Game Art Examples

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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. These are commonly called "art dumps".


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Aeon Flux (2005)

Character art by Jesse 'skankerzero' Sosa

Polycount Forum thread

Aeon work 001.jpg

Afterfall InSanity (2011)

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

Polycount Forum thread

AfterfallInsanity.jpg

Age of Conan (2008)

Concept art by Funcom

Polycount Forum thread

AgeOfConan.jpg

Allods Online (2010)

Character art by the character team at Astrum Nival

Polycount Forum thread

Hair allods-online harpy.jpg

Environment art by the "World" team at Astrum Nival

Polycount Forum thread

AllodsOnline Env.jpg

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

Polycount Forum thread

Assasins Creed 4 Black Flag - Room.jpg

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

Polycount Forum thread

Assasins Creed 4 Black Flag - Character.jpg

Assasins Creed: Brotherhood (2010)

Character art by Nicolas 'ncollings' Collings

ZbrushCentral Forum thread

AssasinsCreedBrotherhood Models.jpg

Assassins Creed 2 (2009)

Character art by Nicolas 'ncollings' Collings

ZbrushCentral Forum thread

AssasinsCreedII Models.jpg

Batman: Arkham City (2011)

Environment art by André Wahlgren

Polycount Forum thread

Batman AC.jpg

Batman: Arkham Origins (2013)

All kinds of art by the Splash Damage Team

Polycount Forum thread

BatmanArkhamOrigins.jpg

Character art by Jocelyn 'jocz' Zeller

Polycount Forum thread

BatmanArkhamOrigins BigBane.jpg

Battlefield 4 (2013)

Foliage by Simon 'Fozworth' Barle

Polycount Forum thread

Battlefield4.png

Brink (2011)

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

Polycount Forum thread

Brink.jpg

Borderlands 2 (2012)

Environment art by Tris 'Bbox85' Baybayan

Polycount Forum thread

Borderlands2.jpg

Prop art by James 'JBarnett' Barnett

Polycount Forum thread

Borderlands2Head.jpg

Bioshock Infinite (2013)

Environment art by Mike 'Snight' Snight

Polycount Forum thread

BioshockInfinite1.jpg

Character art by Gavin 'Gav' Goulden

Polycount Forum thread

BioshockInfinite2.jpg

Bulletstorm (2011)

Environment art by 'hydzior'

Polycount Forum thread

Bulletstorm.jpg

Call of Duty - Modern Warfare 3

Weapon art by Yaron 'Lonewolf' Levi

Polycount Forum thread

COD Modern Warfare 3 Pecheneg 1.jpg

Crasher (2011)

Environment art by Michael 'Orb' Vicente

Polycount Forum thread

OrbCrasher temple1.jpg

Environment art by Allard 'Alloa' Julien

Polycount Forum thread

Crasher 1.jpg

Crysis 2 (2011)

Environment art by Manuel 'katzeimsack' Virks

Polycount Forum thread

Crysis2.jpg

Crysis 3 (2013)

Environment art by Frank 'digitalwerk' Meinl

Polycount Forum thread

Crysis3 tower interior.jpg

Weapon art by Pavel Petrenko

Polycount Forum thread

Crysis3 Gauss.jpg

Weapon art by Yaron 'Lonewolf' Levi

Polycount Forum thread

Crysis3 Bolt Lightning CU.jpg

Character art by Manuel 'katzeimsack' Virks

Polycount Forum thread

Crysis3 Psycho01.jpg

Darksiders (2010)

Character art by James Brian 'Bobo the seal' Jones

Polycount Forum thread

Darksiders Straga.jpg

Darksiders II (2012)

Character art by the Team at Vigil & Partners

Polycount Forum thread

Darksiders2 DeathArmor01.jpg

Character and prop art by the Team at Vigil & Partners

Polycount Forum thread

Darksiders2 DeathArmor02.jpg

Environment art by the Konrad 'PredatorGSR' Beerbaum

Polycount Forum thread

Darksiders2 CityoftheDead.jpg

Prop art by Vigil Environment Team

Polycount Forum thread

Darksiders2 Skulls.jpg

Day-Z Standalone (2013)

Weapon art by Pavol 'theSixtyEight' Humaj

Polycount Forum thread

Dayz chainsaw1.jpg

Defiance (2013)

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

Polycount Forum thread

Defiance DarkmatterEnforcer.jpg

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (2016)

Character, Environment and Hard Surface art from Ubisoft Montreal specific credits in the thread.

Polycount Forum thread

Deus ex mkd.png

Dishonored (2012)

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

Polycount Forum thread

Dishonored Boyle closeup.jpg

Dishonored 2 (2016)

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

Character Art Thread

Environment Art Thread

Dishonored2 thumb.JPG

Dropzone (2017)

Character, Environment, Concept, Hardsurface, Substance from Sparkypants Studio, specific credits in the thread.

Polycount Forum thread

Dropzone.jpg

Dungeon Defenders 2 (2015)

Concept, character, and environment art the team at Trendy Entertainment, specific credits in the thread.

Polycount Forum thread

DungeonDefenders2.jpg

Dungeon Hunter (2011)

Character art by Hunter 'HntrLuc' Mortenson

Polycount Forum thread

Dungeon Hunter Rogue.jpg

Far Cry 3 (2012)

Weapon and prop art by Greg 'warxsnake' Rassam

Polycount Forum thread

FarCry3 Flame.jpg

Weapon art by Tor 'Snefer' Frick

Polycount Forum thread

FarCry3 Gun.jpg

Far Cry Primal (2016)

Environments by Ubisoft Montreal specific credits in the thread.

Polycount Forum thread

Farcry primal.JPG

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

Weapon, character, vehicle and prop art by Exis Interactive

Polycount Forum thread

F3AR mech.jpg

Firefall (2013)

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

Polycount Forum thread

Firefall Bake.jpg

Frontlines: Fuel of War (2008)

Weapons, vehicles and props art by Marcus Dublin

Polycount Forum thread

MarcusDublin FrontlinesFOW WC AssaultRifle.jpg

Galactic Bowling (2008)

Character and prop art by Jaco 'Jaco' Herbst

Polycount Forum thread

GalacticBowling Shaniqua.jpg

Character art by Ilja 'Japhir' Kocken

Polycount Forum thread

Game of Thrones (2012)

Prop art by Matthieu Gueguen

Polycount Forum thread

GameOfThrones Raven.jpg

Gears of War: Judgment (2013)

Environment art by Joshua 'kernersvillan' Marlow

Polycount Forum thread

GearsofWarJudgment Pueblo.jpg

Environment art by 'hydzior'

Polycount Forum thread

GearsofWarJudgment Haven.jpg

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

Environment art by Paul Svoboda

Polycount Forum thread

GearsofWar3RaamsShadow.jpg

Gears of War 3 (2011)

Mostly highpoly environment art by Kevin Johnstone

Polycount Forum thread

GearsofWar3 Flood Tower3.jpg

Rigging reel by Jeremy 'animatr' Ernst

Texture art by Maury 'moose' Mountain

Polycount Forum thread

GearsofWar3 Csam.jpg

Character art by Wallaby Joe

Polycount Forum thread

GearsofWar3 Berserker.jpg

Character art by Mike 'rv_el' Kime

Polycount Forum thread

GearsofWar3 SavageLocust.jpg

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

Polycount Forum thread

GearsofWar3 MarcusSummer.jpg

Concept art by James 'hawkprey' Hawkins II

Polycount Forum thread

GearsofWar3 epicimage02.jpg

Gears of War 2 (2009)

Mostly highpoly environment art by Kevin Johnstone

Polycount Forum thread

GearsofWar2 Hospital Arch.jpg

Gears of War & Unreal Tournament 3 (2008)

Mostly highpoly environment art by Kevin Johnstone

Polycount Forum thread

UnrealTournament3 TorlanWall.jpg

Ghostbusters (2009)

Environment art by Adam Bromell

Polycount Forum thread

Ghostbusters LostIsland 01.jpg

Gigantic (2016)

Concept, Character, and UI Motiga specific credits in the thread.

Polycount Forum thread

Gigantic art dump.jpg

Guild Wars 2 (2012)

Character and prop art by Hai 'haikai' Phan

Polycount Forum thread

GuildWars2 Orrian.jpg

Environment art by Jason 'futurepoly' Stokes

Polycount Forum thread

GuildWars2 CharrProcess07.jpg

Halo: Reach (2010)

Vehicle and propr art by Jesse 'IronHawk' Hall

Polycount Forum thread

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

Polycount Forum thread

HaloReach FocusRifle.jpg

Prop art by Daniel 'Danimal' Phillips

Polycount Forum thread

HaloReach VulcanTurret.jpg

Environment art by Anthony 'Autocon' Vaccaro

Polycount Forum thread

HaloReach Boardwalk.jpg

Halo 4 (2012)

Environment art by Chris 'italian1x' Durso

Polycount Forum thread

Halo4 Causeway.jpg

Environment art by Andrew 'BeefWatson' Severson

Polycount Forum thread

Halo4 hq 01.png

Environment art by Shon 'Essynim' Mitchell

Polycount Forum thread

Halo4 Refineint01.jpg

The Haunted: Hells Reach (2011)

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

Polycount Forum thread

TheHauntedHellsReach temple 2.jpg

Hawken (2012)

Mech art by Cameron 'HitmonInfinity' Kerby

Polycount Forum thread

Hawken Brass LP 1.jpg

inFamous 2 Festival of Blood (2011)

Environment art and concept art by Isaiah 'Haiasi' Sherman

Polycount Forum thread

InFamous2 01.jpg

Environment art by Josh 'Amadreaus' Rife

Polycount Forum thread

InFamous2 02.jpg

Joy Ride Turbo (2012)

Environment and concept art by the team at Microsoft Big Park, Art direction by Malcolm 'malcolm' Andrieshyn

Polycount Forum thread

http://www.malcolm341.com/jrt_dump/marketing_jrt_01.jpg


Killzone 3 (2011)

Environment art by 'kn0r'

Polycount Forum thread

http://www.stevo-folio.nl/images_kz3/001_high.jpg

Killzone: Shadowfall (2013)

Character art by Efgeni 'blitz' Bischoff

Polycount Forum thread

http://s.cghub.com/files/Image/675001-676000/675639/799_max.jpg

Kinect Starwars (2012)

Various art by folks from Terminal Reality

Polycount Forum thread

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/10617759/portfolio/environment_props/rancor_rampage2.jpg

Last of Us (2013)

Environment art by Rogelio 'rogelio' Olguin

Polycount Forum thread

http://rogelioolguin.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/t_shot_31.jpg

League of Legends (2009)

Character art by CataFa

Polycount Forum thread

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

Polycount Forum thread

http://warby.bitproll.de/misc/ww_shading.jpg

Mass Effect 3 (2012)

Environment art by Marc-Antoine 'Marcan' Hamelin

Polycount Forum thread

http://i.imgur.com/Hb5MpUd.jpg

Metro Last Night(2013)

Character art by Pavel 'sandviper' Dorokhovsky

Polycount Forum thread

http://s.cghub.com/files/Image/553001-554000/553531/825_max.jpg

Modern Combat 4(2012)

Vehicle art by 'racer455'

Polycount Forum thread

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1725586/mc4/drone1.jpg

Nexuiz (2011)

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

Polycount Forum thread

http://konstruct3d.com/DUMP/:Posts/Nexuiz/Station1.jpg

Of Orcs and Men (2012)

Environment art by Mathieu 'Boyo' Gasperin

Polycount Forum thread

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

Polycount Forum thread

http://www.zbrushcentral.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=199099

Rage (2011)

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

Polycount Forum thread

http://www.polycount.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/rageart_02.jpg

Environment/texture art by Gene 'Zelenkov' Zelenkov

Polycount Forum thread

http://i714.photobucket.com/albums/ww147/tango5001/gv_001.jpg

Environment/texture art by Jonathan 'JonathanF' Fawcett

Polycount Forum thread

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b116/JonathanFawcett/Polycount/id%20software%20Portfolio%20work/rageBeforeAfter_1.jpg

Environment/texture art by Raul 'Raul' Aparicio

Polycount Forum thread

http://raparicio.com/images/rage/before_after_mutantcave_010.jpg

Vehicle/prop art by Joey 'struve' Struve

Polycount Forum thread

http://www.polycount.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/rageart_01.jpg

Character art by Vitaliy 'rawkstar' Naymushin

Polycount Forum thread

http://t3h-v.com/folio/rage/wingstick.jpg

Character art by Peter 'peppi' Boehme

Polycount Forum thread

http://peterboehme.com/webpics/polycount/11/rage/rage_heads_1600.jpg

Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One (2011)

Cute Character art by Justin 'Neolight' Sanders

Polycount Forum thread

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3225495/creaturespread.jpg

Remember Me (2013)

Lighting art by Laurent 'ikblue' Harduin

Polycount Forum thread

http://laurent.harduin.free.fr/RM/episode2_mainstreet_breakdown.jpg

Resistance 3 (2011)

Environment art by Jacob 'jacob07777' Norris

Polycount Forum thread

http://www.purepolygons.com/images/artwork/Resistance%203/NY%20Terraformer/r3_nyt_012.jpg

Prop art by Erich 'ErichWK' Beckmann

Polycount Forum thread

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14880812/polycount/Turret2_Beckmann.jpg

Rift (2011)

Character art by Jon-Troy 'Hazardous' Nickel

Polycount Forum thread

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.

Polycount Forum thread

http://www.cheefong.com/RIFT_screenshots/HeartRoom.jpg

Rotor (2013)

Environment and vehicle art by Ben 'poopinmymouth' Mathis

Polycount Forum thread

http://www.poopinmymouth.com/3d/rotor_allships.jpg

Ryse(2013)

Environment art by Ryse Team

Polycount Forum thread

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.

Polycount Forum 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

Polycount Forum thread

http://www.joelrdurham.com/Artwork/3D/SinsArt/PhaseRebelStill.jpg

Sorcery (2012)

Character art by Jackson 'OneLungLewis' Robinson

Polycount Forum thread

http://www.onelunglewis.com/SorceryArtDump/ApprenticeFront.jpg

Splinter Cell Blacklist (2013)

Environment art by Dan 'danjohncox' John Cox

Polycount Forum thread

http://24.media.tumblr.com/3f84e7f1b251169b6d21d4f9c718bf85/tumblr_mt000kocb41soswnbo7_1280.jpg


Character art by Tito 'lildragn' Belgrave

Polycount Forum thread

http://videogame-art.com/web/SC6/CharlieRealtime.jpg


Environment art by Vlad 'Matroskin' Dergachov

Polycount Forum thread

http://imageshack.us/a/img827/4846/fy1j.jpg

Starhawk (2012)

Environment art by Jonathan 'tottot' Lindblom

Polycount Forum thread

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v422/totorojonathan/forums/space03_zps77f94565.jpg

Star Trek Online (2010)

Character art by Jonathan 'JnasconeArt' Nascone

Polycount Forum thread

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TE66dPR6B-I/T14yaE9SWZI/AAAAAAAAAbI/Mnj2Azbd5y8/s1600/StarTrekOnline_EnvironmentalSuit.jpg

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege (2016)

Character, Environment and Props by Ubisoft Montreal, specific credits in thread.

Polycount Forum thread

Rainbow 6 Siege.JPG

Tomb Raider (2013)

Environment art by Rogelio 'rogelio' Olguin

Polycount Forum thread

http://rogelioolguin.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/scavhub-011.jpg

Tomb Raider Underworld Wii (2008)

Character art by 'Ancient-Pig'

Polycount Forum thread

http://www.pig-brain.com/gallery/tru/tru_lara01.jpg

Total War: Warhammer (2016)

Character, Environment, Animation by Creative Assembly, specific credits in thread.

Polycount Forum thread

TW Warhammer.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

Polycount Forum thread

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.

Polycount Forum thread

http://www.zbrushcentral.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=171924

Uncharted 3 (2011)

Texture art by Jeremy 'RoachMXF' Huxley

Polycount Forum thread

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XZMqTcIZF0U/Ttb8UMz8K6I/AAAAAAAAAeE/ya8klo5cJHU/s1600/screenshot_02242009_002941.png


Environment modeling by Anthony 'Autocon' Vaccaro

Polycount Forum thread

http://wireframeworlds.com/images/vaccaroAnthony_uncharted3_01.jpg

Uncharted: Golden Abyss (2011)

Prop art by Brian 'bipolar' Pape

Polycount Forum thread

http://i.imgur.com/bBGuu.jpg

Warweilder (2013)

Environment/prop art by Marie 'pixelb' Lazar

Polycount Forum thread

http://pixelbutterfly.com/images/big/castle.jpg

Watchdogs (2014)

Environment art by Alexandre 'Strkl' Stroukoff

Polycount Forum thread

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lEklNYlE_mU/U38ru6-tYyI/AAAAAAAAB5Q/tbG_Wlq6ELE/s1600/AlexStroukoff_Dragon003.jpg

Environment art by Adam 'Neoncypher' Dudley

Polycount Forum thread

https://adamdudleyart.squarespace.com/s/LTrain_01-xau9.jpg

Wildstar (2014)

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

Polycount Forum thread

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

Polycount Forum thread

http://abload.de/img/ph46_016ejfk.jpg

Highpoly art by Tor 'Snefer' Frick

Polycount Forum thread

http://torfrick.com/images/WOLFENSTEIN/Guardrobot3.jpg

Wolfenstein (2009)

Highpoly environment/prop art by Geoff Hill

Polycount Forum thread

http://geoff-hill.com/wolf/ghill2009_vweapon.jpg

XCom 2 (2016)

Character, Environment, Props and some Decals by Firaxis, specific credits in thread.

Polycount Forum Thread 01

Polycount Forum Thread 02

XCOM2.jpg

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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