Graphics in the Computer Games Industry Week 1

Aims• To introduce the use of graphics in the computer games

industry• To navigate Adobe Photoshop • To use the brush tool and gradient tool

Objectives

Students will be able to use Adobe Photoshop to colour concept artwork

Unit 78Digital Graphics

for Computer Games

Graphics in The Computer Games Industry

Original Concept

• Master Chief was created by game developer Bungie

• Developed by concept artistsMarcus Lehto, Rob McLees, and Shi Kai Wang,

Master Chief, as originally designed by Shi Kai Wang. From The Art of Halo.

Halo Reach – Concept Art

Concept - Falcon

Planet Reach

Halo Reach - Helmets

Halo 2 - Storyboards

Logo

Bungie is an American video game developer currently located in Bellevue, Washington, USA. The company was established in May 1991 by University of Chicago undergraduate student Alex Seropian. Microsoft aquired Bungie in 2000 but Bungie split withOn October 5, 2007, Bungie announced that it had split with Microsoft and become a privately held independent company, Bungie LLC. In 2010, the company signed a ten-year publishing deal with Activision Blizzard.

Merchandising – Action Figures

Assassins Creed

Street Fighter – Concept Art

Concept Art

Sketchbook

Concept Art

Marvel vs Capcom3 Advertising/Promotion

UDON penciller Joe Ng and colorist Espen Grundetjern

Grand Theft Auto

Ian Mcquee – GTA Concept artist

Typeface

Concept Art GTA

Advertising

Before and After

Promotion - Publishing

Packaging – Metal Gear Solid

Solid Snake – Concept Art

• Solid Snake in Metal Gear Solid, drawn by Yoji Shinkawa. Shinkawa's design would mark the beginning of consistency and continuity in Snake's design, and similar designs would appear in all later games.

MSG Comicbook

Advertising

Gears of War 2

Gears of War - Epic

Crysis

Crytek is a German video game company founded in 1999 by three Turkish brothers main headquarters are in Frankfurt, Germany, with five other studios in Kiev, Budapest, Sofia, South Korea and Nottingham

Fallout 3

Daniel Cheng - Sketchbooks

Diablo 3 – Concept Art

Trade FairsElectronic Entertainment Expo

Graphics in the Computer Games Industry Week 1

Education

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