Category Concept Fundamentals
Links and pages about the basics of concept drawing and painting.
Contents
Art Bibles
An Art Bible is a document created by the Art Director to communicate to the art team exactly what style the assets should all match.
Dota 2 Character Art Guide (6MB PDF) by Valve Software, from Dota 2 Workshop
Dota 2 Character Texture Guide (3MB PDF) by Valve Software, from Dota 2 Workshop
ЦЕЛЫЙ МИР - Напровляя арт Аллодов (Russian) AllodsOnline-ArtDirection.pdf (1MB PDF English translation)
Создание мира за 7 дней (Russian) AllodsOnline-CreatingaWorldin7Days.pdf (1MB PDF English translation)
The Vision behind Age of Empires Online by Robot Entertainment
Painting Fundamentals
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Using the Gamut mask - by Wouter Tulp
How to create and use a gamut mask, which help you define a range of harmonious colors for your concept palette.
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The Aesthetics of Game Art and Game Design - by Chris Solarski
An examination of the psychology of shapes and dynamic composition, applying techniques of the Old Masters to create more varied and emotionally meaningful gaming experiences.
Babe Lab : Pinup Research & Development by Paul Richards and others
Female caricature painting tips.
ctrl+Paint - Digital Painting Simplified - Digital Painting 101 - by Matt Kohr
"Working in the game industry under tight deadlines forced me to come up with a dependable photoshop workflow. Ctrl+Paint is my attempt to organize these findings into clear, concise videos to share with the community."
THUMB WAR : Design Iteration Combat Simulation - by Paul Richards
Concept art fundamentals.
PSG Art Tutorial - by Arne Niklas Jansson
Painting fundamentals.
Understanding 3D Form on Paper by Ron Lemen
Understanding form via light and dark.
Elements of Perspective - by Bruce MacEvoy
Perspective in depth.
Composition-101 thread from the Polycount forums
Links to tutorials about Composition.
Feng Zhu's Youtube Channel teaches the fundamentals of concept design, and professional practices for a working concept artist.
The Secret Law of Page Harmony
Explanation of harmonious composition.
Painting Books
Digital Art Masters How to achieve certain effects in photoshop, general skin rendering, etc.
Mechanika Creating Science Fiction Good techniques, covers composition and perspective as well.
2DArtist Magazine Painting tutorials, artist galleries. Available printed or PDF.
ImagineFX Magazine Painting tutorials, artist galleries, monthly DVD.
More Information
CategoryReference = Reference imagery: photos, concept art, texture sites, etc.
TexturingTutorials = Tutorials for creating textures to be used in games.
Painting Tutorials thread on the Polycount forum = Links to more painting tutorials.