As 2025 is drawing to a close, the whole Umeshu Lovers team wanted to take the time to wish you all a happy holiday season. Our studio will enter hibernation tomorrow, so we will see you all in 2026, January 5th. See you next year! 😇

In December 2024, we started a collaboration with MetaZoo Games, as they were looking for artists to give birth to some of their ideas. We recently got feedback from the MetaZoo community about our work on that project, so we felt like sharing some of what we did!

Today, our good friends at Excurio are launching their new immersive journey through time, with Le Trésor des Bâtisseurs ("Builders' treasures"), available at Eclipso Paris. (1/2)

Last year, we had the opportunity to team up with Blinkink and worked on a video for RSPCA's "Summer Cruelty Appeal" campaign. Our team produced these backgrounds. You can probably notice the inspiration from Disney's "Lady and the Tramp"... (1/2)

Today we are sharing with you this illustration that was used as a poster for an incredible exhibition at MOBE, the Muséum d'Orléans pour la Biodiversité et l'Environnement. This poster wasn't our only contribution, since we also created several pictures used in the exhibition.

It's always a very special moment when you see months of work come to life. We cannot wait to see more!

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🎵This is Halloween, this is Halloween Pumpkins scream in the dead of night 🎵 Happy Halloween! Here is a spooky little seed for all of you.🎃

MORE BOARD GAMES! Today we would like to share a piece of concept we produced for Asmodee's Survive the Island. As you can notice, the final product is noticeably different, but this isn't unusual in the world of concept art.

This week, let's do something a bit different. By now, you might be familiar with our work both for the video game and the animation industries. But another regular type of partners are tabletop and board games companies.

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Let's kickstart this new week with a bang! This concept was created for our dear friends at Phoenix Labs, as they were exploring ideas for another project. Even if it's just a picture, you can feel the motion and the energy that our teams were trying to convey.

One last time! This is the last post about that cancelled project, and today we have two differents views on an inhabited moutain. This time again, you can notice the japanese inspirations. As you may have guessed with the studio's name, the japanese culture as a whole has always had...

So in the past few days, we shared some splash arts and environment concepts from that cancelled project. Today, let's share some of what we did for one of the characters. From first concepts to final 3D renders, weapons and other props, this was a lot of fun for our team!

As promised 2 days ago, here are some more pictures from that cancelled project we worked on for quite some time! As mentionned earlier, our mission wasn't limited to key arts. We did many things, including research, concept and final renders for a heavily Japan-inspired village.

Starting today and up until next week, we will be sharing several visuals we produced for a cancelled project that got us pretty busy!

Key art for the really cool Spirited Thief (PC, 2023), developed by @koisnowmangames.bsky.social and published by Ishtar Games. Go give it a try!

So. Based on our latest post you might have figured out that despite all her misdeed, it's not like we are actually mad at Bouddha. Quite the opposite! The team has decided to pay a little tribute to Bouddha. These cosmetics will join many others in Graine with our next update!

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It's getting hot outside, you might need a really 🧊cool🧊 game. Good news, the Steam Summer Sale has just kicked off and Danghost, our beloved letter to puzzle games, is 50% off. If you are a fan of Puyo Puyo and Puzzle Bobble, give it a try! 🍡 ▶️Link: store.steampowered.com/app/1812170/...

A few months ago, the team asked if we could have a cat at the studio. After a few discussions, we eventually adopted this beautiful lady! Please meet Bouddha. When she's not sunbathing in the patio, her main past time is to climb on the shoulders of her favorite humans. We love her. 😸

Quick snippet of some of the 3D concepts we did for the TV series Press Start!. Translating the visual style of Thomas Flintham's comics into the world of 3D was a real challenge, but it was fascinating.

It seems like you kinda enjoyed our latest post, sharing several sketches for a cancelled project. So, as promised, here are some more. These ones focus on a big, mysterious forest. We were exploring colors, scales, trees' shapes and density, ligthing and the mood we wanted to set.

New key art for #afterlightfades arrived today from the amazing Sylvain at @umeshulovers.bsky.social , just in time for Steam Box Pushing Fest! Check out the ALF demo here store.steampowered.com/app/1717940/... And the amazing Fest here store.steampowered.com/category/box... #indiegame #gamedev

A few years ago, we had the opportunity to work on the conceptualization of a brand new world. We started drawing sketches, testing colors and shapes, toying with scales and composition. But sadly, all of a sudden, the project was cancelled.

If you're planning to get Danghost off 50%, time is running out! Our take on puzzle games, inspired by classics such as Puyo Puyo and Puzzle Bobble, but with a fighting game twist! 🧨 🎮 Download here: store.steampowered.com/app/1812170/... 🍡🍡🍡🍡🍡

During our lenghty collaboration with the great people at PhoenixLabs, we had the opportunity to work on many environment concepts, exploring what the world of Project Unicorn might look like.