Character Concepts
About creating character concept art for games.
Contents
Character Design
Cool painting - Bad concept - What 3d artists are looking for in concept art on the Polycount Forums.
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 texturing techniques commonly used in game development.
- Concept Fundamentals has the basics of concept drawing and painting.
- Character Reference for reference imagery: photos, texture sites, etc.
- Concept Reference has concept art: from games, anime, and movies.
- Painting Tutorials Polycount Forum thread has links to many more painting tutorials.
