website for video game art style guides?

Jon Jones

Hi guys! Is there a website for video game art style guides? I'm poking around trying to find one but I'm not having a lot of luck. Any help is appreciated!

Also, if there isn't a site for this, would you visit it if I created one?

TheDerpyChicken

I have no idea if this site exists but I would be willing to check it out if you made it. Sounds like it could be interesting.

Envart

I've not seen a website like that. I'd definitely visit it if you made one. Style guides are comparatively rare from my experience, being mainly used as an internal document. Though I've been seeing more recently as all this steamy player workshop business is afoot.

schneller

A site for style guides would be awesome! When I was tasked with assembling one, finding good examples was challenging and time consuming.

daphz

The closest thing I can think of is Creative Uncut, which is just a repository of concept art from games. A site with legitimate style guides would be amazing.

Jon Jones

Thanks guys! And cheerd daphz for the link, definitely exploring that one today.

Dustin, I agree. Getting it's going to be pretty tricky, but I've been linked to and stumbled across a few already and it's enough to make a website for. I had the same basic problem when I started GamePitches (www.gamepitches.com, a repository for design and pitch docs for games), but there was enough interest in it that I got a TON of donations. I have I think ~40 docs online (including Bioshock and the original Fallout pitch doc, an exclusive) and another 15 - 30 ready to post. I think I could get even luckier since I have special access to art directors, and a similar website showing the respectful and legal way in which I present the work. We'll see!

I am going to do it now, though. My Twitter and FB blew up with "yes please do this" messages as soon as I asked about it. w00t!

okkun

Most style guides I've seen contain copyrighted content not belonging to the creators.

That said if you can do it, it would be pretty ace

Eric Chadwick

I would love to see more art style guides!
I added a couple here on the wiki. I would be very interested either in hosting them here, or linking to your site.

http://wiki.polycount.net/CategoryConceptFundamentals
http://wiki.polycount.net/CategoryReferenceConcept

cholden

Does this count? Non-english but pretty pictures
http://shurick.livejournal.com/195876.html

Kwramm

cholden wrote: »

Does this count? Non-english but pretty pictures
http://shurick.livejournal.com/195876.html

Thanks for posting. I was thinking of this but I lost the link

Xoliul

Jon Jones wrote: »

Thanks guys! And cheerd daphz for the link, definitely exploring that one today.

Dustin, I agree. Getting it's going to be pretty tricky, but I've been linked to and stumbled across a few already and it's enough to make a website for. I had the same basic problem when I started GamePitches (www.gamepitches.com, a repository for design and pitch docs for games), but there was enough interest in it that I got a TON of donations. I have I think ~40 docs online (including Bioshock and the original Fallout pitch doc, an exclusive) and another 15 - 30 ready to post. I think I could get even luckier since I have special access to art directors, and a similar website showing the respectful and legal way in which I present the work. We'll see!

I am going to do it now, though. My Twitter and FB blew up with "yes please do this" messages as soon as I asked about it. w00t!

gamepitches.com is unavailable for me..

D4V1DC

1 million times yes since I need all the help I can get. and dito what Xoliul said.

Also thanks for this link, just posting an English translation:
http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fshurick.livejournal.com%2F195876.html
I've just read most of It so It is understandable.

Eric Chadwick

fwiw, we have that one on the wiki, plus a couple more
http://wiki.polycount.net/CategoryConceptFundamentals#Art_Bibles