Game Art Examples

This page contains links to game art in released games and kindly shared by artists for inspiration and education, occasionally with breakdowns and production insights.

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Game Art Examples

Aeon Flux (2005)

Character art by Jesse 'skankerzero' Sosa

Afterfall InSanity (2011)

A collection of character, prop and vehicle art by Intoxicate Studio (credits inside the thread)

Age of Conan (2008)

Concept art by Funcom

Allods Online (2010)

Character art by the character team at Astrum Nival

Environment art by the "World" team at Astrum Nival

Allods Online - Art Book hardcover

Allods Online - Art Book Flash file (low-res)

Allods Online - Art Direction (Russian) AllodsOnline-ArtDirection.pdf (English translation)

Allods Online - Creating a World in 7 Days (Russian) AllodsOnline-CreatingaWorldin7Days.pdf (English translation)

Assasins Creed: Brotherhood (2010)

Character art by Nicolas 'ncollings' Collings

Assassins Creed 2 (2009)

Character art by Nicolas 'ncollings' Collings

Batman: Arkham City (2011)

Environment art by André Wahlgren

Brink (2011)

Weapon art by 3 Point Studios (individual credits in the thread)

Borderlands 2 (2012)

Environment art by Tris 'Bbox85' Baybayan

Prop art by James 'JBarnett' Barnett

Bulletstorm (2011)

Environment art by 'hydzior'

Call of Duty - Modern warfare 3

Weapon art by Yaron 'Lonewolf' Levi

Crasher (2011)

Environment art by Michael 'Orb' Vicente

Crysis 2 (2011)

Environment art by Manuel 'katzeimsack' Virks

Crysis 3 (2013)

Environment art by Frank 'digitalwerk' Meinl

Weapon art by Pavel Petrenko

Weapon art by Yaron 'Lonewolf' Levi

Character art by Manuel 'katzeimsack' Virks

Darksiders (2010)

Character art by James Brian 'Bobo the seal' Jones

Darksiders II (2012)

Character art by the Team at Vigil & Partners

Character and prop art by the Team at Vigil & Partners

Environment art by the Konrad 'PredatorGSR' Beerbaum

Prop art by Vigil Environment Team

Defiance (2013)

Character art by the Art Team at Trion Worlds specific credits in the thread

Dishonored (2012)

Character art by Team at Arkane Studio (specific credits in the thread)

Dungeon Hunter (2011)

Character art by Hunter 'HntrLuc' Mortenson

Far Cry 3 (2012)

Weapon and prop art by Greg 'warxsnake' Rassam

Weapon art by Tor 'Snefer' Frick

F.E.A.R. 3 (2011)

Weapon, character, vehicle and prop art by Exis Interactive

Firefall (2013)

Weapons, vehicles and props art by Ralphie 'boyluya' Agenar

Frontlines: Fuel of War (2008)

Weapons, vehicles and props art by Marcus Dublin

Galactic Bowling (2008)

Character and prop art by Jaco 'Jaco' Herbst

Character art by Ilja 'Japhir' Kocken

Game of Thrones (2012)

Prop art by Matthieu Gueguen

Gears of War: Judgment (2013)

Environment art by 'hydzior'

Gears of War 3: Raam's Shadow (2011)

Environment art by Paul Svoboda

Gears of War 3 (2011)

Mostly highpoly environment art by Kevin Johnstone

Rigging reel by Jeremy 'animatr' Ernst

Texture art by Maury 'moose' Mountain

Character art by Wallaby Joe

Character art by Mike 'rv_el' Kime

Collection of character art by many of Epics' character artists(credits inside the thread)

Concept art by James 'hawkprey' Hawkins II

Gears of War 2 (2009)

Mostly highpoly environment art by Kevin Johnstone

Gears of War & Unreal Tournament 3 (2008)

Mostly highpoly environment art by Kevin Johnstone

GHOSTBUSTERS (2009)

Environment art by Adam Bromell

Guild Wars 2 (2012)

Character and prop art by Hai 'haikai' Phan

Environment art by Jason 'futurepoly' Stokes

Halo: Reach (2010)

Vehicle and propr art by Jesse 'IronHawk' Hall

Vehicle and weapon art by Artem 'X-Convict' Volchik

Prop art by Daniel 'Danimal' Phillips

Environment art by Anthony 'Autocon' Vaccaro

Halo 4 (2012)

Environment art by Chris 'italian1x' Durso

Environment art by Andrew 'BeefWatson' Severson

The Haunted: Hells Reach (2011)

Environment art by Viktor 'nightfrontier' Lidang and "The Haunted" team

Hawken (2012)

Mech art by Cameron 'HitmonInfinity' Kerby

inFamous 2 and InFamous 2 Festival of Blood (2011)

Environment art and concept art by Isaiah 'Haiasi' Sherman

Original environment art by Josh 'Amadreaus' Rife

Joy Ride Turbo (2012)

Environment and concept art by the team at Microsoft Big Park, Art direction by Malcolm 'malcolm' Andrieshyn

Killzone 3 (2011)

Environment art by 'kn0r'

Kinect Starwars (2012)

Various art by folks from Terminal Reality

League of Legends (2009)

Character art by CataFa

The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (2002)

Tech and Texture Analysis by Soenke Christian "warby" Seidel

Modern Combat 4(2012)

Vehicle art by 'racer455'

Nexuiz (2011)

Environment art by Chris 'cholden' Holden and Cole 'konstruct' Eggen

Of Orcs and Men (2012)

Environment art by Mathieu 'Boyo' Gasperin

Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands (2010)

Character and Environment Sculpting by Steven 'Speve-O' Shmuely

Rage (2011)

Environment/texture art by Phillip 'phillip.bailey' Bailey

Environment/texture art by Gene 'Zelenkov' Zelenkov

Environment/texture art by Jonathan 'JonathanF' Fawcett

Environment/texture art by Raul 'Raul' Aparicio

Vehicle/prop art by Joey 'struve' Struve

Character art by Vitaliy 'rawkstar' Naymushin

Character art by Peter 'peppi' Boehme

Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One (2011)

Cute Character art by Justin 'Neolight' Sanders

Resistance 3 (2011)

Environment art by Jacob 'jacob07777' Norris

Prop art by Erich 'ErichWK' Beckmann

Rift (2011)

Character art by Jon-Troy 'Hazardous' Nickel

Rift: Storm Legion (2012)

Enormous collection of all kinds of art by the Art Team at Trion Worlds specific credits in the thread

Rotor (2013)

Environment and vehicle art by Ben 'poopinmymouth' Mathis

Singularity (2010)

A collection of environment, prop and character art by a whole lot of polycounters. More specific credits in the thread.

Some images unfortunately missing.

Sins of a Solar Empire (2012)

Ship art by Joel 'artquest' Durham

Sorcery (2012)

Character art by Jackson 'OneLungLewis' Robinson

Starhawk (2012)

Environment art by Jonathan 'tottot' Lindblom

Star Trek Online (2010)

Character art by Jonathan 'JnasconeArt' Nascone

Tomb Raider (2013)

Environment art by Rogelio 'rogelio' Olguin

Tomb Raider Underworld Wii (2008)

Character art by 'Ancient-Pig'

Transformers: Fall of Cybertron (2012)

Prop and Environment art by Brad 'SouthpawSid' Boyels, Don Wesley 'wester' Griffith, David 'Nerf Bat Ninja' Pacanowsky, Erich 'ErichWK' Beckmann

Uncharted 2 (2009)

A collection of character, environment and texture art by a lot of artists from Naughty Dog (credits in the thread)

Pictures seem to work only from page 4.

Uncharted 3 (2011)

Texture art by Jeremy 'RoachMXF' Huxley

Environment modeling by Anthony 'Autocon' Vaccaro

Uncharted: Golden Abyss (2011)

Prop art by Brian 'bipolar' Pape

Wolfenstein (2009)

Highpoly environment/prop art by Geoff Hill

Disclaimer

All of the above artwork is property of their Respective Owners and is linked here purely for educational purposes.

For all the Artists mentioned here: Thank you very much for sharing your work with the community and inspiring knowledge and growth in game art as a whole. We don't save any of your images, so, you, being the owner, have an opportunity to pull them out any moment you see fit. If for some reason you don't want to be on the list, please contact the Polycount wiki admin and you will be removed shortly. If you've changed the hosting of the images, but still don't mind their display here, please contact us, so we can fix the links.

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