Sprite sheets Sprite sheets are basically a series of images you can put together to create a level simply by using the sprite sheet as a blueprint and then adding any moving platforms onto the map afterwards. Concept art Concept art is used for creating models in a game. It is the first thing you need to design before you can actually begin working on the game as the concept art is meant to give you a rough idea of how the game will look and how much detail will be placed into it with the given art style. Here is some concept art from the game "Dishonored", as you can see it gives off the dark and moody atmosphere the game was going for and beautifully expresses how the game was designed to look like. Here is some concept art from Skyrim. As we can see it shows off a cold town in the mountains and the large buildings in the background give a very imposing look. Print media Print media is basically promotional materials for the game. Print media includes box art, posters, internet advertisement and also possibly trailers or animations depending on the content type. This is important for games development as adverts and the games box art will be some of the first things people see about the game and it's best to make a good first impression.
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Photo-realistic Many games use a photo realistic look in order to get better graphics into the game so that it looks like a realistic image. A lot of games do this as more and more people use graphics to judge a game. For instance, Metal Gear Solid V uses a photorealistic art style in order to emphasize its cinematic feeling. Metal Gear Solid V also does a lot with lighting in that due to this being a stealth/action hybrid game, it means that lighting is key in presenting a highly detailed world. GTA V uses its photo-realistic art style in order to parody real life and create a world that is so realistic that it took many years of development time just to build the richly detailed map. Cel-shaded Borderlands uses a cell shaded art style in order to get across a silly and over the top tone that’s meant to be light hearted and comedic. However not many people like the cell shaded art style and feel Borderlands would be better as a comic book/photorealistic hybrid similar to the Tell-Tale action/adventure games which have pseudo-realistic textures but many characters are overly shaded or scaled in order to give the idea that some chatacters are stronger than they appear to be. Anime Anime is a very abstract kind of art style, exaggerating facial features, usually eyes, for an artistic effect. There have been many anime features which have used the art style effectively to create fight scenes, such as the Yu-Gi-Oh and Naruto series.
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