Purpose of concept art task 1
- 1. Purpose Of Concept Art Conceptart can be conveyedasa formof drawingandispurposelydesignedtorepresentanideaor seriesof ideasfora varietyof mediasuchas; comicbooks,moviesandevencomputergames. Conceptart offersthe basisformediaandgivesthe initial ideathencaneventuallybe reworked, allowingfordifferentmoodsandthemestobe assessedbeforethe final product.Conceptartfor gameshas changeddrasticallyoverthe yearsandthisismainlydowntothe majoradvancesin technology.Earlierformsof conceptartfor gameswere veryrestrictedtoa 2D perspective and lackeddetail thatwouldgive realismtoa game.A good example of thisisthe earlierSuperMario games.The Mario character himself wasveryrigidinshape anditwas hard to tell fromthe player’s perspective whetherhe hadfacial featuresetc.These days’gamesare plannedalotmore carefully and thoroughlydue tothe more complex game Enginesthathave beencreated.Conceptartisnow createdwitha lotmore detail;facial features,differentperspectivesaswell asfluidityof textured environmentare all takenintoconsideration,the ideaof havinga3D worldwithinagame opensup an array of endlessopportunitiesandgivesaConceptArtista lotmore room to worktheirmagic. Obviouslythiswouldmeanthata lotmore workwouldbe required,due tothe fact that methods such as lightingwouldhave tobe researchedinmore depth;aconceptartistwouldhave tohave an understandingof howshadowsare createdondifferentobjectsaswell aspeople,due tothe fact that shadowswill be castdifferentlyfromdifferentperspectives. Forgames,conceptartisa visual formof planning;itallowsdeveloperstoassessthe graphical elementsof theirgame sothatthey can laterinterpretthe designswithinthe game engine.Thisisthe processwhere manygamescan fall down,due tothe fact that theymay have createdoverambitiousdesignsthatare hard to interpretwithinthe game engine.Thisisthe reasonwhyitis importanttoassessthe capabilitiesof the game engine before anydesignsare made,thisnotonlysavestime frombeingwastedbutalso givesa realisticstandpointof the calibre of game thatis possible tobe created.A goodexample of a game withhighqualitygraphicsisfallout 3,realisticface expressionsaswell assome veryhigh qualitytexturing,allowsformore realisticemotionstobe portrayedthroughthe characters,players are thenable tobecome emotionallyattachedandtherefore the game becomesmore grippingand thrillingtoplay. Overall conceptartmaybe one of the earliestprocessesof gamesdevelopmentbut alsoprovesto be one of the mostimportant,techniquessuchaslighting,shadingandevencharacter modellingall beginwithdrawings;givingavisual representativeof whatisto be interpretedwithin the game its.Asa resultgame developerscantweakandimprove theirgame visuallyduringthese earlystages,inpreparationforthe creationof a game withthe mostexitinggraphicswithahuge sense of realism,dependingonthe genre of game. http://onlyfreewallpaper.com/walls/spirit-breaker-vs- phantom-assassin-dota-2-artwork-other.jpg http://www.cyborgmatt.com/wp- content/uploads/2012/05/Dota2_GyrocopterConcept.j pg
- 2. For thistype of conceptart youcan see how sketcheditlooksandaddedsome shadingtomake a demonstrationonwhatmightthe characterof the game will looklike byshowingthe characters appearancesindetail sketchingthe aspectsof the character. These are some examplesof the objectsonconceptartwill looklike andasyoucan see the weapons of conceptart and whatwill theylooklike andwhatcharacterwill suitthe type of weapontheyhad to put examplesbyaddingdetail onthe weaponlikeshading,textureandcolour. In thisexample Ishowedwhatconceptartwill looklike foranenvironmenttype of game andhowit isdetailedwithbrightshadingcoloursanddarkcolours thisshowsasample onwhat the game might looklike,italsoshowscharactersonthe environmentonwhatitmightbe in game. http://th03.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2013/262/e/e/d ota_2__weapons_for_spectre_by_nfwar- d6mwmbk.jpg http://3.bp.blogspot.com/- 7tVCGZVZ47U/Ua_HDdInsAI/AAAAAAAAA0c/4Yai02xR ZwI/s1600/weaponsforblog.jpg http://i1.2pcdn.com/node14/image/article/201406/19 /20140619092858a0dtdy3tsc7t6f3r.jpg http://dota2.gameguyz.com/sites/default/files/pictures /1378793345_2.jpg