Task 2 – computer game graphics

Task 2 – Computer Game Graphics

Pixel Art

• Pixel art is a form of digital art, created through the use of raster graphics software, where images are edited on the pixel level.

• Graphics in most old video games, graphing calculator games, and many mobile phone games are mostly pixel art. Pixel art was very often used in older computer and console video games. With the increasing use of 3D graphics in games, pixel art lost some of its use.

• Despite that, this is still a very active professional/amateur area, since mobile phones and other portable devices still have low resolution and therefore require skilful use of space and memory

Concept Art

• Concept art is a form of illustration where the main goal is to convey a visual representation of a design, idea, and/or mood for use in films, video games, animation, or comic books before it is put into the final product.

Texture Art

• Texture mapping is a method for adding detail, surface texture (a bitmap or raster image), or colour to a computer-generated graphic or 3D model.

Background Graphics

• Background graphics where used to submerse the player into thinking that the game they are playing had a real life world to it.

• Most backgrounds are just a long bitmap image which may have been repeated several times.

Print Media Art

• This is artwork made to advertise the game that is being sold, many works of this art style is done in art software. To which is then printed out to be used at posters, box covers or packaging.