What is Character Art in Games?
What’s good everyone! This is Zach Woolfork, Founder of MoreDiverseGames. Back at you with some more game art from Horizon Forbidden West - taking a look at Character Art.
From 2D concept art to 3D. Character artists create digital 3D models of characters for films and video games.
“In games, character artists work closely with creative and technical teams to drive the visual quality of the game and maintain a consistent character style.”
Character creation also includes the head, hair, eyes, and skin.
On large scale AAA games, it’s common for multiple artists internally & externally to create various parts of the character - like outfits, hair, and in the case of the Tenakth warriors, face & body paint.
What I really enjoyed when playing Horizon, and I think goes unnoticed, is the diversity of characters - with varying shades, personalities, identities, voices, and problems.
If you’re looking into becoming a 3D character artist. Some required skills include:
1) Knowledge of anatomy - proportions, muscles, and skeletal structures.
2) Ability to work from reference materials such as photography or concept art.
3) Experience in digital sculpting, modeling, UV mapping, and texturing.4) Excellent understanding of shading, lighting, structure, texturing, and silhouette.
A good way to break into this field is to learn 3D modeling and build up a portfolio of original 3D character work. Like I mentioned in my last video about Concept Art - it’s also very important to have work in your portfolio that matches the projects of the studio.
Character artists may need knowledge of a combination of the following softwares:
Maya, ZBrush, Blender, Mari, Substance Painter, Houdini, and Unreal Engine or other real-time engines.
Much love to all the hard working Character Artists who helped bring life into the world of HFW!
If ya’ll found this interesting, smash that like button, or if you know someone who might want to work in games as a 3D Character Artist, feel free to share this video - I appreciate you.
This is Zach Woolfork. I’m out!
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Artists
Daniel Gutierrez Anaya
Senior Character Artist @ Guerrilla Games
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Senior Character Artist @ Rocksteady Studios
https://www.artstation.com/patrickvanr
Debora Depenbrock
Character Artist at Guerrilla Games
https://www.artstation.com/deborad
Arno Schmitz
Lead Character Artist at Guerrilla Games
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