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
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)
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)
Assasins Creed 4: Black Flag (2013)
Environment art by Tihomir 'TihomirVFX' Nyagolov
Character art by Mathieu 'MagnusLee' Goulet and 'Rhye'
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
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