From concept art to animation: ?Bring fantasy characters to life with Ziva VFX
Unity Blog
OCTOBER 31, 2023
Learn how to bring concept art to life with Ziva VFX, and discover the animation workflow behind creating real-time 3D characters.
The sense of wonder in Verne: The Shape of Fantasy by Gametopia “It’s a tribute”
PreMortem.Games
DECEMBER 4, 2023
In Verne: The Shape of Fantasy players take on the role of famous sci-fi writer Jules Verne and venture into a fantastical, parallel world built from his own imagination. Daniel Gonzáles (top) and Diego Adrada Verne: The Shape of Fantasy has been out since the summer and sales have been steady but not spectacular.
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The gorgeous visuals of Bionic Bay that Juhana Myllys calls Painterly Pixel Art
PreMortem.Games
JANUARY 24, 2024
The game started as a demo shown on Reddit, but picked up momentum when Badland art director Juhana Myllys offered to mix and match his distinct artwork with the gameplay. I told them I had already created some early concept art and design work for my next game and that it would fit perfectly into it.
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Game art vs game design: What is the difference?
Logic Simplified
AUGUST 8, 2023
Since most of us are unaware of the process of creating a game, we usually confuse game design and game art as being the same. In this blog, we will discuss the difference between game art vs game design and how each plays a unique role in game development. A game designer designs the overall concept of a game.
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3D Art Styles For Games
Moonmana
DECEMBER 20, 2022
You may wonder what kind of game art will suit your project, highlight its essence, and meet the purpose. . 3D art styles have always been extremely popular among game artists and players. 3D game art provides highly realistic and stunning visual representation. The development of 3D art games is a multi-stage process.
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Sci-fi 3D art for games: 4 main mistakes you should avoid
Moonmana
AUGUST 15, 2022
Today due to applying top-notch technologies and modern approaches in game development, games can be a real work of art. Talking about sci-fi 3D art, we should point out the current crazy popularity of this genre. Talking about sci-fi 3D art, we should point out the current crazy popularity of this genre.
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The Future of Art & AI in Game Production
iXie gaming
MAY 24, 2023
As AI continues to advance, the future of art and AI in game development holds tremendous promise. In this article, we’ll explore the evolving relationship between art production and AI, discussing their potential impact on the gaming industry.
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I’m making an RPG!
Keith Burgun
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
(Above: some WIP pixel art from Wizbane) You might have noticed I’ve been writing about and playing a lot of RPGs recently. Starting somewhere in 2020, I started this huge dive into the Final Fantasy series – strangely enough, starting with the XIII trilogy. Final Fantasy X-inspired class system. A cool, fun game.
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Takeshi Oga
Concept Art World
APRIL 19, 2021
Concept Art World. Takeshi Oga is a Japanese concept artist and illustrator currently working in the video game industry. His list of projects include video game titles such as Siren , Siren: New Translation , Final Fantasy XI Online: Wings of the Goddess , Final Fantasy XIV and Gravity Rush ( Gravity Daze in Japan).
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Solo dev Mario Malagrino “The psychological pressure is the worst part of game development”
PreMortem.Games
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
As an artist, I see games as works of art, not just as interactive entertainment. I sketch many times, not only my concept art but even game mechanics. Additionally, I love fantasy movies, which is why the entire game is themed around a fantasy world.” It’s a new way to make art.
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Would “Sword Art Online” Be a Bad VR Game?
Rampant Games
NOVEMBER 7, 2022
In the fiction, November 6, 2022 was the launch day for the game “ Sword Art Online ,” chronicled in the books, manga, and anime series of that name. Thanks to a crazy head engineer with a god complex, ten thousand players are now playing an ultra-realistic fantasy game in a virtual world with real-world stakes.
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The magical realism of Indonesia in the 90’s captured in A Space for the Unbound
PreMortem.Games
MARCH 10, 2023
It’s a tribute to the time we grew up in and serves as a time capsule for that period”, says Dimas Novan, Director and Art Director of A Space for the Unbound. “We It’s the time to reminisce about the past before we completely forget about it.” “I have always been a big fan of pixel art”, says Novan. “I
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Finding your true love may win the game in Fabledom by Grenaa Games
PreMortem.Games
APRIL 12, 2023
But I was missing a really good city builder in a fantasy setting. João does all the art and shaders. He also helps come up with ideas and cool concepts and we cooperate very closely. The fairytale theme was inspired by Disney and Pixar movies. “I We both wear several hats”, says Nielsen.
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AI generated images – craze and craziness
2d Game Art Guru
JANUARY 14, 2023
Seemingly in an instant, they can conjure beautiful fantasy worlds, and depict unicorns. The art was created at some stage by artists, designers, or photographers. Yet, they never gave consent nor did they have any knowledge that their art was used. It’s amazing what AI image generators can achieve these days.
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Finding your true love may win the game in Fabledom by Grenaa Games
PreMortem.Games
APRIL 10, 2023
But I was missing a really good city builder in a fantasy setting. João does all the art and shaders. He also helps come up with ideas and cool concepts and we cooperate very closely. The fairytale theme was inspired by Disney and Pixar movies. “I We both wear several hats”, says Nielsen.
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Finding your true love may win the game in Fabledom by Grenaa Games
PreMortem.Games
APRIL 5, 2023
But I was missing a really good city builder in a fantasy setting. João does all the art and shaders. He also helps come up with ideas and cool concepts and we cooperate very closely. The fairytale theme was inspired by Disney and Pixar movies. “I We both wear several hats”, says Nielsen.
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Introducing: Yomi 2
Sirlin
OCTOBER 13, 2022
Yomi was "a fighting game in card form" that I made before making the actual fighting game Fantasy Strike. Now, Yomi 2 is a re-imagining of that fighting-card-game concept. But now it looks cleaner, has new art, new graphic design, and a lot of gameplay enhancements.
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How to Make a Beautiful Board Game Box
Brand Game Development
NOVEMBER 16, 2019
Box art is incredibly important in the board game industry. Your board game box is the most important art you’ve got – make it count! (If But that also includes the messages you send about your game through your art. If the art is whimsical, they expect it to be light-hearted. Need help on your board game?
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A crash course in designing clothes in games
GamesIndustry.biz
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
From fantasy to the real world, I love working to find solutions and bringing my own passion for fashion into projects I'm working on. Both at work and in my personal life, I'm fascinated with how clothes can play into the rules of a reality and how a characters' fashion choices are influenced by their environment. Read more
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The Kristala Dev Blog - Issue #35
Astral Clock Tower Studios
DECEMBER 19, 2021
The dev blog is where we share all the behind-the-scenes dev action for Kristala, a 3D Dark Fantasy ARPG developed by the incredibly talented team at women-owned indie game studio, Astral Clocktower Studios. Concept Art. Take a look at some of the recent armor concepts our talented artist James created this month.
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From architecture to virtual production—Aurora's real-time 3D journey
CG Spectrum
JANUARY 13, 2023
The Last Voyage concept came from a wish to bring my stylized art into a realistic world. I had been playing the Supergiant Games game Hades and started wondering what the River Styx could look like in a fantasy/fairy tale world. Aurore's journey down the River Styx. Atmosphere and lighting were integral to Aurore's cinematic.
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The Kristala Dev Blog - Issue #30
Astral Clock Tower Studios
JUNE 29, 2021
Hello, dear friends and fantasy aficionados. This is the place where we bring you a monthly peek into the development process for 3D dark fantasy ARPG Kristala, an indie game developed using Unreal Engine 4 by women-lead Astral Clocktower Studios. Concept Art. If you're just joining us, welcome!
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The Kristala Dev Blog - Issue #27
Astral Clock Tower Studios
MARCH 20, 2021
Here you'll get an inside look at the detailed development work done for 3D dark fantasy ARPG Kristala, the inaugural title from the team behind Astral Clocktower Studios—a female-lead indie studio based in Central PA, USA. In today's issue, we're servin' up some serious updates on a few large-scale, ongoing 3D models and concept pieces.
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The Kristala Dev Blog - Issue #24
Astral Clock Tower Studios
DECEMBER 11, 2020
Welcome back to the fantasy, friends! You're just in time for the latest installment of the ever-enchanting Kristala dev blog, a monthly compilation of the game development completed for indie 3D dark fantasy ARPG Kristala in November 2020. Now, let's get ready to amp up the magic and dive headfirst into the dark fantasy of Kristala.
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The Kristala Dev Blog - Issue #33
Astral Clock Tower Studios
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
This is the place where we break down all aspects of development for 3D Dark Fantasy ARPG Kristala—an indie game in developed by the wildly talented dev team behind women-owned indie games studio, Astral Clocktower Studios. Concept Art. If you're a big lover of fantasy games (and we're betting you are!)
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The Kristala Dev Blog - Issue #23
Astral Clock Tower Studios
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
Welcome back to the ever-enchanting Kristala dev blog, where you can get front-row seats to the development process for indie 3D dark fantasy ARPG Kristala, the first title from female-owned-and-operated indie game studio Astral Clocktower Studios. Are you ready to enter the fantasy? link] Concept Art. Here we go.
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The Kristala Dev Blog - Issue #25
Astral Clock Tower Studios
JANUARY 14, 2021
Hello, loyal Kristalans and faithful fantasy fanatics! Plus, you'll get a first look at some of the incredible environmental and character concepts we've got in the works too. Let's get immersed in the dark fantasy world of Kristala. link] Concept Art. 3D Asset Design. Programming.
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The Kristala Dev Blog - Issue #32
Astral Clock Tower Studios
AUGUST 31, 2021
You just left reality and fell into a portal to the fantasy world of Ailur, the fictional planet that serves as the setting for 3D Dark Fantasy ARPG Kristala—an indie game developed by women-owned independent game studio, Astral Clocktower Studios (hey, that's us!). link] Concept Art. Welcome, beautiful creatures!
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Colt Express: Making Players into Planners
Brand Game Development
APRIL 10, 2017
It was therefore my great pleasure and fortune to be able to play out my Sergio Leone film fantasies at the game table of my friendly local gaming store. Colt Express uses it components, its setup, its art, and its theme to really sell programmable movement in a way that feels perfectly sensible. Need help on your board game?
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How to Price Your Board Game
Brand Game Development
JANUARY 6, 2020
The value of a game is not just its parts, its art, or the amount of hours you can play it before getting bored. It’s a really simple concept that has all sorts of profound strategic implications. Now, yes, Fantasy Flight does have to charge a lot of money to break even on all those parts. on Amazon. That’s true.
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The Kristala Dev Blog - Issue #26
Astral Clock Tower Studios
FEBRUARY 24, 2021
Greetings, friends and fantasy aficionados! We're also giving you a special first look at some new environmental concepts and progress made to our newest WIP level area. The last task Nick completed this sprint was to model a Nisargan Leather Leaf armor set based on the concept created by our incredibly talented artist, l_aciel.
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Will Dislyte become Lilith’s third billion Dollar hit?
Deconstructor of Fun
JULY 10, 2022
Game Art: Fashion Innovations The art of Dislyte is a manifesto from “the future”. Vaporwave was an online artistic movement started in 2010 that used psychedelic elements in art and electronic music. fan art competitions, music festivals) centered around its core marketing strength—its stylized art and music.
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A New Era of Fighting Games
Sirlin
JULY 22, 2015
Which game is it though: Fantasy Strike or Rising Thunder? So it's not too surprising that we've each independently been working on different fighting games that have the same emphasis on making moves easy to do; me with Fantasy Strike and Seth with Rising Thunder. You actually can't tell from that headline.
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The Kristala Dev Blog - Issue #31
Astral Clock Tower Studios
JULY 31, 2021
Hello, and welcome to the official Kristala dev blog, where we break down the development process for 3D Dark Fantasy ARPG Kristala each month. Concept Art. This means that our artists have been diligently working on cranking out fresh concepts for existing weapons, armor sets, consumables, and other important goodies.
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The Kristala Dev Blog - Issue #21
Astral Clock Tower Studios
SEPTEMBER 10, 2020
Hello, dearest of friends and finest of high-fantasy enthusiasts! SYKOMANA CRYSTAL: The Sykomanans are masters in matters of the mind - gifted in the mental arts of both telepathy and telekinesis. Concept Art. Here's a peek at some of the base concepts she recently completed for the various-sized Kota soldiers.
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new Quake map: The Close And Holy Darkness
Radiator Blog
APRIL 1, 2022
On the other hand, why shouldn't our fantasy settings involve Mesoamerican and Andean influences? The massing was inspired by this "Forgotten Temple" concept art by Jonas Ellermann (above). It echoes colonizer arguments about "savages" who "need" to be conquered. How do we do this right?
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Dall-E2 vs Midjorney. Artificial Intelligence changes art landscape
Filmustage
SEPTEMBER 16, 2022
They are capable of creating art, of generating beautiful images from a simple set of words. Or, is it art? Dall-E2 images There are a lot of concepts suitable for the combination of these words, and therefore the options will be no less. In this case, the neural network only reinforces the art of film making.
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The Kristala Dev Blog - Issue #22
Astral Clock Tower Studios
OCTOBER 8, 2020
This is the only place where you'll get a monthly, in-depth look at the development process for our inaugural title, Kristala - an enchantingly delightful 3D dark fantasy action RPG developed lovingly with Unreal Engine 4. link] Concept Art. If you're just joining us, welcome home!
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10 best summer movies - Filmustage Edition
Filmustage
JUNE 7, 2022
Art by @nadi_bulochka Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008), Woody Allen This is probably one of the funniest films of the second part of the 2000s and it was directed by Woody Allen , which means that it will be hilarious even before the characters say or do anything.
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How Star Wars changed the cinematography
Filmustage
MAY 4, 2022
Before we continue, we want to remind you that here we promote the love of art and try to inspire you to take your camera and make a short film. George Lucas had long envisioned a heroic space fantasy in the style of sci-fi comic books, film series and pulp-novels from the 40s and 50s. We are open to discussion and criticism.
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Predicting the Future of Supercell’s Brand New Studio
Deconstructor of Fun
DECEMBER 13, 2022
Charles Lee (Art Lead) , veteran art director and concept artist with past experience at Blizzard , Sony Pictures Animation , and who until very recently worked in the Visual Development of Netflix hit Arcane (damn!). This is a well-balanced team in terms of disciplines, covering software, design, and art.
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Digital Illustration Course: Student review, career journey, & advice
CG Spectrum
DECEMBER 1, 2022
With a love of sci-fi and fantasy, he decided to pursue a career in the film and game industry where he could explore these realms. Now he's working full-time as a freelance illustrator and has created art for clients including Marvel, Upper Deck, and Monumental. It was illustration that made me tick much more than the concept art box.
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Why the Highways & Byways Kickstarter Campaign Crashed & Burned
Brand Game Development
APRIL 13, 2018
Was it the basic concept? I handled the operations much better this time, but the core concept didn’t work. If you’re in it for money, become a sellout, make a fantasy worker placement / area control game for $19. I have received lots of praise for it from reviewers and gamers alike. Use that data!
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A Crash Course in Board Games
Brand Game Development
JULY 3, 2017
In it, I’ll be guiding you through every step of the process of creating board games: core concepts, ideas, design, development, manufacturing, crowdfunding through sites like Kickstarter, selling, and marketing. Wargames to understand history, fantasy to let my imagination blow, euros to exercise my brain. Escape definitely.
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