Drawing Basics and Video Game Art

Published in the United States by Watson-Guptill Publications, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York.

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Artwork by Chris Solarski, except as otherwise noted throughout and below:

Images from Gears of War® col.1, 3.1, 4.1, 5.1, 7.1, and 7.2 © Copyright 2006 Epic Games, Inc. used with permission from Epic Games, Inc. Unreal, Unreal Engine, Gears of War and Epic Games are trademarks or registered trademarks of Epic Games, Inc., in the United States of America and elsewhere. All rights reserved.

Journey artworks 2.1, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 8.1 © 2011 Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC. Journey is a registered trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment LLC. Developed by thatgamecompany.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Solarski, Chris.
Drawing basics and video game art : classic to cutting-edge art techniques for winning video game design / By Chris Solarski.
1. Computer games — Design. 2. Video games — Design. 3. Art — Technique. I. Title.
QA76.76.C672S65 2012
794.8’1536 —dc23
2011046341

eISBN: 978-0-8230-9848-4

Cover design by Karla Baker

Cover art: Front (clockwise, left to right): Self-Portrait, Frowning by Rembrandt van Rijn; anatomical studies of the leg by Peter Paul Rubens; New Super Mario Bros.; Assassin’s Creed.
Back (clockwise, left to right): Gears of War; Little Big Planet; Journey. Spine: Mario.

HALF-TITLE PAGE Journey

TITLE PAGE Detail of The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli, Skeleton with Muscles by Bernhard Siegfred Albinus, Prince of Persia

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