Chris Hildenbrand's Blog - 2D Game Art For Programmers - Part 1 [updated] {*style:<b>Introduction: </b>*} Creating your own art work is a necessity for most independent developers. Due to the budget restraints or in a lot of cases the complete lack of a budget a lot of young indie game developer can't afford to hire an artist or buy art assets. With the help of free software like gimp, inkscape, truespace, daz studio and vue pioneer (just to mention a few) combined with a basic understanding of art creation pretty much anyone can create impressive and professional looking results. I will try to start with some basic ideas and exercises to improve this kind of understanding. Let me start by clarifying some common believes when it comes to creating game at. No, you don't! For the full time game artist upgrading your tools to ' industry standards' makes sense. No, it won't. {*style:<i> "I can't do art. Yes, you can. Yes, you do. High Expectations: One of the main problems facing independent developers are the expectations they have themselves. Defining a theme: </b>*}
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