Unit 72 Drawing Concept Art for Computer Games

What is the purpose of concept art for video games.

Concept art is used for many reasons when creating video games and films, the main one is to design the levels, character and objects such as weapons. Without concept art it would be practically impossible to make the video game or film. Artist's make hundreds and hundreds of pieces of art/concept art in the creaion process.

Mike Hill

I like this picture because of the amount of detail Mike has gone into creating a realistic, but surreal effect. The detailed elaments of shading and lighting add to the detail created.

I also like this sketch of a sports car, also by Mike Hill. This picture shows the amount of detail he can create just through sketches, without adding colour or digitizing the image. The sketch has a good use of shading and 3-D affects which makes the drawing look as if it could nearly be real, with some colour  added.

Ray Lederer

The following pictures are concept art for skyrim.

I really like this picture because of the amount of detail Ray has gone into to create this dark old cavern with a sacred old chests in it. The way he has managed to add the effects of two different lights meeting in a dark environment. The way the light shines in from a hole in the roof adds a realistic feel to the art.

I like this picture because of the way Ray has managed to create a wide landscape in small scale. But the element of detail he has managed to capture in a small area, such as the windows. The reflection of the water adds so much affect. The colour scheme is a very dim greyish blue style which in my opinion is very effective.

Kekai

This piece of concept art is very detailed. The detail of the mountains in the background make it look like a fully finished picture. The characters are fully painted and rendered with colour and detail. I really like this art and has made me very interested in the world he has created.

This art also is based on the same world in the first image with the same characters. The detail in the characters and the creature are really good. This art has also inspired me to create art work like it.

Luca Cambiaso

This concept art by Luca Cambiaso uses a more boxed out figure which in my opinion adds a lot of affect and a different take on the people drawn. This piece of art is interesting because of the surreal take on the human form.

This piece of concept art in my opinionis very interesting because of the way Luca manages to add lighting in with dark shading also. This piece of art is slightly different due to the actual realisticness of the human and horses.

These sketches are of two point perspective.

 These are some of the sketches I drew at the dance studio. I mainly focused on point figures and the curves of the dancers spines. I found the task reasonably difficult because the fact the dancers were moving alot at different angles.

Edgar Degas

These drawings created by Edgar Degas are very different to what stage I am at with my sketches.

Harmonic and Dissonance Landscapes

http://www.bicketybam.id.au/images/forums/borderlands/borderlands_screenshot0001.jpg

This is a screenshot from Borderlands. In my opinion this is a Dissonant landscape, due to the rough edges of scrap metals stacked on piles in water and around the land next to it. With out the scrap metals the landscape would be Harmonic because the land around the scraps is very level. The art style used for this landscape and game is cell shading

Andreas Achenbach

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Andreas_Achenbach_-_Clearing_Up%E2%80%94Coast_of_Sicily_-_Walters_37116.jpg

This is a dissonant painting due to the rough nature of the waves and jagged rocks that the wave are crashing into. The sky in the background is showing signs of harmony due to the bright sun shining through the clouds.

http://critnick.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Oregon-Coast-Study-11.jpg

This painting in my opinion is a harmonic landscape due to the waves looking very steady and calm, the sky also looks very calm and peacefull. The colours used are very bright and gentle which also gives you the harmonic effect.

http://www.pnewellart.com/paintings_home/Oil_Landscapes/slides/April_Rain_New_Harmony-Oil_14x18.jpg

This painting is harmonious due the natural and softly coloured green area with flowers growing in it. the painting itself is very softly done and painted with a lot of little flicky brush strokes using oil based paints. The colours used are very calm and add even more of a harmonious effect.

Alan Lee

http://www.pinterest.com/pin/502925483358372964/

This sketch by Alan Lee in my opinion is Dissonant due to the rough and wild nature of the tree and its branches, the shapes and directions of the branches are very rough and sinister looking. The shading gives a very dark and gloomy looking background behind and in amongst the trees. The overgrown roots growing in and around the bridge also add to the rough effect. 

http://www.redbubble.com/people/itwirlchucks/works/6684550-post-apocalypse-landscape

itwirlchucks

This landscape is very Dissonant due to the rough and sharp edges of the buildings that have been destroyed and ruined. The art even tells you that it is dissonant because of the road sign at the front that reads 'ROUGH ROAD'.

Concept art

In this task we have been asked to create concept art either for a small game idea or as brief story idea.

These are the sketches i have made to give me ideas.

These are sketches of the characters that will feature. They will be very small to make the towers scale even bigger.

This is my final idea using a blend of drawn and digital tools.