Game Designing

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Great things are created with a good plan, which is why any animation project must begin with a storyboard. Before an animation project is greenlit, a storyboard often must be presented to the decision-makers. And when it is approved, a more comprehensive storyboard is developed to outline all the details of the animated story.

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Logic Simplified

AUGUST 8, 2023

Video game artists specialize in a wide range of digital art forms, such as 2D modeling, animation, concept art and texturing. They create animations for things that are neither objects nor characters. A game designer designs the overall concept of a game. Who is a Game Designer?

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CG Spectrum

JANUARY 20, 2023

This type of visual representation can also be used for marketing purposes or to help explain and clearly lay out complicated concepts and systems. teaches you essential 3D modeling, texturing, lighting, and rendering techniques. Who uses architectural visualization?

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CG Spectrum

JUNE 10, 2024

3D Modelling 3D Animation FX Concept Art 2D Animation Game Design Game Programming 3D Modelling: Shaping Virtual Worlds “3D modelling is a rewarding career where you get to bring concepts and 2D imagery to life, sculpting personality and story into characters, objects, and environments.

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Radiator Blog

JUNE 2, 2023

Overall I feel it's an OK game that's basically playable, despite the bugs and aggressive texture streaming and general unfinished feeling. Instead there's cutscenes without animation, scripted conversations without choreography, and readables you rarely read because the game never pauses. But not really.

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iXie gaming

APRIL 24, 2023

The Stages of 3D Game Art Production There are several stages involved in 3D game art production: Concept art creation : This is the initial step in the production of 3D game art. It entails generating and outlining concepts for the game’s environments, objects, and characters.

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Logic Simplified

MAY 28, 2024

Any game developer who wants to build and enhance a Unity game can do so using its 3D models, audio files, animations, scripts, plugins, and so on. Apart from our top concept artists creating assets from scratch, developers can simply purchase or download them from the store.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

We're also giving you a special first look at some new environmental concepts and progress made to our newest WIP level area. This month, Cass was able to fully texture all three sets of Jhacanda tree houses and officially cross this ongoing task off his to-do list. We've got you covered. 3D Asset Design. Check it out!

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JANUARY 14, 2021

Today we're serving up some seriously exciting updates, including a look at our new, custom game cursor; updates on our new player character's rigging and animation; and a sneak peek at our newest WIP level area. Plus, you'll get a first look at some of the incredible environmental and character concepts we've got in the works too.

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iXie gaming

JUNE 16, 2023

Embrace Concept Art Embracing the power of concept art is paramount to kickstarting your creative process. It’s essential to invest time in crafting solid concept art that forms the foundation of your artwork. Let concept art be your guiding light as you embark on the exciting journey of game art production.

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Logic Simplified

JANUARY 18, 2023

Players must defend their porcelain throne from waves of invading cute animals. Our Tailored Solution 01 Custom characters: Our team of imaginative concept artists have created custom 3D characters such as "Donald Dump", "Barak Obowl" and other comical and recognizable caricatures.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

AUGUST 5, 2020

Last issue, we shared the texturing work Cass had started on the forest homes, many of which resemble beautiful log cabins due to the intricate woodwork featured throughout. Much to Cass's relief (we're sure anyway), he was finally able to finish applying textures to the townhouses over the past few weeks. o [link] Concept Art.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Take a look at the progress he made on modeling and texturing the sewer pipes, grates, landings, and divisions. Once the models for the sewer items were completed, Cass then shifted focus to texturing them. She'll be finishing up these textures in the coming weeks, but here's where the structures currently stand.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MAY 27, 2021

In a few months, we'll be kicking off our very own Patreon where you'll be able to get even more detailed and comprehensive dev blogs that include first looks at new models, inside access to previously unrevealed characters and NPCs, and a glimpse into how our programmers, artists, modelers, and animators do their thang. Concept Art.

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Filmustage

OCTOBER 6, 2023

In his groundbreaking film "A Trip to the Moon" (1902) , Méliès used stop-motion animation, miniatures, and practical effects to create fantastical scenes. One of the prominent figures of this era was Ray Harryhausen , a stop-motion animator known for his meticulous craftsmanship.

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Moonmana

JULY 11, 2022

As for Moonmana, providing professional outsourcing services in game development for more than 14 years, we specialize in 3D art, 2D art, animation, engineering, porting, DevOps, LiveOps, QA. . full-cycle development from concept to screening . low poly hand painted characters and animals . mid poly PBR metahuman . hard surface.

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iXie gaming

JUNE 28, 2024

Spine Spine is the best tool for 2D skeletal animation. It has a flexible system that uses bones to create smooth and expressive animations, which can be easily reused and customized. DragonBones DragonBones is a strong tool for 2D skeletal animation, focusing on making the work process easy and quick.

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Jaunty Bear Games

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Fortunately the Unity 3D platform has a great selection of packages and assets to accelerate the build of tools, models, shaders, sound effects, animations etc. It’ll let you easily trigger screenshakes, animate transforms, play with sounds, cameras, particles, physics, post processing, text, shaders, time, UI, and so much more. .

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iXie gaming

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Include projects that show your proficiency in different areas such as character design, environment art, concept art, 3D modeling, texturing, and animation. Keep it Organized Create separate sections for different types of work, such as character art, environment art, and concept art. How should I organize my portfolio?

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JULY 31, 2021

Concept Art. While most of our dev team focuses on preparing an exclusive build of Kristala for Play NYC, our talented concept art team has been pumping out fresh designs for current weapons and items that still need revamped before our official vertical slice is complete.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JULY 6, 2020

[link] Next, Will worked on modifying the death systems for our main character (and some of the game's enemies) to allow them to utilize the new death animations Producer Allie recently created (make sure you check out the Game Production section to see them in action). Can you spot it? Let us know in the comments! Level Design.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

AUGUST 31, 2021

link] Concept Art. In order to initiate these changes, however, it was vital that we had proper environmental and character concepts to work from so that our 3D modeling team was fully capable of bringing the Kristala that exists in our minds to life in Unreal Engine. We can't wait to go back again next year!

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JUNE 29, 2021

Concept Art. After Concept Artist Harold reimagined each level area in the demo, we then had him concept out the individual props that will be needed to carefully detail each environment. We really liked the concept of the existing logo, but we wanted to see what it would look like with a more realistic clock tower.

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Ask a Game Dev

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Art Concept Artist : [ Iterator Extreme ]. Given a description, then comes up with different visual concepts that could meet that description. Builds, adjusts, and maintains animation skeletons for animators to make motions with. Sometimes called “ technical animator ”. Animator : [ Sculptor of time ].

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Filmustage

DECEMBER 20, 2024

By documenting the evolution from concept to final shot, these analyses help advance visual effects techniques and foster innovation in digital storytelling. Inception" Christopher Nolan's "Inception" demonstrates how VFX can externalize complex internal concepts. Rough 3D animations map out complex sequences.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

APRIL 21, 2021

Concept Art. As part of our demo overhaul, we recently welcomed a few new team members into our motley crew in order to help us better establish the dark-fantasy vibe we're going for—including the newest member to our Concept Art team, Harold. Curious about Harold's process for building out each concept's composition?

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Game Designing

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Atmosphere’ vs ‘Game-Feel’ In game development, there is also another closely related concept of ‘game-feel’. Things like color palettes, textures, and lighting all help to build a mood, as well as animation and how things in your world move and interact. This is the power of the game atmosphere.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Concept Art. Now that our concept art team has nearly completed the designs for all existing assets and items in the Kristala build that needed to be replaced with fresh assets, they're now able to move on to creating brand new items that don't yet have 3D counterparts. 3D Modeling.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Here's a look at Cass's finished model for the coliseum, complete with unwrapped UVs and applied textures. In addition to her impressive modeling skills, Karena is also well-versed in animation and now lends her double-threat talents to the ACS Games dev family. link] Concept Art.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MARCH 20, 2021

In today's issue, we're servin' up some serious updates on a few large-scale, ongoing 3D models and concept pieces. Now that both versions of the Cathedral models are complete, Cass can begin unwrapping the UV's before diving into the tedious texture work. This sprint, Karena was able to tackle the UVs and begin texturing.

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Filmustage

JANUARY 10, 2025

VFX studios use specialized software and animation techniques from early planning to final rendering. It creates a well-laid-out workflow that takes projects from concept to completion. Pre-vis artists use specialized software to develop rough 3D animations. This case study examines the VFX process of a notable sci-fi scene.

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Logic Simplified

OCTOBER 18, 2023

In multiplayer games, there is a concept called meta which are different strategies used by gamers against one another outside of the game. Develop an Interesting Game Concept Not all have a good understanding of creating a game concept and the considerations that go into making one.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Concept Art. When it comes to creating unique environments, characters, weapons, and other items—especially ones for an alien, fantasy world we dreamed up from scratch—we wouldn't get very far without our concept art team. Take a look at some of the recent armor concepts our talented artist James created this month.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Here's how it works: each month, we share all the progress every branch of development has made as they collectively work towards completing Kristala's vertical slice—from stunning concept art and 3D models to custom animations, level design, and everything in between. Concept Art.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Now that he's done with the model itself, Cass will focus on unwrapping the UV's before getting started on the detailed texturing for this colossal beauty. With Shelly's keen eye for detail (and impressive modeling and texturing skills), she's been able to capture exactly that with her new and improved crystal models. Concept Art.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MARCH 23, 2022

link] Not only does this new trailer feature a ton of sweet cinematics created right in Unreal Engine using our own models and animations, but it also showcases two new characters you’ll meet in gameplay during Kristala too. Concept Art. First, James worked on the concept for our Warp VFX sequence. Staff Parry Icon.

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 9, 2023

It’s the combination of art, coding, music, sound design, graphic design, writing, acting, animation, sculpture, and then at the end you can play it! Asking and discussing general ideas about themes or concepts, ‘I’m thinking of making my eye game about Monet now… what do you reckon?’. Why did you go this route?

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