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Boali Dashtestani

Art Direction / Game Art / Technical Art

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Concept & UI

MLB HRDVR

I contributed concept design, interface art and visual feedback to MLB Home Run Derby VR as a senior technical artist. This selection covers clubhouse progression, VR onboarding, event graphics and collectible designs.

Team banners & progression

Division, rank and season graphics developed for the team-themed clubhouse.

A long gold season-three banner and two narrow rank banners appear beside Arizona Diamondbacks uniforms.
Team banners in the clubhouseGold division and rank banners in a team-branded lobby.
Silver division, season 3 and rank banners in an Arizona Diamondbacks clubhouse.
Team-themed rank and season bannersSilver-division and season banners applied to an Arizona Diamondbacks clubhouse display.
Bronze division and season 3 pennants hanging around a clubhouse display wall.
Bronze progression banners in contextBronze-division, season and rank pennants shown inside the clubhouse.
Arizona Diamondbacks trophy case with rank 99 pennants and purple rank-update interface panels.
Trophy case and rank-update interfaceLegendary trophy-case graphics paired with rank-update and season information.
Black and gold rank 99 pennant beside an Arizona baseball mannequin in the museum.
Museum rank pennantGold-trimmed rank-99 banner beside a baseball-uniform display.
A black-and-gold triangular pennant with stars and a circular medal sits on a gold stand in the lobby.
Rank pennant designRank pennant design placed in the VR lobby.
Bronze division and rank banners hang beside Arizona Diamondbacks uniform displays.
Team-branded rank bannersTeam-branded rank-banner presentation.
Silver triangular division pennants and long rank banners appear across a red-and-gray lobby.
Silver division variationsSilver division and rank-banner variations.
A gold season-three banner and triangular Gold Division pennants hang in the MLB lobby.
Gold division variationsGold division and season-banner variations.

VR onboarding

Controller mappings, teleportation and wrist-menu guides for Quest 2, Quest 3 and Quest Pro.

Quest 2 left and right controller diagrams with labeled buttons and lime green input highlights, in a vertical layout.
Quest 2 controller guide — vertical
Quest 2 left and right controller diagrams with labeled buttons and lime green input highlights, in a horizontal layout.
Quest 2 controller guide — horizontal
Three blue tutorial panels showing a Quest 2 controller, a headset and a glowing teleport destination.
Quest 2 locomotion guide
Three blue tutorial panels showing a wrist turn, pointer selection and the clubhouse menu on Quest 2.
Quest 2 wrist-menu guide
Quest 3 left and right controller diagrams with labeled buttons and lime green input highlights, in a vertical layout.
Quest 3 controller guide — vertical
Quest 3 left and right controller diagrams with labeled buttons and lime green input highlights, in a horizontal layout.
Quest 3 controller guide — horizontal
Three blue tutorial panels showing a Quest 3 controller, a headset and a glowing teleport destination.
Quest 3 locomotion guide
Three blue tutorial panels showing a wrist turn, pointer selection and the clubhouse menu on Quest 3.
Quest 3 wrist-menu guide
Quest Pro left and right controller diagrams with labeled buttons and lime green input highlights, in a horizontal layout.
Quest Pro controller guide — horizontal
Three blue tutorial panels showing a Quest Pro controller, a headset and a glowing teleport destination.
Quest Pro locomotion guide

Leaderboards

Player statistics, team filtering and an event-specific leaderboard treatment.

Dark blue baseball leaderboard mockup with eight ranked rows and a grid of MLB team filters.
Leaderboard and team-filter layoutLeaderboard interface with rank, high score, maximum home-run distance and team filters.
Red and navy Adobe Summit 2024 top-player leaderboard with ten placeholder player rows.
Adobe Summit 2024 leaderboardEvent leaderboard design with score, longest hit, exit velocity and launch-angle columns.

All-Star score presentation

Graphic and motion studies for the 2024 All-Star score, rank and top-player screens.

MLB All-Star Game 2024 title above a stylized red and blue baseball batter.
All-Star Game 2024 graphic treatmentRed and blue player artwork for the All-Star Game score presentation.
Development captureHigh-score, overall-rank and top-player screens for the 2024 All-Star presentation.
Development captureEarly score-card presentation with player artwork, name and a scrolling high-score banner.
Development captureAll-Star Game score, overall-rank and player-name states in a red and blue graphic system.
Development captureResults presentation moves between the clubhouse view, a new high score, and the overall rank card.
Development captureScore and overall-rank cards lead into the All-Star Week top-player leaderboard.
Development captureClubhouse, animated high score and leaderboard screens shown as an extended presentation flow.

Bat concepts

Seventeen collectible bat studies, from metallic rewards and camouflage to food, seasonal characters and city skylines.

Silver bat with red and gold stars and an orange grip.
Bright Blazer
Ornamented bronze bat with embossed bands and a metallic grip.
Bronze
Red, white and blue cake-textured bat with a dark grip.
Cake
Blue and white pixel-camouflage bat with a navy grip.
Blue digital camouflage
Tan, brown and cream pixel-camouflage bat with a navy grip.
Desert digital camouflage
Cyan, magenta and dark spiral-striped bat with a turquoise grip.
Candy Slice / variant A
Alternate cyan and magenta spiral-striped bat concept with a turquoise grip.
Candy Slice / variant B
Red, green and cream spiral-striped bat with a turquoise grip.
Candy Slice / red and green
Bat covered in stacked, colorful doughnuts with a dark grip.
Donut
White ghost face and dripping fabric motif over a wood and navy bat.
Ghost
Ornamented gold bat with embossed bands and a metallic grip.
Gold
White and blue bat featuring the Statue of Liberty and a city skyline.
New York skyline
Golden pancake-stack texture covering the bat barrel above a dark grip.
Pancake
Red soda-bottle bat concept with a label band and bottle-neck handle.
Pop bottle
Ornamented silver bat with embossed bands and a metallic grip.
Silver
Snowman bat with a red winter hat, carrot nose, scarf and buttons.
Snowman
Blue and pink Toronto skyline bat featuring the CN Tower.
Toronto skyline

Baseball character emotes

Celebrations and reactions for multiplayer communication.

Capped baseball mascot clapping in front of ACE playing cards and an Ace Play banner.
Ace Play
Baseball mascot with crossed-out eyes and a long red tongue.
Defeat
Starry-eyed baseball mascot framed by colorful Dream Hit lettering and a trailing glow.
Dream Hit
Baseball mascot with a monocle, bow tie and colorful umbrella drink.
Fancy Cheer
Heart-eyed baseball mascot giving a thumbs-up below a Great Win banner and confetti.
Great Win
Capped baseball mascot making a pinched-fingers gesture with closed eyes.
Pinched-fingers reaction
Laughing baseball mascot with eyes closed and a raised gloved hand.
Laughing
Capped baseball mascot clapping between bold Pure Skill lettering and yellow stars.
Pure Skill
Cheering baseball mascot raising both fists amid colorful confetti.
Victory
Six baseball-face emote concepts, including excited, fancy, defeated, lying, devilish and thumbs-down reactions.
Baseball reaction studies

Multiplier feedback

Badge studies and in-world target states.

Nine circular multiplier badges arranged in rows of blue 2x, blue and red 3x, and red and gold 5x.
Score multiplier badge studiesCircular 2x, 3x and 5x badges explored through color and border variants.
Development captureIn-world multiplier targets demonstrate 2x and 3x scoring states in the stadium.

Bat impact feedback

Contact markers and directional cues paired with a compact swing-performance readout.

Development captureBat-contact marker and directional arrow paired with exit velocity, contact quality and swing speed.
Development captureRotating bat-contact visualization keeps the impact marker, direction and performance readout together.

Clubhouse Highlights screen

An in-world video interface and playback transition.

Development captureAnimated Highlights screen with a play control and MLB branding.
Development captureMLB Highlights interface and video playback tested on an in-world clubhouse screen.

Stadium branding assets

Team and sponsor graphics assembled for advertising surfaces.

Square branding sheet with New York Yankees, Home Run Derby VR, MLB and T-Mobile logos.
New York stadium branding sheetMLB, Yankees and T-Mobile graphics assembled for stadium advertising surfaces.