Artistic Styles

BTEC Level 3 Games Development

Artistic Styles:

Cell Shading:

Cell Shading is giving an object or character to look like a comic book or hand drawing book. This can be used to give flat colour to have an impression on character or an object. The cell shading can use lighting to have effect on dynamic atmosphere of the mood. Also shading to give it drawing theme to it. For example ‘Naruto Ninja Storm 4’, and new ‘Dragonball Xenoverse’.

Abstraction:

Abstraction is the opposite of photorealism, as it does not look realistic. Abstraction can be used to stand out. Some of the object may have resembles to other objects. It usually using game that colourful. This can be used in PG 6 games like ‘SUBRAY’. As it can look friendly. The abstraction use a colourful colours to set feeling calm and exploration. Or on other times it can be used to make game grim and brutal, like ‘Super Meat Boy’. It uses a sharp and hard objects, as it gives a brutal mood to the player.

Exaggeration:

Exaggeration is mostly used in RPG (Role Playing Game). This can give a fantasy mood in the game. The exaggeration is used by games that is influenced by Comics, Cartoons and Animes. For example ‘Batman Arkham Knight’, the main character has over exaggerated muscles. Also ‘Final Fantasy 7 Remake’, and again the main character has a ridiculously large sword. 

Photorealism:

Photorealism is term used to make game to make realistic as much. This can be used to make game look as much as the real world. This used in ‘The Last of Us’ and ‘Ghost Recon: Wildlands’. Most Photorealism games are mostly seen in action, horror, survival, and shooter game.

Pixel art styles:

Pixel styled games use chuck, 8 bit graphics. It uses a similar style from 1980s games. Creating a Pixel art is user to create, rather than doing 3D, 64 bit games. Which will take less time to develop. This is used in ’The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth’. They use it as a brutal game as main character has to survive through the dungeons. Using the 8 Bit to give it a brutal atmosphere. Or it can be used to give friendlier feel to it – like ‘Terraria’.