Pearl 2022 VALORANT Map
Pearl, and underwater version of Lisbon nested safe inside a big dome. The architecture mixes the old vernacular of Portuguese buildings with science fiction curvilinear forms, a design specifically themed to the comic book storytelling of the VALORANT universe.
Myself and concept artist Theo Aretos, designed the unique architecture style of K2 necessary for the VALORANT narrative. Organic sweeping forms more akin to water and sea life than more typical rectilinear architecture. However we couldn't design forms that broke the blocky layout given to us from the level designer, so we had to blend between basic shapes for gameplay, and more curved forms whenever gameplay constraints allowed.
