Final Major Project - Artist Research (2D Artist)

Final Major Project - Artist Research (2D Artist)

I had a specific look I wanted to achieve for my final piece which I didn't know how to do properly. So I decided to do some more research in order to find out who has done this already and how I to do it. Since it was so specific and a little harder than usual, I knew I'd have to look further into graphics design rather than games or film. So; I kept looking in graphics design and illustration.

Here are a few of the artists I've found...

Olly Moss

Olly Moss has created his own game called 'Firewatch' and here was the concept art to it. I like his flat, minimalistic approach to art with the basic masking of shapes and silhouettes of each component in the art piece. This flat, minimalistic approach is the same I have been practising and would like to achieve for my final concept with some minor changes and tweaks here and there.

Kris Piotrowski

Kris Piotrowski is the lead artist and creative director for capybara games who worked on the game 'Below'. The art style for below is very similar to Olly Moss' firewatch in the respect of flat, primitive shapes/polygons combined together with added overlaying effects. These overlaying effects are the massive difference between firewatch and below. Firewatch is just the masked silhouettes where as below has dust, cloud, dirt, smudge particles overlaying the scenery.

Not only this but you can see how Kris Piotrowski has used lighting, brightness, saturation and hue to change the feel of each piece to suit the environment it is in. For example, this moonlight scenery has dark grungy textures over the hills and mountains but has amped brightness over the ocean view.

Not only this but Kris Piotrowski's work differs but he also masks the minor details in the same workflow as the bigger components of the environment. This is something I'd like to do with my work but again, slightly alter and change it to better suit my idea and fit the piece better.