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.

Aeon Flux (2005)
Character art by Jesse 'skankerzero' Sosa

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Afterfall InSanity (2011)
A collection of character, prop and vehicle art by Intoxicate Studio (credits inside the thread)

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Age of Conan (2008)
Concept art by Funcom

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Allods Online (2010)
Character art by the character team at Astrum Nival

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Environment art by the "World" team at Astrum Nival

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Allods Online - Art Book hardcover

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

Allods Online - Art Direction (Russian) [[attachment:AllodsOnline-ArtDirection.pdf] (English translation)

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

Assasins Creed 4: Black Flag (2013)
Environment art by Tihomir 'TihomirVFX' Nyagolov

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Character art by Mathieu 'MagnusLee' Goulet and 'Rhye'

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Assasins Creed: Brotherhood (2010)
Character art by Nicolas 'ncollings' Collings

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Assassins Creed 2 (2009)
Character art by Nicolas 'ncollings' Collings

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Batman: Arkham City (2011)
Environment art by André Wahlgren

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Batman: Arkham Origins (2013)
All kinds of art by the Splash Damage Team

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Character art by Jocelyn 'jocz' Zeller

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Battlefield 4 (2013)
Foliage by Simon 'Fozworth' Barle

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Brink (2011)
Weapon art by 3 Point Studios (individual credits in the thread)

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Borderlands 2 (2012)
Environment art by Tris 'Bbox85' Baybayan

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Prop art by James 'JBarnett' Barnett

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Bioshock Infinite (2013)
Environment art by Mike 'Snight' Snight

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Character art by Gavin 'Gav' Goulden

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Bulletstorm (2011)
Environment art by 'hydzior'

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Call of Duty - Modern warfare 3
Weapon art by Yaron 'Lonewolf' Levi

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Crasher (2011)
Environment art by Michael 'Orb' Vicente

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Environment art by Allard 'Alloa' Julien

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Crysis 2 (2011)
Environment art by Manuel 'katzeimsack' Virks

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Crysis 3 (2013)
Environment art by Frank 'digitalwerk' Meinl

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Weapon art by Pavel Petrenko

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Weapon art by Yaron 'Lonewolf' Levi

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Character art by Manuel 'katzeimsack' Virks

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Darksiders (2010)
Character art by James Brian 'Bobo the seal' Jones

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Darksiders II (2012)
Character art by the Team at Vigil & Partners

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Character and prop art by the Team at Vigil & Partners

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Environment art by the Konrad 'PredatorGSR' Beerbaum

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Prop art by Vigil Environment Team

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Day-Z Standalone (2013)
Weapon art by Pavol 'theSixtyEight' Humaj

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Defiance (2013)
Character art by the Art Team at Trion Worlds specific credits in the thread.

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Dishonored (2012)
Character art by Team at Arkane Studio specific credits in the thread.

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Dungeon Hunter (2011)
Character art by Hunter 'HntrLuc' Mortenson

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Far Cry 3 (2012)
Weapon and prop art by Greg 'warxsnake' Rassam

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Weapon art by Tor 'Snefer' Frick

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F.E.A.R. 3 (2011)
Weapon, character, vehicle and prop art by Exis Interactive

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Firefall (2013)
Weapons, vehicles and props art by Ralphie 'boyluya' Agenar

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Frontlines: Fuel of War (2008)
Weapons, vehicles and props art by Marcus Dublin

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Galactic Bowling (2008)
Character and prop art by Jaco 'Jaco' Herbst

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Character art by Ilja 'Japhir' Kocken

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Game of Thrones (2012)
Prop art by Matthieu Gueguen

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Gears of War: Judgment (2013)
Environment art by Joshua 'kernersvillan' Marlow

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Environment art by 'hydzior' Polycount Forum thread



Gears of War 3: Raam's Shadow (2011)
Environment art by Paul Svoboda

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Gears of War 3 (2011)
Mostly highpoly environment art by Kevin Johnstone

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Rigging reel by Jeremy 'animatr' Ernst

Texture art by Maury 'moose' Mountain

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Character art by Wallaby Joe

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Character art by Mike 'rv_el' Kime

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Collection of character art by many of Epics' character artists, credits inside the thread.

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Concept art by James 'hawkprey' Hawkins II

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Gears of War 2 (2009)
Mostly highpoly environment art by Kevin Johnstone

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Gears of War & Unreal Tournament 3 (2008)
Mostly highpoly environment art by Kevin Johnstone

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GHOSTBUSTERS (2009)
Environment art by Adam Bromell

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Guild Wars 2 (2012)
Character and prop art by Hai 'haikai' Phan

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Environment art by Jason 'futurepoly' Stokes

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Halo: Reach (2010)
Vehicle and propr art by Jesse 'IronHawk' Hall

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

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Prop art by Daniel 'Danimal' Phillips

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Environment art by Anthony 'Autocon' Vaccaro

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Halo 4 (2012)
Environment art by Chris 'italian1x' Durso

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Environment art by Andrew 'BeefWatson' Severson

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Environment art by Shon 'Essynim' Mitchell

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The Haunted: Hells Reach (2011)
Environment art by Viktor 'nightfrontier' Lidang and "The Haunted" team

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Hawken (2012)
Mech art by Cameron 'HitmonInfinity' Kerby

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inFamous 2 and InFamous 2 Festival of Blood (2011)
Environment art and concept art by Isaiah 'Haiasi' Sherman

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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

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Killzone 3 (2011)
Environment art by 'kn0r'

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Killzone: Shadowfall (2013)
Character art by Efgeni 'blitz' Bischoff

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Kinect Starwars (2012)
Various art by folks from Terminal Reality

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Last of Us (2013)
Environment art by Rogelio 'rogelio' Olguin

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League of Legends (2009)
Character art by CataFa

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The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (2002)
Tech and Texture Analysis by Soenke Christian "warby" Seidel

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Mass Effect 3 (2012)
Environment art by Marc-Antoine 'Marcan' Hamelin

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Metro Last Night(2013)
Character art by Pavel 'sandviper' Dorokhovsky

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Modern Combat 4(2012)
Vehicle art by 'racer455'

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Nexuiz (2011)
Environment art by Chris 'cholden' Holden and Cole 'konstruct' Eggen

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Of Orcs and Men (2012)
Environment art by Mathieu 'Boyo' Gasperin

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Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands (2010)
Character and Environment Sculpting by Steven 'Speve-O' Shmuely

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Rage (2011)
Environment/texture art by Phillip 'phillip.bailey' Bailey

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Environment/texture art by Gene 'Zelenkov' Zelenkov

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Environment/texture art by Jonathan 'JonathanF' Fawcett

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Environment/texture art by Raul 'Raul' Aparicio

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Vehicle/prop art by Joey 'struve' Struve

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Character art by Vitaliy 'rawkstar' Naymushin

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Character art by Peter 'peppi' Boehme

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Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One (2011)
Cute Character art by Justin 'Neolight' Sanders

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Remember Me (2013)
Lighting art by Laurent 'ikblue' Harduin

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Resistance 3 (2011)
Environment art by Jacob 'jacob07777' Norris

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Prop art by Erich 'ErichWK' Beckmann

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Rift (2011)
Character art by Jon-Troy 'Hazardous' Nickel

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Rift: Storm Legion (2012)
Enormous collection of all kinds of art by the Art Team at Trion Worlds, specific credits in the thread.

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Rotor (2013)
Environment and vehicle art by Ben 'poopinmymouth' Mathis

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Ryse(2013)
Environment art by Ryse Team

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Singularity (2010)
A collection of environment, prop and character art by a whole lot of polycounters. More specific credits in the thread.

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Sins of a Solar Empire (2012)
Ship art by Joel 'artquest' Durham

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Sorcery (2012)
Character art by Jackson 'OneLungLewis' Robinson

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Splinter Cell Blacklist (2013)
Environment art by Dan 'danjohncox' John Cox

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Character art by Tito 'lildragn' Belgrave

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Environment art by Vlad 'Matroskin' Dergachov

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Starhawk (2012)
Environment art by Jonathan 'tottot' Lindblom

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Star Trek Online (2010)
Character art by Jonathan 'JnasconeArt' Nascone

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Tomb Raider (2013)
Environment art by Rogelio 'rogelio' Olguin

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Tomb Raider Underworld Wii (2008)
Character art by 'Ancient-Pig'

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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

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Uncharted 2 (2009)
A collection of character, environment and texture art by a lot of artists from Naughty Dog, credits in the thread.

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Uncharted 3 (2011)
Texture art by Jeremy 'RoachMXF' Huxley

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Environment modeling by Anthony 'Autocon' Vaccaro

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Uncharted: Golden Abyss (2011)
Prop art by Brian 'bipolar' Pape

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Warweilder (2013)
Environment/prop art by Marie 'pixelb' Lazar

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Watchdogs (2014)
Environment art by Alexandre 'Strkl' Stroukoff

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Environment art by Adam 'Neoncypher' Dudley

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Wildstar (2014)
Character art by Hong Chan 'hcpunk' Lim and the Carbine Team

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Wolfenstein: The New Order (2014)
Highpoly/prop/environment art by Nicholas 'PAnick' Cort

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Highpoly art by Tor 'Snefer' Frick

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Wolfenstein (2009)
Highpoly environment/prop art by Geoff Hill

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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. 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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