Sunday, July 8, 2007

2007 Into the Pixel Selections

Congrats to all the artists that were selected for this year's show. From the ITP site...

The Into the Pixel exhibit features 16 exemplary works of video game art, selected by a panel of jurors from a field of submissions gleaned from artists around the world. The exhibition offers an opportunity for published video and computer game artists to be reviewed and recognized by the public and by their peers in both the art and video game milieu.
Video Games are an influential aspect of pop-culture and entertainment whose impact goes beyond the digital arts to influence perspectives in art, cinematography, literature, and even fashion. Behind every game character and dynamic environment are artists whose talents birthed the image seen in the 3-D world.The 2007 Into the Pixel Art Collection premiered digitally at Creative Artists Agency in June. The printed and framed art will be unveiled in July at the E3 Media & Business Summit in Santa Monica, California. The Exhibition will open to the public at the new
E for All Expo at the LA Convention Center, October 18-21, 2007.

My favorite of the group is Defeated Dragon by ArenaNet's Daniel Dociu...

All selections can be viewed here.

Age of Conan Dev Diary

I've been a big fan of the concept work on Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures, Funcom's upcoming MMO. In their recent Developer Diary, Art Director Didrik Tellefsen and Assistant Art Director Grant Regan talk about how they're realizing the vision of Robert E. Howard's work...

Friday, July 6, 2007

Assassin's Creed Art Direction

Jade Raymond, Ubisoft Producer, talks art direction in the latest Assassin's Creed Developer's Diary. I've been watching this one closely and have it on my must-play list...