Character Concepts

About creating character concept art for games.

Character Design
Winter Sonja - Proportion Research by Xavier 'Swizzle' Coelho-Kostolny

Painting Faces
Babe Lab : Pinup Research & Development by Paul Richards and others

Constructing the Human Head on Paper by Ron Lemen

Skin Tones Part 1 by Ron Lemen (Part 2)

Thoughts on Skin Tones by Linda "Enayla" Bergkvist

Painting an Eye by Linda "Enayla" Bergkvist

Nose Tutorial by Linda "Enayla" Bergkvist

Lip Tutorial by Linda "Enayla" Bergkvist

Ancient-Pig's Photoshop Texture Painting Tutorial (PDF file) by Jon

Painting Hands
Drawing the Human Hand by Ron Lemen

Painting Hair & Fur
Thor - God Of Thunder by Tyler Wilson

Varga Hair Tutorial by Paul Tosca

See also HairTechnique for hair modeling and painting techniques.

More Information

 * Category:TextureTechnique contains exturing techniques commonly used in game development.
 * Category:ConceptFundamentals has the basics of concept drawing and painting.
 * Category:Reference for reference imagery: photos, concept art, texture sites, etc.
 * Category:ReferenceConcept has concept art examples from games, anime, and movies.
 * Painting Tutorials Polycount Forum thread has links to many more painting tutorials.