Art of Jeff Haynie

My background is in commercial illustration. From bookcovers, magazine editorial work to advertising clients. In the 90's I moved into the entertainment industry working for DreamWorks Interactive in Los Angeles, CA. This was my introduction into entertainment design and game production. Over the years I've had the opportunity to work for some great game companies such as EA games, THQ, Midway games, Blizzard and Big Fish Games.

This is a selection of samples from my illustration career, games career and personal work. You can see more of my work at : https://www.behance.net/JeffHaynie

or my website. https://www.jeffhaynie.com

Art direction, boxart, logo, concept paintings and game production for Evildead:Regeneration. This painting can be seen in Spectrum 14

Logo design

Enviornment concept painting for Evildead. This was published in Spectrum 14

Environment painting for Evildead. This was the catacombs area.

This was a fun project called "This is Vegas". I got to design luxury resort hotels and casinos. I designed the exterior, the interior, casino floor and club. It was based on the Luxor but with a Mayan theme. To see more of my hotel and casino concept design go to : Mayan concept work

More casinos and hotel concepts.

Concept for the casino floor layout, the stores and entrance to the club.

The "Lost Coast" hotel and casino for "This is Vegas" video game.

Design for a cowboy bar called Annies.

Concept for hotel and casino called the "Metropolis"

Set of Illustrations for Blizzard's World of Warcraft trading card game.

I worked as the senior art director at Big Fish Games. This is a set of final paintings and concepts for Hidden Expedition: Smithsonian Hope Diamond game. It was a hidden object adventure game for PC/Mac, Ipad, Iphone. I also was a co designer on the project. You can see more of my work on this project at: HiddenExpedition: Smithsonian Hope Diamond

Finished artwork game screen. I built the Smithsonian castle in 3d then did a painting on top.

Finished artwork game screen. This is the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. I built it in Maya, rendered the lighting with no textures. Then did a painting on top.

Concept painting for the India level for Hidden Expedition Hope Diamond game. The player would get to decorate the elephant before getting on and riding into the next level.

As the senior art director at Big Fish Games, I was in charge of the art for Mystery Case Files projects. These projects are hidden object adventure games. It was some of the most exciting projects that I have worked on. The team was a rockstar group with amazing artists, programmers and one of the best designer in the industry, Adrian Woods. All of our projects were best seller, award winning games. This painting for Mystery Case Files:13th skull was selected as a 2011 Into the Pixel award winner.

Finished painting for 13th Skull.

Concept painting for Mystery Case Files: Return to Ravenhearst. You can see more of my work on this project at : Mystery Case Files: Return to Ravenhearst.

Finished painting for Mystery Case Files: Return to Ravenhearst

Puzzle design and painting for Mystery Case Files: Return to Ravenhearst. I built this in Maya and Zbrush.

Another project that was a blast to work on was Hidden Expedition: Amazon. This is the key concept painting to develop the overall look and feel of the project.

Mystery Case Files: Dire Grove was another project in the series. This is the key concept painting for the main villian in the game. This was published in Spectrum 16.

Finished painting and game screen for Mystery Case Files: Dire Grove.

Series of concept sketches of the enviornments and spaces in Mystery Case Files: Dire Grove. You can see more of my work on this project here: Dire Grove.

Mystery Case Files: Madame Fate, another hidden object game, was about a creepy canival owner named Madame Fate. The player meets and inspects a wild cast of side show characters to find out which one is planning to murder her at midnight. You race against the clock to stop the crime.

You can see more of my work on this project here: Madame Fate art

Logo design and final art

Key concept painting to establish look and feel. I also created the intro cutscene using Aftereffects.

Madame fate concept art with finished painting.

Early concept painting for Madame Fate. I was exploring a more warm palette to push the falltime feel and color palette.

Puzzle design for the Snake oil salesmen in MCF:Madame Fate. I created everything for this puzzle. The icons, game play pieces, animations, all the button states.

Puzzle design for the Daredevil character in MCF:Madame Fate. I created everything for this puzzle. The icons, game play pieces, animations, all the button states.