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

Polycount Forum thread

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Afterfall InSanity (2011)

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

Polycount Forum thread

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Age of Conan (2008)

Concept art by Funcom

Polycount Forum thread

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Allods Online (2010)

Character art by the character team at Astrum Nival

Polycount Forum thread

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Environment art by the "World" team at Astrum Nival

Polycount Forum thread

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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

Polycount Forum thread

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

Polycount Forum thread

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Assasins Creed: Brotherhood (2010)

Character art by Nicolas 'ncollings' Collings

Polycount Forum thread

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Assassins Creed 2 (2009)

Character art by Nicolas 'ncollings' Collings

Polycount Forum thread

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Batman: Arkham City (2011)

Environment art by André Wahlgren

Polycount Forum thread

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Batman: Arkham Origins (2013)

All kinds of art by the Splash Damage Team

Polycount Forum thread

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Character art by Jocelyn 'jocz' Zeller

Polycount Forum thread

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Battlefield 4 (2013)

Foliage by Simon 'Fozworth' Barle

Polycount Forum thread

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Brink (2011)

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

Polycount Forum thread

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Borderlands 2 (2012)

Environment art by Tris 'Bbox85' Baybayan

Polycount Forum thread

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Prop art by James 'JBarnett' Barnett

Polycount Forum thread

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Bioshock Infinite (2013)

Environment art by Mike 'Snight' Snight

Polycount Forum thread

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Character art by Gavin 'Gav' Goulden

Polycount Forum thread

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Bulletstorm (2011)

Environment art by 'hydzior'

Polycount Forum thread

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Call of Duty - Modern warfare 3

Weapon art by Yaron 'Lonewolf' Levi

Polycount Forum thread

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Crasher (2011)

Environment art by Michael 'Orb' Vicente

Polycount Forum thread

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Environment art by Allard 'Alloa' Julien

Polycount Forum thread

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Crysis 2 (2011)

Environment art by Manuel 'katzeimsack' Virks

Polycount Forum thread

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Crysis 3 (2013)

Environment art by Frank 'digitalwerk' Meinl

Polycount Forum thread

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Weapon art by Pavel Petrenko

Polycount Forum thread

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Weapon art by Yaron 'Lonewolf' Levi

Polycount Forum thread

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Character art by Manuel 'katzeimsack' Virks

Polycount Forum thread

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Darksiders (2010)

Character art by James Brian 'Bobo the seal' Jones

Polycount Forum thread

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Darksiders II (2012)

Character art by the Team at Vigil & Partners

Polycount Forum thread

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Character and prop art by the Team at Vigil & Partners

Polycount Forum thread

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Environment art by the Konrad 'PredatorGSR' Beerbaum

Polycount Forum thread

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Prop art by Vigil Environment Team

Polycount Forum thread

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Day-Z Standalone (2013)

Weapon art by Pavol 'theSixtyEight' Humaj

Polycount Forum thread

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Defiance (2013)

Character art by the Art Team at Trion Worlds specific credits in the thread.

Polycount Forum thread

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Dishonored (2012)

Character art by Team at Arkane Studio specific credits in the thread.

Polycount Forum thread

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Dungeon Hunter (2011)

Character art by Hunter 'HntrLuc' Mortenson

Polycount Forum thread

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Far Cry 3 (2012)

Weapon and prop art by Greg 'warxsnake' Rassam

Polycount Forum thread

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Weapon art by Tor 'Snefer' Frick

Polycount Forum thread

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F.E.A.R. 3 (2011)

Weapon, character, vehicle and prop art by Exis Interactive

Polycount Forum thread

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Firefall (2013)

Weapons, vehicles and props art by Ralphie 'boyluya' Agenar

Polycount Forum thread

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Frontlines: Fuel of War (2008)

Weapons, vehicles and props art by Marcus Dublin

Polycount Forum thread

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Galactic Bowling (2008)

Character and prop art by Jaco 'Jaco' Herbst

Polycount Forum thread

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Character art by Ilja 'Japhir' Kocken

Polycount Forum thread

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Game of Thrones (2012)

Prop art by Matthieu Gueguen

Polycount Forum thread

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Gears of War: Judgment (2013)

Environment art by Joshua 'kernersvillan' Marlow

Polycount Forum thread

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Environment art by 'hydzior'

Polycount Forum thread

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Gears of War 3: Raam's Shadow (2011)

Environment art by Paul Svoboda

Polycount Forum thread

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Gears of War 3 (2011)

Mostly highpoly environment art by Kevin Johnstone

Polycount Forum thread

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Rigging reel by Jeremy 'animatr' Ernst

Texture art by Maury 'moose' Mountain

Polycount Forum thread

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Character art by Wallaby Joe

Polycount Forum thread

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Character art by Mike 'rv_el' Kime

Polycount Forum thread

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

Polycount Forum thread

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Concept art by James 'hawkprey' Hawkins II

Polycount Forum thread

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Gears of War 2 (2009)

Mostly highpoly environment art by Kevin Johnstone

Polycount Forum thread

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Gears of War & Unreal Tournament 3 (2008)

Mostly highpoly environment art by Kevin Johnstone

Polycount Forum thread

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GHOSTBUSTERS (2009)

Environment art by Adam Bromell

Polycount Forum thread

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Guild Wars 2 (2012)

Character and prop art by Hai 'haikai' Phan

Polycount Forum thread

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Environment art by Jason 'futurepoly' Stokes

Polycount Forum thread

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Halo: Reach (2010)

Vehicle and propr art by Jesse 'IronHawk' Hall

Polycount Forum thread

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

Polycount Forum thread

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Prop art by Daniel 'Danimal' Phillips

Polycount Forum thread

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Environment art by Anthony 'Autocon' Vaccaro

Polycount Forum thread

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Halo 4 (2012)

Environment art by Chris 'italian1x' Durso

Polycount Forum thread

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Environment art by Andrew 'BeefWatson' Severson

Polycount Forum thread

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Environment art by Shon 'Essynim' Mitchell

Polycount Forum thread

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The Haunted: Hells Reach (2011)

Environment art by Viktor 'nightfrontier' Lidang and "The Haunted" team

Polycount Forum thread

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Hawken (2012)

Mech art by Cameron 'HitmonInfinity' Kerby

Polycount Forum thread

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inFamous 2 and InFamous 2 Festival of Blood (2011)

Environment art and concept art by Isaiah 'Haiasi' Sherman

Polycount Forum thread

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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

Polycount Forum thread

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Killzone 3 (2011)

Environment art by 'kn0r'

Polycount Forum thread

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Killzone: Shadowfall (2013)

Character art by Efgeni 'blitz' Bischoff

Polycount Forum thread

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Kinect Starwars (2012)

Various art by folks from Terminal Reality

Polycount Forum thread

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Last of Us (2013)

Environment art by Rogelio 'rogelio' Olguin

Polycount Forum thread

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League of Legends (2009)

Character art by CataFa

Polycount Forum thread

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The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (2002)

Tech and Texture Analysis by Soenke Christian "warby" Seidel

Polycount Forum thread

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Mass Effect 3 (2012)

Environment art by Marc-Antoine 'Marcan' Hamelin

Polycount Forum thread

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Metro Last Night(2013)

Character art by Pavel 'sandviper' Dorokhovsky

Polycount Forum thread

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Modern Combat 4(2012)

Vehicle art by 'racer455'

Polycount Forum thread

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Nexuiz (2011)

Environment art by Chris 'cholden' Holden and Cole 'konstruct' Eggen

Polycount Forum thread

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Of Orcs and Men (2012)

Environment art by Mathieu 'Boyo' Gasperin

Polycount Forum thread

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Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands (2010)

Character and Environment Sculpting by Steven 'Speve-O' Shmuely

Polycount Forum thread

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Rage (2011)

Environment/texture art by Phillip 'phillip.bailey' Bailey

Polycount Forum thread

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Environment/texture art by Gene 'Zelenkov' Zelenkov

Polycount Forum thread

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Environment/texture art by Jonathan 'JonathanF' Fawcett

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Environment/texture art by Raul 'Raul' Aparicio

Polycount Forum thread

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Vehicle/prop art by Joey 'struve' Struve

Polycount Forum thread

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Character art by Vitaliy 'rawkstar' Naymushin

Polycount Forum thread

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Character art by Peter 'peppi' Boehme

Polycount Forum thread

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Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One (2011)

Cute Character art by Justin 'Neolight' Sanders

Polycount Forum thread

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Remember Me (2013)

Lighting art by Laurent 'ikblue' Harduin

Polycount Forum thread

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Resistance 3 (2011)

Environment art by Jacob 'jacob07777' Norris

Polycount Forum thread

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Prop art by Erich 'ErichWK' Beckmann

Polycount Forum thread

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Rift (2011)

Character art by Jon-Troy 'Hazardous' Nickel

Polycount Forum thread

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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.

Polycount Forum thread

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Rotor (2013)

Environment and vehicle art by Ben 'poopinmymouth' Mathis

Polycount Forum thread

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Ryse(2013)

Environment art by Ryse Team

Polycount Forum thread

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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.

Polycount Forum thread

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Sins of a Solar Empire (2012)

Ship art by Joel 'artquest' Durham

Polycount Forum thread

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Sorcery (2012)

Character art by Jackson 'OneLungLewis' Robinson

Polycount Forum thread

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Splinter Cell Blacklist (2013)

Environment art by Dan 'danjohncox' John Cox

Polycount Forum thread

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Character art by Tito 'lildragn' Belgrave

Polycount Forum thread

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Environment art by Vlad 'Matroskin' Dergachov

Polycount Forum thread

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Starhawk (2012)

Environment art by Jonathan 'tottot' Lindblom

Polycount Forum thread

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Star Trek Online (2010)

Character art by Jonathan 'JnasconeArt' Nascone

Polycount Forum thread

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Tomb Raider (2013)

Environment art by Rogelio 'rogelio' Olguin

Polycount Forum thread

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Tomb Raider Underworld Wii (2008)

Character art by 'Ancient-Pig'

Polycount Forum thread

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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

Polycount Forum thread

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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.

Polycount Forum thread

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Uncharted 3 (2011)

Texture art by Jeremy 'RoachMXF' Huxley

Polycount Forum thread

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Environment modeling by Anthony 'Autocon' Vaccaro

Polycount Forum thread

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Uncharted: Golden Abyss (2011)

Prop art by Brian 'bipolar' Pape

Polycount Forum thread

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Warweilder (2013)

Environment/prop art by Marie 'pixelb' Lazar

Polycount Forum thread

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Watchdogs (2014)

Environment art by Alexandre 'Strkl' Stroukoff

Polycount Forum thread

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Environment art by Adam 'Neoncypher' Dudley

Polycount Forum thread

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Wildstar (2014)

Character art by Hong Chan 'hcpunk' Lim and the Carbine Team

Polycount Forum thread

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Wolfenstein: The New Order (2014)

Highpoly/prop/environment art by Nicholas 'PAnick' Cort

Polycount Forum thread

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Highpoly art by Tor 'Snefer' Frick

Polycount Forum thread

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Wolfenstein (2009)

Highpoly environment/prop art by Geoff Hill

Polycount Forum thread

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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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