A stylized digital illustration of a person with long hair holding a cross, surrounded by red flowers and swirling patterns, with a dark background.

MARISSA RAKOWSKi

character and storyboard artist

Storyboards

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Stylized red and black graphic

A STYLIZED 3D, SURREAL HORROR SERIES.

LOGLINE: A man wakes in a body that’s not his own and in an a kingdom overgrown by flesh. he ventures into its heart to find answers and escape but finds himself in a twisted time paradox.

A person standing on a dark, ominous landscape with twisted, black branches or roots encircling them, looking up at the cloudy sky.
Line drawing of a man lying on a bed surrounded by red flowers.

an action fantasy series inspired by the jrpg genre

LOGLINE: a young girl and her adoptive father seek revenge aginst an army of demons, all while unraveling the secrets to their universe.

A digital sketch of a fantasy battle scene showing several characters engaged in combat. One character with a sword is fighting against a crowd of clones.

heart-to-heart

unofficial “xenoblade chronicles” remake

LOGLINE: a young soldier and a war veteran reflect on their past. they bond over the soldeir’s aspiration to fight alongside one another.

Black and white illustration of two men sitting on a ledge in the water's reflection, with a stone descending to its depths in the foreground.

jingle

Jingle" is a short animation done for the fall semester of Gunner School.

The animation portrays a sadden Old Man watching old home videos of his lost cat, Jingle. Upon being visited by the manifested memories of Jingle, he realizes that he needs and has the strength to move on from these dark moments.

stardew valley

short fan animation

LOGLINE: the new resident of pelican town loses his novel’s final draft to the wind and his new neighbors help him recover them.

animation

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Sequential art / comics

page samples of Metamorphosis: we as Mortals

character illustrations / artwork

charcter explorations, model sheets, and finished pieces