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´This book supports my own 30-year crusade to demonstrate that games are an art form that undeniably rivals traditional arts. It gives detailed explanations of game art techniques and their importance, while also highlighting their dependence on artistic aspects of game design and programming.
John Romero, co-founder of id Software and CEO of Loot Drop, Inc.
´Solarski s methodology here is to show us the artistic techniques that every artist should know, and then he transposes them to the realm of video games to show how they should be used to create a far more artful gaming experience ... if I were an artist planning to do video game work, I d have a copy of this on my shelf.´
Marc Mason, Comics Waiting Room
Video games are not a revolution in art history, but an evolution. Whether the medium is paper or canvas or a computer screen the artist s challenge is to make something without depth seem like a window into a living, breathing world. Video game art is no different.
Drawing Basics and Video Game Art is first to examine the connections between classical art and video games, enabling developers to create more expressive and varied emotional experiences in games. Artist game designer Chris Solarski gives readers a comprehensive introduction to basic and advanced drawing and design skills light, value, color, anatomy, concept development as well as detailed instruction for using these methods to design complex characters, worlds, and gameplay experiences. Artwork by the likes of Michelangelo, Titian, and Rubens are studied alongside AAA games like BioShock, Journey, the Mario series , and Portal 2, to demonstrate perpetual theories of depth, composition, movement, artistic anatomy, and expression.
Although Drawing Basics and Video Game Art is primarily a practical reference for artists and designers working in the video games industry, it s equally accessible for those interested to learn about gaming s future, and potential as an artistic medium.
Also available as an eBook´



Table of Contents:
Foreword by Tristan Donovan
Preface
Introduction
Level 01/ Fundamentals
Materials
Basic Pencil Techniques
Basic Perspective
Basic Volumes
Basic Lighting and Values
Visual Measuring Tools
Drawing Process
Level 02/ Advanced Drawing Concepts
Advanced Perspectives and Volumes
Advanced Lighting and Values
Atmospheric Perspective
Landscape Drawing
Level 03/ The Human Figure
Gravity and Movement
Proportions
Skeletal Landmarks
Level 04/ Anatomy
Six Stages for Rendering Anatomy
The Foot
The Leg
The Pelvis
The Spine and Ribcage
The Shoulder Girdle
The Arm
The Hand
The Head and Neck
Facial Expressions
Level 05/ Elements of Design
Frame
Camera Angle
Scale
Grouping
Lighting
Line
Shapes
Subverting Conventions
Level 06/ Character Design
Good Studio Practice
Brainstorming and Character Concept
Visual Metaphors
Mind-Map, Research, and Mood Board
Thumbnail Development
Final Character Drawing and Model Sheet
Level 07/ Environment Design
Character/Environment Shapes
Building Construction
Character-Centric Environment Design
Top-Down Environment Design
Gameplay Map
Level 08/ Color and Digital Tools
Color
Adding Color with Digital Tools
Professional Portfolio and Getting Work
Bibliography
Index´