THE CYCLE: FRONTIER | skybox update, map thumbs

The skybox then was built by Jan Kaluza:
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/5BRlPA

While I mostly concentrated on upcoming season02 content, I did have the awesome task of improving our skybox to include more sci-fi sights and make the planet feel more alien.
I knew I wanted to inspire awe for the size of celestial bodies orbiting the planet, hovering above the player. We played with asteroid belts for your own and the other planets, spanning the sky like a rainbow. Ultimately I think we settled on fun plays of light hiding parts of the orbiting planet and its belt.
I also got to compose beauty shots for the map selection buttons of map01 and map02.

Art Direction: Mathias Wiese