Greg Westphal: I'm talking about final concepts explicitly made for asset creation. I'm not talking about idea exploration, which is ideal to use quick idea-generating tools and explorative methods. Those two things are mutually exclusive and are different parts of the concept pipeline. We all should know that. Photo…
Platinum games is another fantastic studio to look at. They actually talk about their design process quite a bit on their blog, which is pretty unusual for a Japanese team. Their stuff has clarity thanks to the line art ; the material definitions are there thanks to the use of efficient shading "codes" coming straight from…
teriyaki, you are asking 2d guys what's the best way to do concept art of course it's gonna resolve around technique haha. Also Greg. Yeah nah buddy, Every video of Scott Robertson is him talking and going slow in a methodical way to demonstrate, and even then when he is sketching he is ridiculously quick. I wouldn't want…
Honestly, it depends. This conversation always pop up at game studios during pre-production, and after much talking the team agrees on one or the other, carefully picking the angle and the default pose, making strict templates and all ... only to realize later that it is not one size fits all. Front/side/back orthos can be…
This is actually what is done a lot in studios that can afford it and actually the position that i have right now. Most of the senior guys are producing stuff to sell to producers. If it isn't flashy and dramatic it won't get funding to work on so the pieces they want to go forward are generally the ones that make the most…
Eduardo Pena is a great example of photobash. I watched him do this concept in about 4 hours while talking to our group. http://www.coloredcg.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/winter-hunter-ETBW-concept-art-by-eduardo-pena.jpg Probably one of my favorite artist is Anthony Jones.…
Sure, but I'm just saying - I think you need to consider a variety of things before you outright declare that something fails "as a concept": ^This. This is simply inaccurate. It's a cool painting, and a nice concept - definitely useful in the design phase, helps establish mood and a variety of other style choices that can…