Level 3 Games Design: Unit 78: Digital Graphics for Computer Games

Pixel Art (2D Sprites and 3D Isometric Sprites):

It is a style of digital art drawn at pixel level. The pixels are usually enlarged to give it that retro appearance.
2D and 3D sprites are made up of computerized dots that are known as pixels.

Concept Art (Characters, Weapons, Vehicles, Environment):

Concept Artists do what their title says, for example; they will take an

idea from a game for instance; a weapon, vehicle, character or even

the enemy and they will sketch it out and colour it so it looks good in

all angles that it has been drawn at.

Texture Art:

Texture Art is more or less what the surface of something may feel like.

When textures are being created and put into the game, they design

them to look realistic and believable.

Background Graphics (Walls, Forests, Clouds):

A really good example of background graphics is the famous Super

Mario games. It was mainly the older generation of the Super Mario

games because they are 2D based and consisted of a moving background

and also was designed to follow the artistic style of the game and also

the mood that each level contained.

In-game Interface:

This particular HUD menu is from the game, Dead Space.

In video games, there is something called a HUD (Head Up Display)

and this can display the following things:-

Print Media Art (Game Packaging, Box Cover, Manual, Label, Poster):

This is basically the packaging of the game including merchandise

such as posters. They are used to promote games and to do this, they

have to use eye catching colours and art that doesn't give too much away

about the game but enough to give you a rough idea what the game is about.

Level 3 Games Design