Art Bible

An Art Bible, or Style Guide is a document created by the Art Director or Lead Artist to communicate to the art team exactly what style the art assets should match.

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• League of Legends - Dev Blog: Defining the Rift’s Visual Style by Riot Games File:LOLDefiningtheRiftsVisualStyle.pdf (1MB pdf backup)
• Dota 2 Character Art Guide (6MB PDF) by Valve Software, from Dota 2 Workshop File:Dota2CharacterArtGuide.pdf (7MB pdf backup)
• Dota 2 Character Texture Guide (3MB PDF) by Valve Software, from Dota 2 WorkshopFile:Dota2CharacterTextureGuide.pdf (3MB pdf backup)
• Dota 2 Shader Mask Guide (3MB PDF) by Valve Software, from Dota 2 WorkshopFile:Dota2ShaderMaskGuide.pdf (3MB pdf backup)
• ЦЕЛЫЙ МИР - Напровляя арт Аллодов (Russian) Allods Online - Art Direction File:AllodsOnline-ArtDirection.pdf (1MB PDF English translation)
• Создание мира за 7 дней (Russian) Allods Online - Creating a World in 7 Days File:AllodsOnline-CreatingaWorldin7Days.pdf (1MB PDF English translation)
• The Vision behind Age of Empires Online by Robot Entertainment File:TheVisionBehindAgeOfEmpiresOnline-RobotEntertainment.pdf (archived PDF)
• Game Art Style Guides

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