Style Guide Thread (daily dose of inspiration)

littleclaude

This is a Style Guide Thread, post any style that inspires, motivates or gives you that Vavavoom feeling. It can be a Game, Film, Music Video, Artist, Comic, Fine Art, TV Commercials, Art Directors, Break down, basically any form of media art.

Song of the Sea


Ori and the Blind Forest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cklw-Yu3moE 


Legend of Zelda Wii U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcYXX4TUK4I 


Ratchet & Clank
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iU3sU2WMcPM 


Lost and Found Trailer

.nL

So much, with so little...

JordanN

I'm a big fan of Looney Tunes and I'm in midst of learning the style.





I'm also doing a lot of research on past art movements. I really like Proto-Cubism and Impressionist art.




Lastly, I've been taking some inspiration from some Japanese art.

Francois_K

stuff like this

Chunky shapes , bright colours and exaggerated anatomy.

Cibo

Eimer http://eimer.deviantart.com/art/Until-the-Light-takes-us-315858445

RN

From artist 'mintchoco'

Finalhart

Granado Espada Art direction, very unique:







Hyung Tae Kim in his works on Blade and Soul and Magna Carta, beautiful gestures:





And some anime illustrations:

kanga

Some of my heroes:

BROM

MIN YUM

ALVIN LEE

JOE MADUREIRA

ALFONSO MUCHA

DAVID FINCH

PHIL HALE

HYUNG TAE KIM

ALEXANDER WATT

MrHobo

A few of the art styles that have really grabbed me:
Wayne Barlowe-



Beksinski-



Ayami Kojima-


Anything that Demboza makes-

rino

kanga wrote: »

PHIL HALE

dude phil hale's stuff is SICK.

reminds me of erik mist's art.

kanga

@rino, yeah I am a sucker for the impasto paint look. The Erik Mist pieces have that too. I love that stuff

SonicBlue

OutOfMyMind

Beksiński:




Giger:


Strzałkowski "Tomstrzal":

iadagraca

I'm partly going full on into hand painted characters cause I was inspired by the hand painted characters in fantasy games like the Atelier series (while i haven't played the game sactually XD). I love how complex and detailed they are.





I'm also big on hyung tae kim cause of how powerful his figures are and designs. plus how well they transitioned into 3d.



Also love Evan lee's work, high designs are squishy and elegant.

littleclaude

Most stuff by Feng Zhu, this talk is good. A Live Art Demonstration by Feng Zhu Creating Worlds through Design Thinking

http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1021752/A-Live-Art-Demonstration-of

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YOSUKE ISHIKAWA
https://www.artstation.com/artist/ishikawa_cg

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Ekko: Seconds
[ame]www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtEpp9lkfxA[/ame]

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Craig Mullins - All round artist - Watercolor, Drawings, Oils, Matte, Concept, Sketches
http://www.goodbrush.com/

kanga

littleclaude wrote: »

Ekko: Seconds

Daaaaaaayyyymmm that's good!

marks

Small selection of stuff I'm currently really digging, various artists, mostly found through people's tumblrs (Garrett Shultz, Jonathan Jacques-Belletete and couple of others).

littleclaude

Lumino City - trailer
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btpeCVRslFM[/ame]

Limbo
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6vRXBOzGzU[/ame]

INSIDE
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=op4G1--kb-g[/ame]

littleclaude

Passion Pictures
http://www.passion-london.com/


Studioaka
http://studioaka.co.uk/

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq7Ovshz1UI[/ame]

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhPaWIeULKk&list=RDmqCImoZyLVw&index=4[/ame]

[vv]37102254[/vv]

Pangahas

Robert Valley
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtCKATWLOgc[/ame]

Leinil Yu
http://orig04.deviantart.net/8b0d/f/2006/333/7/3/for_inkers__sample_pencils_by_leinilyu.jpg
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.comicbookbrain.com/_imagery/2012-11-04/leinil-francis-yu-wolverine-hulk-spread.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.comicbookbrain.com/large-leinil-yu-ultimate-wolverine-spread.php&h=2178&w=2792&tbnid=0DGS0zq7utLDiM:&docid=dpo3M5lFrzJ23M&ei=b9ynVcThEsihugSM7IKACQ&tbm=isch&ved=0CFcQMygbMBtqFQoTCITVxdqJ4MYCFciQjgodDLYAkA
Nicholas de Genova
http://www.thisiscolossal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/hyprid-3-600x600.jpg
http://cdn.emptykingdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dirt_wolf_finalweb.jpg
Matthias Adolfsson
http://36.media.tumblr.com/be5f6d6ce6612bd6a8106b8e8684ae35/tumblr_midij6U3er1qzzu4yo1_1280.jpg
http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&source=imgres&cd=&ved=0CAUQjBwwAGoVChMIw-7CvIzgxgIV0ZGOCh0WHAGQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fi.kinja-img.com%2Fgawker-media%2Fimage%2Fupload%2Fr2wyvvadurf4n3ilkojc.jpg&ei=Vd-nVYPwJ9GjugSWuISACQ&psig=AFQjCNGhcHQzDxbVmwlnV5VscgkktP9b4A&ust=1437151445777026
Victo Ngai
http://cdn.supadupa.me/shop/25/images/866355/lovehunter_lowres_massive.jpg?1366331595
http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&source=imgres&cd=&ved=0CAUQjBwwAGoVChMIyKm0no3gxgIVxAmOCh0oQQuS&url=http%3A%2F%2F3.bp.blogspot.com%2F-ypQ7Ikec3fs%2FUATVBkdxMUI%2FAAAAAAAABKw%2F1detXpJ2L7Y%2Fs1600%2Fopener_lowres.jpg&ei=IuCnVciQOcSTuASogq2QCQ&psig=AFQjCNGSbMzNxyTfMYyAjdqMqz8awiUdSA&ust=1437151651040218
http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&source=imgres&cd=&ved=0CAUQjBwwAGoVChMI0K6xoI3gxgIVlFOOCh1RPwKR&url=https%3A%2F%2Fm1.behance.net%2Frendition%2Fmodules%2F33797535%2Fdisp%2F295256e7b89f52a57f02eeec89fbc062.jpg&ei=J-CnVZD_BJSnuQTR_oiICQ&psig=AFQjCNFGuzlttAJ_iFEciKujS3M1TIYYmw&ust=1437151655169540
Eric Canete
http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&source=imgres&cd=&ved=0CAUQjBwwAGoVChMIzsXEkY7gxgIVQSSOCh0wpQKS&url=http%3A%2F%2F41.media.tumblr.com%2Fc64b042dc55daa8d01e639f838d5a0bc%2Ftumblr_mll8sgdlX71qkni24o1_1280.jpg&ei=FOGnVc7rFsHIuASwyoqQCQ&psig=AFQjCNHPZ27GoXjPRcyOQTBDggFnq2CUvw&ust=1437151892511475
http://36.media.tumblr.com/41ffd0b53bab1045ac74e30917c07692/tumblr_myivac6cU21qkni24o1_1280.jpg
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TNNO755pcwI/TgARaHLrTGI/AAAAAAAADYY/nfQC-U2hZus/s1600/kenobiknight_B%2526W_UL.jpg

Gmanx

...haha - most of the above TBH plus:

Jean Giraud (Moebius)



Kai Lim (Ukitakumuki)

Pedro Amorim

Lovely thread!

Stinger88

I'm a total Ian Mcque fanboy. If I need inspiring I just look through his books or his facebook/twitter







I'd also have Scott Robertsons babies




he's currently building this in real life


Others:
Sparth
Darren Quatch
FengZhu
Jake Parker
David Levy

and far too many other artists to mention. If I need inspiring I just start browsing my pinterest (mostly big vehicles and mech sketches) or my artstation likes
https://uk.pinterest.com/rickywestwood/
https://www.artstation.com/artist/RickyWestwood/liked

Shadownami92

I've always found Mcbess's style to be fantastic.

JustMeSR

Something about the strong, warm colors in clean architecture makes me love the art style:

Stinger88

ohhh....and Paul Pepera updates:

MisterSande

I share allot of the inspirations shared here as well. Above those I am also heavily influenced by manga, anime, and Japanese art in general.



I am also charmed by certain games art style:

armagon

I love this minimalistic artstyle:



https://www.assetstore.unity3d.com/en/#!/content/34497

Ruz

these guys still inspire me

Jeff Parrott

Zedig is kinda great.




Peter Chan is amazing.



Johannes Helgeson is pretty awesome.

Jakob Gavelli

Here are 4 games I can barely play because of how much they inspire me. All of the art, animations, characters and environments. As soon as I step foot in them I just want to stop playing and get to their level. I probably spend more time taking screenshots than playing :P

Wildstar, holy shit, yes :

Darksiders 2, mmmhhhfff :

World of Warcraft, awh yeah :

Diablo 3, so much yes :

danpaz3d

Few toon/stylised ones that I think are unique and inspiring.

Journey




Limbo




Adventure Time

Moltar

sziada

Ahoburg

Assassin's Creed's characters are always inspiring. Just love how they look.

And grand, sweeping fantasy landscapes and stuff, particularly Game of Thrones

littleclaude

sziada wrote: »

I thought these where renders for a minute.

http://flickriver-lb-1710691658.us-east-1.elb.amazonaws.com/photos/mclarensanfrancisco/tags/carbonblack/

littleclaude

For anyone looking for cartoon character styles then "Caicaizi"
has put a great collection together -https://www.pinterest.com/caicaizis/character-design/

sziada

littleclaude wrote: »

I thought these where renders for a minute.

http://flickriver-lb-1710691658.us-east-1.elb.amazonaws.com/photos/mclarensanfrancisco/tags/carbonblack/

its so pretty, I want one sooooooooooo bad!

littleclaude

Digic Pictures are the "source"

http://www.digicpictures.com/

Behind the scenes of the Witcher
http://www.fxguide.com/featured/behind-the-scenes-of-digics-witcher-3-cinematic/



[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USwkJtDkg2g[/ame]

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VM37hWGtmWI[/ame]

littleclaude

David Lesperance Environment Art Reel 2012

[vv]42393359[/vv]

Unforgettable - Journey of a Concept Artist
[vv]42323010[/vv]

littleclaude

Loads of great artists on this website.
http://beinart.org/

Gmanx

@LittleClaude - DAMMIT man, every time I come in here you give me hours of stuff to drool over. I've got work to do!

Torch

Stinger88 wrote: »

ohhh....and Paul Pepera updates:

That is mental

littleclaude

I came across some nice work by JHS Sketchfab

[SKETCHFAB]e245d412bda540ddb262a4fe7b7da61e[/SKETCHFAB]

littleclaude

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtEpp9lkfxA[/ame]

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVkDrIacHJM[/ame]


These two artbooks have some of great artwork

http://conceptartworld.com/?p=7621

http://conceptartworld.com/?p=33411

YellowYeti

Love me some simplistic art as much as heavy detail. But some examples that are none of what i described but still love.
Transistor trailer-
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJmtn6JP7Ug[/ame]

And a league of legends cinematic because i have a weakness for LoL-
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzHrjOMfHPY[/ame]

He was mentioned before in here but Wayne Barlow i think is great

Stinkfoot

Joemad's has always been constant source of inspirado for me, just love that big visceral style!

slipsius

Any blizzard cinematics. A few that float my boat...

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqD15sRPqEU[/ame]

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlhWqmVeDno[/ame]

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVbeoSPqRs4[/ame]

Blond

These are all nice illustrations but I tihnk our biggest will is to adapt and convey these into tridimensional space while still retaining the scenic illustrative aspect of it.

kanga

I luv this thread!
These examples are very inspiring.

garcellano

@littleclaude Oh whoa, those look pretty nice!
@Stinkfoot Yes! The Battle Chasers art has been grabbing my attention lately.

Here's some art that got me inspired to work on the Polycount Tower.



These were the loading screens on the WWE Immortals game on the iPhone.



Some concept art from Epic Mickey.



Some of the loading screens from Heroes of the Storm.