Art Bible
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An Art Bible, or Style Guide is a document created by the Art Director or Lead Artist to communicate to the art team exactly what style the art assets should match.
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- League of Legends - Dev Blog: Defining the Rift’s Visual Style by Riot Games File:LOLDefiningtheRiftsVisualStyle.pdf (1MB pdf backup)
- Dota 2 Asset Creation Guidelines by Valve Software. File:Dota2CharacterArtGuide.pdf (7MB pdf backup), File:Dota2CharacterTextureGuide.pdf (3MB pdf backup), File:Dota2ShaderMaskGuide.pdf (3MB pdf backup)
- 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)
- The Vision behind Age of Empires Online by Robot Entertainment File:TheVisionBehindAgeOfEmpiresOnline-RobotEntertainment.pdf (archived PDF)