A Survivor’s Look at the Quest of Getting a Game Art Gig. All game artists have been there: getting "The Job".
It's where we wait in line in some noisy, jam-packed job faire with the huge trade show stalls looming like monoliths, or the small, chambered labrynths of grey rented port-a-offices; where we have to make it through all these ancient puzzles and secrets, only to find that final, terrifying boss to confront before it's ours. Sometimes, it's so disheartening that you feel helpless and aimless.
It's like the original Zelda, but without the strategy guide - you can still beat the game, but it will take a lot longer. However, if you're like me and consider your work your passion and joy, it is worth the effort. Bad news: there's no strategy guide here, either. In this article, I'll delve into a lot of the walls I have hit personally on my way to getting art jobs, and what I've learned to help deal with them better. Dealing With Criticism The biggest wall I have ever hit is criticism.
Pixel Art Tutorial WIP. This page is maybe 26.2% done!
Lots of placeholder blurbs! Pixel Art Tutorial Preramble "GHERKING" was found lurking on one of my old Amiga floppy disks. Picking a Color Palette for Your Game’s Artwork. In this tutorial, we'll look at what color palettes are, tools for choosing colors that go together, and the secret to picking a perfect color scheme for our games!
An Introduction to Color Palettes The term color palette is used widely across many different industries of design. Its exact definition and interpretation varies slightly between industries, but for the purposes of game design we can simply refer to it as a predefined set of colors based on specific rules. Traditional color palettes generally consist of five colors within a specific scheme, but this is more of a guideline than a rule. In game design, color palettes can consist of any number of colors as long as they all follow your predefined set of rules.
30 Excellent Pixel Art Tutorials For Pixel Lovers. If you’re born in 90s, I am sure that you have witnessed the glorious age of the pixel art.
It exists on the old-school gaming platform, mobile phone and other digital devices. It’s one of the greatest technological inventions that dominate the digital world for several years, and now it rises again as a definitive art form within the artist community. Doing the pixel art could mean that you’re striving for perfection, as you even need to manually craft out the shading, dithering and even anti-aliasing. That means you have to draw the artwork pixel by pixel! Therefore it’s called pixel art. Today, with the aim to provide you a solid understanding of the pixel art and its essential techniques, we want to showcase to you 30 detailed and inspiring tutorials by talented pixel artists to help you carve out possibly one of the most detailed works in your life.
Try on them and you’ll know, full list of tutorials after jump! Video Game Concept Art - Characters & Pictures Galleries - Creative Uncut. Baten KaitosArt book source: Baten Kaitos Materials Collection BayonettaArt book source: The Eyes of Bayonetta BioShockArt book source: BioShock: Breaking the Mold (PDF Book) Bouncer, TheArt book source: The Bouncer Visual Arts Collection.
Create Biologically Viable Alien Concept Art in Photoshop. Designing a plausible alien life form represents a challenge for concept artists.
The monstrous creatures used blockbuster movies and video games can be relatively easily created, as they don't need to be functional within a real world context. To design a creature that not only meets with a clients' requirements, but is also potentially biologically viable requires a careful balance between plausibility and visual impact, a balance aided by careful research into the way real animals look and behave. In this tutorial, Alex Ries will explain how to illustrate an alien life form that could potentially exist in real life. Creative Uncut - Video Game Art & Pictures. Get started in videogame art. Videogames, they are everywhere.
They used to be the reserve of the console-owning hardcore. Now you can't pick up a phone or use a tablet device without being tempted. Games are big business. Nowadays they're played by men, women, children, teenagers - everybody, basically. There is no better time to be a gamer, which should mean there's no better time to put your graphic design and illustration skills to work and become part of the ever-expanding games industry. 2D software Programs like Photoshop CS6 are used in a multitude of ways in the gaming industry.
It could be visualising concepts in the early stages. Texture maps are usually created by manipulating photographic reference, or painted from scratch. 2D art software can also be used to create fun 2D sprite graphics like those seen on the more popular games on iPhone/iPad. The industry standard is Photoshop but Gimp and Paint.net are decent free alternatives. 3D software 3D animation Surfacing tools The enviroment. Dead End Thrills.