Hi I'm looking to buy my first game artbook but most I find are filled more with 2D concept and environments. Are there any good game artbooks that showcase the change between 2d and 3d characters? Thanks.
The following all have very strong sections devoted to 3D character art, I cant speak for more recent titles because I have not bought art of books in a long while: The Art of God of War III The Art of Gears of War III The Art of The Evil Within The Art of Uncharted 2 and I dont own it but I hear that The Art of Fallout 4…
Over on conceptartempire.com, there's a bunch of publications too sift through... And one particular book to look out for is 'Character Design From The Ground Up' by Kevin Crossley. Though not specifically biased towards game art but more of an agnostic perspective moving between 2D & 3D.
I have quite big artbooks collection (over 130 books) and for me the best one about character art is definitely The Art of God of War Ascension - it has 2 chapters, one with 2d concept art and second with sculpts or/and game models. The only cons are that currently it's really hard to get any and even if you find it the…
Tough question, most art books focus on the concept art. I also have Titanfall 2 book, and its one that i notice displays more 3d art than usual. If u into robots, go for that.
Its called ArtStation ;) Don't get me wrong, I love coffee table style art books, I have a huge bookshelf of them...that I barely ever look at. I do however look at my "liked images" tab on artstation over and over. There are huge art dumps from AAA games with high res screens you can actually save and use later for…