'Odyssey' is an esports team competing in Overwatch Contenders. For the 2022 season, we looked to move to a graphical theme inspired by Netflix series, Stranger Things. We wanted to convey the feeling of the darkness of night, potential of paranormal activity and the fear of what might be lurking in the shadows.
Previously the team has been based around space exploration and ocean themes, where the trident logo originally comes from.
After a nearly year-long hiatus from operations, I wanted to relaunch the brand in an interesting way. Together with Yyuio, we came up with a two-part 3D scene that features our logo emerging from the shadows of night in the middle of a graveyard, and then being consumed by red fog, which would be the core of our graphics for the beginning of the new competitive season.
At the time, Overwatch 1 was towards the end of it's final in-game competitive season, nicknamed by the
community as "Graveyard Season".
After the end of the B-Sides tournament, I felt like the previous smoky scenes had ran their course, and I looked to move forward and build a more traditional look and feel for the brand, while still attempting to maintain the same dark and strong visual identity that we'd been building this year.
