JOSHUA WILKINSON

JOSHUA SMITH

DESIGN PORTFOLIO
DOOM
The aim of this project was to explore ways in which a designer can achieve a sense of con-
vergence and formal cohesion between two visual languages. I creaeted a 16 page booklet ex-
ploring the storyline of video game series - “DOOM” and focused on the difference in weap-
ons, dialougue and visuals as the game progressed. Throughout the project i experimented
with different themes and ideas and was able to show visual connection bewteen image and
color in relation to the contexual idea of the game. I wanted to create a visible relationship
beetween the booklet i made and gaming magazines from that 90’s-00’s by usuing similar
page layouts and detailing. `
 Rip and tear, until it
is done.

The Doom Slayer spends his time in hell surviving and murdering legions of order to wipe out all the demons or in Olivia Pierce’s case, create a portal to Hell that

demons which earns him the title of Doom Slayer. He killed so many demons that can be used as often as necessary.
he’s now revered as some sort of devil himself in their world, which leads to the The Doom Slayer doesn’t take the challenge lying down and he ventures deeper
demons imprisoning him in a tomb so that he can’t wreak havoc anymore. into Hell, murdering hordes of terrible monsters and finally confronting Olivia
This doesn’t last too long as the UAC discovers his whereabouts and the big boffin Pierce, who is now a massive spider monster (that’s what you get!)
Samuel Hayden unlocks the sarcophagus he was kept in, previously separating The Doom Slayer defeats Pierce and stops her portal plan. Unfortunately, Samuel
the Doom Slayer from his all-powerful armor. Mr. Doom Slayer esquire leaps at Hayden, the head honcho of the UAC and supposed friend of the Doom Slayer
the chance to murder more legions of demons, ignoring explanations and flavour has other plans. He nicks The Crucible, teleports Doomguy to an unknown area
text in favour of creating fine red mist out of his subjects. The UAC are trying to and declares that it must be used to help Earth, whatever the cost. How nefarious!
sap energy from Hell to solve problems on Earth, as we’re running out of usable
energy and have turned our home into its own version of Hell in the near future
(sounds familiar!) One scientist, Olivia Pierce, turns heel and sides with the
demonic forces, attempting to wrangle ultimate power with a sanguine Following this, pact.
you continue through the underbelly of Hell with your arsenal of evil until the game introduces a magical blade known as The Crucible which both parties are trying to capture in

The game features a large arsenal of

weapons which can be collected and
freely switched by players throughout
the game and require no reloading.
Recurring weapons of the series also
make a return, including the super
shotgun and BFG 9000. The BFG has
a very small ammunition capacity,
but is extremely powerful. Similarly,
the chainsaw returns, but has been
reintroduced as a special-use weapon
that relies upon fuel, but can be used
to instantly cut through enemies and
provide a greater-than-normal drop of
ammunition for the player.

Many enemies also return from the

original game, such as the Revenant,
Pinky, Mancubus, and Cyberdemon,
with many also redesigned. Doom’s
campaign was made to be at least 13
hours long, and the “Ultra-Nightmare”
difficulty level features permadeath,
which causes the savegame to be lost
once the player dies. The campaign
also features 13 levels.

Many of the levels have multiple

pathways and open areas, which allow
players to explore and find collectibles
and secrets throughout the levels.
Many of these collectibles can be used
as part of Doom’s progression system, ----------------
including weapon mods, rune powers, Released: 13/05/2016
and Praetor Suit upgrades.
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Publisher: Bethesda
Softworks
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Developer: Id Software
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Size: 68.6 GB
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In this sequel to Doom (2016), Hell has

taken Earth, so it’s up to the Doom Slay-
er, the ultimate demon-killing machine
They are rage, brutal,
created by a mystical force, to rip and
tear the forces of Hell apart. However,
Hell is not alone in this fight.
without mercy.
The gates of Hell have opened once
again, and the only thing to halt the
demonic plague from consuming the
world entirely is you, the Doom Slayer.
Fight horde after horde of the armies
of Hell with a new assortment of
weaponry and abilities, across diverse
and in-depth playing fields, sending
those damned souls back from whence
they came. The Doom Slayer spends his Sentinel Prime, the only way to get there being a portal located in the lost city of the world-eating super-demon, the Icon of Sin, to consume mankind. The Slayer uses
time in hell surviving and murdering Hebeth in Mars’ core. The Slayer travels to a facility on Phobos where he uses the the demonic Crucible’s latent Argent energy to reactivate the fortress and travels to
legions of demons which earns him the BFG 10000 to shoot a hole in the surface of Mars, then reach Hebeth. After reaching the Sentinel homeworld of Argent D’Nur to retrieve his own Crucible from his time
title of Doom Slayer. He killed so many Sentinel Prime, flashbacks reveal the Slayer to be Doomguy. Found badly wounded in the Sentinels. Further flashbacks reveal that during the ill-fated battle of Argent
demons that he’s now revered as some by Sentinels sometime after Doom 64, Doomguy was brought before the Deags and D’Nur, a rogue Maykr known as the Seraphim imbued Doomguy with superhuman
sort of devil himself in their world, was forced to fight in a gladiatorial arena. Impressed by Doomguy’s ruthlessness in abilities by putting him in the Divinity Machine, transforming him into the Doom
which leads to the demons imprisoning battle, the Deags inducted him into the Sentinels, while the Khan Maykr inquired Slayer. After retrieving the hilt of the Slayer’s Crucible, it is revealed that the Khan
him in a tomb so that he can’t wreak into Doomguy’s knowledge of the demons. In the present, the Slayer finds Deag Maykr had made a pact with Hell to produce Argent energy, which is created through
havoc anymore. Grav in the arena, vanquishes his guardian, the Gladiator, and kills him, but is the mass sacrifice of human souls. In return for providing worlds for Hell to invade,
excommunicated from the Sentinels for murdering Deag Grav on sacred ground the Maykrs receive a share of the Argent energy produced by Hell which allows their
The Khan Maykr is trying to consume and returns to the fortress. own dimension, Urdak, to survive.
all life on earth to her own army which Hayden directs the Slayer through Hell’s massive citadel, Nekravol, until he finds a
includes ending the human race. As you play Upon the Slayer’s return, the fortress is shut down remotely by the Khan Maykr to portal leading to Urdak. He finds the Khan Maykr and halts the awakening ceremony
you must stop her evil sacrifice from
through as the Doom Slayer prevent any further interference in her plans. She reveals her intentions to resurrect by using the Betrayer’s dagger to destroy the Icon’s heart. Free from Maykr control, the Icon of Sin
ever coming to fruition and help and old
friend, mean while you are struggling with your memories from the past and losing awakens and teleports to Earth. With the dimensional barrier destroyed, the demons
friendships with the people who took you in. break their alliance with the Maykrs and proceed to invade Urdak. The Slayer kills
the Khan Maykr before returning to Earth to confront the Icon of Sin, although VEGA
is left behind to ensure the portal stays open. After an intense battle across the
Some time after the events on Mars, Earth has been overrun by demonic forces, cityscape, the Slayer kills the Icon of Sin by stabbing the Icon’s exposed brain with
wiping out 60% of the planet’s population, under the now-corrupted Union Aerospace the Crucible, putting an end to Hell’s invasion of Earth. As the Slayer walks away,
Corporation (UAC). What remains of humanity has either fled Earth or have joined King Novik, ruler of the Sentinels, states how his fight is “eternal.”
the Armored Response Coalition, a resistance movement formed to stop the invasion,
which has gone into hiding after suffering heavy losses. The Doom Slayer, having
previously been betrayed and teleported away by Dr. Samuel Hayden, returns
with a satellite fortress controlled by the AI VEGA to quell the demonic invasion by
killing the Hell Priests: Deags Nilox, Ranak, and Grav. The priests serve an angelic
being known as the Khan Maykr who seeks to sacrifice mankind for her own race’s
survival. The Slayer teleports to a destroyed city and kills Deag Nilox, but the Khan
Maykr transports the two remaining priests to unknown locations, forcing the Slayer
to continue searching.

After retrieving a celestial locator from the Sentinel world of Exultia, the Slayer
travels to Hell to retrieve a power source from an exiled Sentinel known as the
Betrayer, who gives him the power source and a special dagger but not before
warning him that saving his people will only make his burden worse. VEGA directs
the Slayer to Deag Ranak’s citadel in the Arctic, where the Slayer kills him after
taking out his Doom Hunters. In response, the Khan Maykr moves Deag Grav to
a hidden location and accelerates the invasion of Earth. With no leads on finding
the last Hell Priest, VEGA suggests finding Dr. Hayden, who knows his location. The
Slayer goes to an ARC compound where he retrieves Hayden’s damaged robot chassis
and the demonic Crucible.

Upon uploading Hayden’s mind into the fortress, he reveals Deag Grav is hiding on

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Released: 20/03/2020
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Publisher: Bethesda
Softworks
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Developer: Id Software
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Size: 50 GB
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Transformers

Due to their smooth surface, road-side

visibility and no said owner, these typ-
ically green transformers fall victim to
vandalism on a daily basiss. Here they
have become a staple of street graffiti
and are easy targets for anyone with
a marker walking round Auckland city.
You’re bound to come across these cha-
otic boxes filled with all sorts of colours,
tags and stickers. They often get buffed
or cleaned but this doesn’t effect the
cycle, it simply creates a fresh canvas
for those yet to cross its path.

Graffiti on roadside transformers, often

seen as colorful urban art, serves as a
striking testament to the intersection
of creativity and urban infrastructure.
These once-plain utility boxes now
showcase the unique voices and talents
of local artists, transforming mundane
structures into vibrant canvases that
tell stories, express emotions, or convey
important social messages. While some
may consider this form of expression
vandalism, others view it as a way to
bring life and character to the streets,
turning otherwise overlooked objects
into public art that sparks conversation
and adds a sense of identity to a neigh-
borhood.
I created a master-head with the word “CLIFFE”. I originally inspired my typeface off of
ancient armaic script. I wanted to work with the idea of making a legible master-head
but from a distance or at first glance appears to be in aramaic writing. I compared and
contrasted similar typefaces and found a common theme of horror movies and games.
Aramaic script was used quite a lot to give the impression of the unknown or demonic
presence so i decided to use my master-head to mock-up the release of a demonic vid-
eo-game.
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67 Symonds Street, Grafton, 1010, Auckland, New Zealand

www.thecliffe.com
INFO-
GRAPHIC
I created an image based info-graphic documenting the production, import and export
of fruit and vegetables in Spain. The idea was to show a connection between the statistics
visually and show an easy comparision between fuits/vegtables from a glance without
having to read too much into the statistics. The use of a key seperate from the info-graph-
ic allows for easy visual reading and you can explore the relatiuonships between each
statistic
 VOLUME (‘000 tonnes)
Production Export Import 0 2000 4000

Oranges Easy Watemelon Broccoli Brassicas

Garlic Aubergines
Peelers

Lemons Melons Onion Apple Lettuce Peppers cucumbers

Nectarine Peaches Grapes Bananas Carrots courgettes tomatoes

1500
Other Fruit Fruit Production Other Veg

Vegetable Production

Fruit Export
750
Vegetable Export

Fruit Import

Vegetable Import
0

2017 2018 2019 2020

WEBSITE
I created an interactive website using a digital collage of photos i took from National
Geographic magazines. I wanted to create confusing perspectives and an “inception” type
illusion. I made the website so that when you hover over one of the images of the collage
it expands slightly suggesting you click on it. Once clicked on the it reveals the whole
un-cropped image and allows you to unpiece the puzzle. Throughout the project i was
able to experiment with physical collage and work on merging that into a digital website.
Through the use of two different mediums I was able to experiment with scale and con-
trast in ways that would be limited if i were to do it digitally. When creating a site viewable
from mobile devicesi had to create a new composition that worked in scale but still show
the same visual ideas.