This set of concepts was for the "Create Your Own Skylanders" highlight of the new "Skylanders: Imaginators" game. In addition to creating toy and enemy concepts, I created concepts for props, weapons and set parts. Creating your own skylanders was a very fun feature. You unlock new set parts in a few different ways:
1) Buying new toys which come with predetermined parts usually related to the character toy that you purchased.
2) Buying physical "toy" treasure chests which are essentially blind packs but always promise unique and rare set parts
3) Buying individual parts online through the in-game store (micro transactions)
4) Progressing through the game and beating enemies and finding secret areas in the world is the primary way to find new set parts.
We wanted each set to have somewhere between 4-7 parts per set. There were some sets that required more parts than others and ultimately we were balancing time and workload. The great thing about Skylanders is we can really