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From Concept to Completion: Navigating the Game Art Production Pipeline 

iXie gaming

Whether its a photorealistic RPG or a stylized indie game, every visual element follows a structured journey from concept to integration. But how exactly does a simple sketch transform into a fully animated, game-ready asset? This stage involves close collaboration between game designers, art directors, and concept artists.

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Video: Living paintings of OFK: art directing the style and lives of an indie-pop band

Game Developer

We are OFK’s art director Nafisah Tung shows off how the team concepted, painted and animated the vibrant characters of We are OFK.

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Zoochosis by Clapperheads will make you fear those lovely animals in the zoo

PreMortem.Games

A terrifying parasite is spreading, mutating some of the animals into grotesque, blood-thirsty monsters ready to kill their way out of their cages. Welcome to the unsettling world of Zoochosis by indie game studio Clapperheads. Behind all this madness is an indie studio, but not in the classical sense. Of course, in a zoo.

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COCOON creator Jeppe Carlsen “I never compromise on playability”

PreMortem.Games

Cocoon is the first venture of Geometric Interactive , a Danish indie studio founded by Carlsen and his ex-Playdead colleague, Jakob Schmid. While he didn’t immediately embark on this ambitious project, the concept lingered in his mind and gradually took shape as a concrete game design.

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How digital showcases helped make A Little To The Left an indie hit

GamesIndustry.biz

The cozy puzzle game about organising household items was created by Max Inferno, a development team consisting of Anne Macmillan (art and animation) and Lukas Steinman (design and programming). It started as a game jam concept that was expanded upon and added to Itch.io, where it frequently found itself at the top of the charts.

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Tape to Tape by Excellent Rectangle is the world’s first hockey roguelite

PreMortem.Games

Canadian indie game development studio Excellent Rectangle just launched their debut title Tape to Tape on Steam Early Access. look with fluid animations in a sports game. Their solution was a unique blend of hand-drawn 2D sprites and animations in a 3D environment.

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Zoochosis by Clapperheads will make you fear those lovely animals in the zoo

PreMortem.Games

A terrifying parasite is spreading, mutating some of the animals into grotesque, blood-thirsty monsters ready to kill their way out of their cages. Welcome to the unsettling world of Zoochosis by indie game studio Clapperheads. Behind all this madness is an indie studio, but not in the classical sense. Of course, in a zoo.

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