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.
Contents
- 1 Aeon Flux (2005)
- 2 Afterfall InSanity (2011)
- 3 Age of Conan (2008)
- 4 Allods Online (2010)
- 5 Assasins Creed 4: Black Flag (2013)
- 6 Assasins Creed: Brotherhood (2010)
- 7 Assassins Creed 2 (2009)
- 8 Batman: Arkham City (2011)
- 9 Batman: Arkham Origins (2013)
- 10 Battlefield 4 (2013)
- 11 Brink (2011)
- 12 Borderlands 2 (2012)
- 13 Bioshock Infinite (2013)
- 14 Bulletstorm (2011)
- 15 Call of Duty - Modern warfare 3
- 16 Crasher (2011)
- 17 Crysis 2 (2011)
- 18 Crysis 3 (2013)
- 19 Darksiders (2010)
- 20 Darksiders II (2012)
- 21 Day-Z Standalone (2013)
- 22 Defiance (2013)
- 23 Dishonored (2012)
- 24 Dungeon Defenders 2 (2015)
- 25 Dungeon Hunter (2011)
- 26 Far Cry 3 (2012)
- 27 F.E.A.R. 3 (2011)
- 28 Firefall (2013)
- 29 Frontlines: Fuel of War (2008)
- 30 Galactic Bowling (2008)
- 31 Game of Thrones (2012)
- 32 Gears of War: Judgment (2013)
- 33 Gears of War 3: Raam's Shadow (2011)
- 34 Gears of War 3 (2011)
- 35 Gears of War 2 (2009)
- 36 Gears of War & Unreal Tournament 3 (2008)
- 37 GHOSTBUSTERS (2009)
- 38 Guild Wars 2 (2012)
- 39 Halo: Reach (2010)
- 40 Halo 4 (2012)
- 41 The Haunted: Hells Reach (2011)
- 42 Hawken (2012)
- 43 inFamous 2 and InFamous 2 Festival of Blood (2011)
- 44 Joy Ride Turbo (2012)
- 45 Killzone 3 (2011)
- 46 Killzone: Shadowfall (2013)
- 47 Kinect Starwars (2012)
- 48 Last of Us (2013)
- 49 League of Legends (2009)
- 50 The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (2002)
- 51 Mass Effect 3 (2012)
- 52 Metro Last Night(2013)
- 53 Modern Combat 4(2012)
- 54 Nexuiz (2011)
- 55 Of Orcs and Men (2012)
- 56 Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands (2010)
- 57 Rage (2011)
- 58 Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One (2011)
- 59 Remember Me (2013)
- 60 Resistance 3 (2011)
- 61 Rift (2011)
- 62 Rift: Storm Legion (2012)
- 63 Rotor (2013)
- 64 Ryse(2013)
- 65 Singularity (2010)
- 66 Sins of a Solar Empire (2012)
- 67 Sorcery (2012)
- 68 Splinter Cell Blacklist (2013)
- 69 Starhawk (2012)
- 70 Star Trek Online (2010)
- 71 Tomb Raider (2013)
- 72 Tomb Raider Underworld Wii (2008)
- 73 Transformers: Fall of Cybertron (2012)
- 74 Uncharted 2 (2009)
- 75 Uncharted 3 (2011)
- 76 Uncharted: Golden Abyss (2011)
- 77 Warweilder (2013)
- 78 Watchdogs (2014)
- 79 Wildstar (2014)
- 80 Wolfenstein: The New Order (2014)
- 81 Wolfenstein (2009)
- 82 Disclaimer
- 83 Noticed Mistakes?
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
http://img831.imageshack.us/img831/4059/npcmukhwana.jpg
Allods Online (2010)
Character art by the character team at Astrum Nival
http://pics.livejournal.com/slipgatecentral/pic/000g75zd.jpg
Environment art by the "World" team at Astrum Nival
http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/156/hadagan01.jpg
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
Character art by Mathieu 'MagnusLee' Goulet and 'Rhye'
http://24.media.tumblr.com/d57ac9aefbf3023f61add4f6468d6667/tumblr_mz2a9qkSnr1suqbi7o5_1280.jpg
Assasins Creed: Brotherhood (2010)
Character art by Nicolas 'ncollings' Collings
http://www.zbrushcentral.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=226174
Assassins Creed 2 (2009)
Character art by Nicolas 'ncollings' Collings
http://www.zbrushcentral.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=167534
Batman: Arkham City (2011)
Environment art by André Wahlgren
http://andrewahlgren.com/images/work/batman/Batman_AC_big_011.jpg
Batman: Arkham Origins (2013)
All kinds of art by the Splash Damage Team
http://i.minus.com/isCb4TGiUuMBm.jpg
Character art by Jocelyn 'jocz' Zeller
http://s.cghub.com/files/Image/739001-740000/739109/483_max.jpg
Battlefield 4 (2013)
Foliage by Simon 'Fozworth' Barle
http://simonbarle.com/BF4/Screenshots/Screenshot_11_BF4.png
Brink (2011)
Weapon art by 3 Point Studios (individual credits in the thread)
http://www.3pointstudios.com/pub/brink/3PointStudios_Brink_00239.jpg
Borderlands 2 (2012)
Environment art by Tris 'Bbox85' Baybayan
Prop art by James 'JBarnett' Barnett
Bioshock Infinite (2013)
Environment art by Mike 'Snight' Snight
Character art by Gavin 'Gav' Goulden
http://www.gavimage.com/Portfolio_2013/Images/GavinGoulden_BioshockInfinite_IG_Combat_Alphas_01.jpg
Bulletstorm (2011)
Environment art by 'hydzior'
https://imageshack.us/a/img17/7051/outskirtsstartdetailed1.jpg
Call of Duty - Modern warfare 3
Weapon art by Yaron 'Lonewolf' Levi
http://www.lonewolf3d.com/images/Call_of_duty_modern_warfare_3/COD_Modern_warfare_3_Pecheneg_1.jpg
Crasher (2011)
Environment art by Michael 'Orb' Vicente
http://orbart.free.fr/Gallery/Images/5.jpg
Environment art by Allard 'Alloa' Julien
http://gulienallard.free.fr/images/Screen_Crasher_Dalle01.jpg
Crysis 2 (2011)
Environment art by Manuel 'katzeimsack' Virks
http://mvirks.de/img/crysis2/lib_details_thumb.jpg
Crysis 3 (2013)
Environment art by Frank 'digitalwerk' Meinl
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/9263873/tower_interior.jpg
Weapon art by Pavel Petrenko
http://pavelpetrenko.com/portfolio/Gauss02.jpg
Weapon art by Yaron 'Lonewolf' Levi
http://lonewolf3d.com/images/Crysis3/Crysis3_Bolt_Lightning_CU.jpg
Character art by Manuel 'katzeimsack' Virks
http://www.mvirks.de/mvirksWord/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/c3_psycho01.jpg
Darksiders (2010)
Character art by James Brian 'Bobo the seal' Jones
http://www.bobotheseal.com/portfolio/09/Vigil-Darksiders_Straga-InGame.jpg
Darksiders II (2012)
Character art by the Team at Vigil & Partners
http://www.zbrushcentral.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=318272
Character and prop art by the Team at Vigil & Partners
http://www.vigilgames.com/images/ds2_imgs/DS2_DeathArmor01.jpg
Environment art by the Konrad 'PredatorGSR' Beerbaum
http://www.konradbeerbaum.com/images/z2_ld_rm01.jpg
Prop art by Vigil Environment Team
http://s10.postimage.org/6jhdie8p5/Skulls.jpg
Day-Z Standalone (2013)
Weapon art by Pavol 'theSixtyEight' Humaj
http://thesixtyeight.com/images/renders/dayz_chainsaw1.jpg
Defiance (2013)
Character art by the Art Team at Trion Worlds specific credits in the thread.
http://imageshack.us/a/img829/1585/satoshinpcdarkmatterenf.jpg
Dishonored (2012)
Character art by the team at Arkane Studio, specific credits in the thread.
http://florence.lapalu.free.fr/polycount/Boyle_closeup.jpg
Dungeon Defenders 2 (2015)
Concept, character, and environment art the team at Trendy Entertainment, specific credits in the thread.
Dungeon Defenders 2- image heavy Art dump
Dungeon Hunter (2011)
Character art by Hunter 'HntrLuc' Mortenson
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1427110/DungeonHunter/Dungeon_Hunter_Rogue.jpg
Far Cry 3 (2012)
Weapon and prop art by Greg 'warxsnake' Rassam
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/6651308/FC3_Flame_02.jpg
Weapon art by Tor 'Snefer' Frick
http://torfrick.com/images/FC31.jpg
F.E.A.R. 3 (2011)
Weapon, character, vehicle and prop art by Exis Interactive
http://www.exisinteractive.com/fear3/exis_pa.jpg
Firefall (2013)
Weapons, vehicles and props art by Ralphie 'boyluya' Agenar
http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/587/ragenarr5ld04.jpg
Frontlines: Fuel of War (2008)
Weapons, vehicles and props art by Marcus Dublin
http://www.marcusdublin.com/MarcusDublin_FrontlinesFOW_WC_AssaultRifle.jpg
Galactic Bowling (2008)
Character and prop art by Jaco 'Jaco' Herbst
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v332/Jacoh/Galactic%20Bowling/Shaniqua.jpg
Character art by Ilja 'Japhir' Kocken
http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/4504/sharkpresentationjp6.jpg
Game of Thrones (2012)
Prop art by Matthieu Gueguen
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ItB6XZHyU-Q/TtaEKsc_ZtI/AAAAAAAAAQw/kKSB-1GvZtg/s1600/RavenPrez.jpg
Gears of War: Judgment (2013)
Environment art by Joshua 'kernersvillan' Marlow
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5329/9509509489_ced028dca7_o.jpg
Environment art by 'hydzior'
https://imageshack.us/a/img21/8797/hc01.jpg
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
http://www.kevinjohnstone.com//Images/Gears3/Flood/G3_Flood_Tower3.jpg
Rigging reel by Jeremy 'animatr' Ernst
Texture art by Maury 'moose' Mountain
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2976372/gearsart/gears_char_csam.jpg
Character art by Wallaby Joe
http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/2033/berserkerturna.jpg
Character art by Mike 'rv_el' Kime
http://www.pseudo-pod.com/temp/G3/savagelocust2.jpg
Collection of character art by many of Epics' character artists, credits inside the thread.
http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/6121/marcussummer.jpg
Concept art by James 'hawkprey' Hawkins II
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_ap9wFTuIvE/Tp3SI5LQJCI/AAAAAAAAb6o/rfH8W2K25jU/s1600/epicimage02.jpg
Gears of War 2 (2009)
Mostly highpoly environment art by Kevin Johnstone
http://www.kevinjohnstone.com//Images/Gears2/COG_Hospital/COG_Hospital_Arch.JPG
Gears of War & Unreal Tournament 3 (2008)
Mostly highpoly environment art by Kevin Johnstone
http://www.kevinjohnstone.com/Images/UT3/Liandri/LT_TorlanWall.jpg
GHOSTBUSTERS (2009)
Environment art by Adam Bromell
https://files.dropbox.com/u/17188/adambromell_gb_lostisland_01.jpg
Guild Wars 2 (2012)
Character and prop art by Hai 'haikai' Phan
http://haikai.net/gallery/GW2_Orrian.jpg
Environment art by Jason 'futurepoly' Stokes
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15098641/PolyCountPost/CharrProcess07.jpg
Halo: Reach (2010)
Vehicle and propr art by Jesse 'IronHawk' Hall
http://www.jhall3d.com/images/renders/frigate_high.jpg
Vehicle and weapon art by Artem 'X-Convict' Volchik
http://www.artemstudios.com/2010/gallery/professional/halos_reach/focusRifle_haloreach.jpg
Prop art by Daniel 'Danimal' Phillips
http://danp.us/img/img/2009/vulcan_turret_2.jpg
Environment art by Anthony 'Autocon' Vaccaro
http://wireframeworlds.com/images/vaccaroAnthony_haloReach_boardwalk3.jpg
Halo 4 (2012)
Environment art by Chris 'italian1x' Durso
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Y3VT8r5HB6g/UKAquAJOiEI/AAAAAAAAAlM/sGoJEdqJCFY/s1600/inf_causeway18.jpg
Environment art by Andrew 'BeefWatson' Severson
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2Xyqu3Hy-9Q/UJxfUfvHKxI/AAAAAAAAAa0/8iYhVXyI0FE/s1600/hq_01.png
Environment art by Shon 'Essynim' Mitchell
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1rsgyca7IO8/UKLyTwcwLXI/AAAAAAAAAYw/6KNlCIFAuJk/s1600/refineint01.jpg
The Haunted: Hells Reach (2011)
Environment art by Viktor 'nightfrontier' Lidang and "The Haunted" team
http://www.viktorlidang.se/projects/haunted/artdump/TheHaunted_ArtDump_42.jpg
Hawken (2012)
Mech art by Cameron 'HitmonInfinity' Kerby
http://www.kerbywithane.com/Cameron/Images/Artwork/Brass_LP_1.jpg
inFamous 2 and InFamous 2 Festival of Blood (2011)
Environment art and concept art by Isaiah 'Haiasi' Sherman
http://www.shermancg.com/i2/shermanIsaiah_i2_01.jpg
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
http://www.malcolm341.com/jrt_dump/marketing_jrt_01.jpg
Killzone 3 (2011)
Environment art by 'kn0r'
http://www.stevo-folio.nl/images_kz3/001_high.jpg
Killzone: Shadowfall (2013)
Character art by Efgeni 'blitz' Bischoff
http://s.cghub.com/files/Image/675001-676000/675639/799_max.jpg
Kinect Starwars (2012)
Various art by folks from Terminal Reality
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/10617759/portfolio/environment_props/rancor_rampage2.jpg
Last of Us (2013)
Environment art by Rogelio 'rogelio' Olguin
http://rogelioolguin.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/t_shot_31.jpg
League of Legends (2009)
Character art by CataFa
http://forgestd.com/work/leagueoflegends/haunted_maokai.jpg
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (2002)
Tech and Texture Analysis by Soenke Christian "warby" Seidel
http://warby.bitproll.de/misc/ww_shading.jpg
Mass Effect 3 (2012)
Environment art by Marc-Antoine 'Marcan' Hamelin
http://i.imgur.com/Hb5MpUd.jpg
Metro Last Night(2013)
Character art by Pavel 'sandviper' Dorokhovsky
http://s.cghub.com/files/Image/553001-554000/553531/825_max.jpg
Modern Combat 4(2012)
Vehicle art by 'racer455'
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1725586/mc4/drone1.jpg
Nexuiz (2011)
Environment art by Chris 'cholden' Holden and Cole 'konstruct' Eggen
http://konstruct3d.com/DUMP/:Posts/Nexuiz/Station1.jpg
Of Orcs and Men (2012)
Environment art by Mathieu 'Boyo' Gasperin
http://boboyog.free.fr/PolyCount/OOAM/def/OOAM4.jpg
Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands (2010)
Character and Environment Sculpting by Steven 'Speve-O' Shmuely
http://www.zbrushcentral.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=199099
Rage (2011)
Environment/texture art by Phillip 'phillip.bailey' Bailey
http://www.polycount.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/rageart_02.jpg
Environment/texture art by Gene 'Zelenkov' Zelenkov
http://i714.photobucket.com/albums/ww147/tango5001/gv_001.jpg
Environment/texture art by Jonathan 'JonathanF' Fawcett
Environment/texture art by Raul 'Raul' Aparicio
http://raparicio.com/images/rage/before_after_mutantcave_010.jpg
Vehicle/prop art by Joey 'struve' Struve
http://www.polycount.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/rageart_01.jpg
Character art by Vitaliy 'rawkstar' Naymushin
http://t3h-v.com/folio/rage/wingstick.jpg
Character art by Peter 'peppi' Boehme
http://peterboehme.com/webpics/polycount/11/rage/rage_heads_1600.jpg
Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One (2011)
Cute Character art by Justin 'Neolight' Sanders
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3225495/creaturespread.jpg
Remember Me (2013)
Lighting art by Laurent 'ikblue' Harduin
http://laurent.harduin.free.fr/RM/episode2_mainstreet_breakdown.jpg
Resistance 3 (2011)
Environment art by Jacob 'jacob07777' Norris
http://www.purepolygons.com/images/artwork/Resistance%203/NY%20Terraformer/r3_nyt_012.jpg
Prop art by Erich 'ErichWK' Beckmann
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14880812/polycount/Turret2_Beckmann.jpg
Rift (2011)
Character art by Jon-Troy 'Hazardous' Nickel
http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/019/4/a/rift__high_elf_female_head_by_hyperdivine-d4mul1h.jpg
Rift: Storm Legion (2012)
Enormous collection of all kinds of art by the Art Team at Trion Worlds, specific credits in the thread.
http://www.cheefong.com/RIFT_screenshots/HeartRoom.jpg
Rotor (2013)
Environment and vehicle art by Ben 'poopinmymouth' Mathis
http://www.poopinmymouth.com/3d/rotor_allships.jpg
Ryse(2013)
Environment art by Ryse Team
http://i.imgur.com/or2W9G7.jpg
Singularity (2010)
A collection of environment, prop and character art by a whole lot of polycounters. More specific credits in the thread.
http://michellelaumann.com/EnvPortfolio/Environments/Pages/Singularity_files/Media/0000/0000.jpg
Sins of a Solar Empire (2012)
Ship art by Joel 'artquest' Durham
http://www.joelrdurham.com/Artwork/3D/SinsArt/PhaseRebelStill.jpg
Sorcery (2012)
Character art by Jackson 'OneLungLewis' Robinson
http://www.onelunglewis.com/SorceryArtDump/ApprenticeFront.jpg
Splinter Cell Blacklist (2013)
Environment art by Dan 'danjohncox' John Cox
http://24.media.tumblr.com/3f84e7f1b251169b6d21d4f9c718bf85/tumblr_mt000kocb41soswnbo7_1280.jpg
Character art by Tito 'lildragn' Belgrave
http://videogame-art.com/web/SC6/CharlieRealtime.jpg
Environment art by Vlad 'Matroskin' Dergachov
http://imageshack.us/a/img827/4846/fy1j.jpg
Starhawk (2012)
Environment art by Jonathan 'tottot' Lindblom
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v422/totorojonathan/forums/space03_zps77f94565.jpg
Star Trek Online (2010)
Character art by Jonathan 'JnasconeArt' Nascone
Tomb Raider (2013)
Environment art by Rogelio 'rogelio' Olguin
http://rogelioolguin.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/scavhub-011.jpg
Tomb Raider Underworld Wii (2008)
Character art by 'Ancient-Pig'
http://www.pig-brain.com/gallery/tru/tru_lara01.jpg
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
http://i656.photobucket.com/albums/uu287/justwesley0/Campaign_02.jpg
Uncharted 2 (2009)
A collection of character, environment and texture art by a lot of artists from Naughty Dog, credits in the thread.
http://www.zbrushcentral.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=171924
Uncharted 3 (2011)
Texture art by Jeremy 'RoachMXF' Huxley
Environment modeling by Anthony 'Autocon' Vaccaro
http://wireframeworlds.com/images/vaccaroAnthony_uncharted3_01.jpg
Uncharted: Golden Abyss (2011)
Prop art by Brian 'bipolar' Pape
Warweilder (2013)
Environment/prop art by Marie 'pixelb' Lazar
http://pixelbutterfly.com/images/big/castle.jpg
Watchdogs (2014)
Environment art by Alexandre 'Strkl' Stroukoff
Environment art by Adam 'Neoncypher' Dudley
https://adamdudleyart.squarespace.com/s/LTrain_01-xau9.jpg
Wildstar (2014)
Character art by Hong Chan 'hcpunk' Lim and the Carbine Team
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/57981938/HongLim_Works_to_post/Mordesh_F_Pose.jpg
Wolfenstein: The New Order (2014)
Highpoly/prop/environment art by Nicholas 'PAnick' Cort
http://abload.de/img/ph46_016ejfk.jpg
Highpoly art by Tor 'Snefer' Frick
http://torfrick.com/images/WOLFENSTEIN/Guardrobot3.jpg
Wolfenstein (2009)
Highpoly environment/prop art by Geoff Hill
http://geoff-hill.com/wolf/ghill2009_vweapon.jpg
Disclaimer
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