient, decided against it in favour of a "mechanism" over a fellow creature.
Everyday Carry: Things Himmel prizes, or doesn't leave home without.
Concept: Environment
The Map, from Left to Right:
Topographical, showing fae's typical and shrunken protective magic radius
The Fae stronghold
The town of Bramblehewn
An early illustrated glimpse into the town of Bramblehewn, with buildings made of grass mounds and old beehives
Himmel's residence
The flora of the map, and the effects of the environmental threat on it
Design Breakdown: World Plan
The first week of this monthlong endeavour was spent designing the world, to understand the scope, mood, and genre of the world. This became the foundation of Himmel's world.
