What is the difference between game art and original art design?

The original art design is focused on the "design", which is one of the production instructions of the game (manual) itself is not a product and cannot be pushed directly to the user, which is the opposite of the illustration "Illustration design" is focused on the "drawing", which is a product in itself and can face the end user. And "Game Meixuan" is the most complete.

Below we have a detailed description of the three aspects of "Game Beauty", "Original Art Design" and "Illustration Design":

1.Game Meixuan.

Directly understood as game "propaganda". The art design of the game is shown to the player, and the plot is very rich, so the requirements for design are also relatively high. In order to achieve a better publicity effect, the production must be well-made, and the picture must be good-looking.

For example, if you open a game at random, the first screen that appears is usually the game Meixuan, and there are also some game advertising promotions**, which are also responsible for the game Meixuan. It can be said that Game Meixuan combines the requirements of original art and illustration, so the requirements of Game Meixuan for artists can be said to be the highest.

2.Concept art design.

The key design draft in game design, it can also be said that the game concept art is the human world described by the game planner in words, and the original artist presents it in the form of a picture. The final artistic effect of the original art is reflected in the game screen effect. The original painting requires the content to be accurate, and the characters or monsters in the game, and the scenes all depend on the design of the original artist, so having good design ability and creativity is a must for an excellent original artist.

I've played the glory of kings.,The characters、Wild monsters、All kinds of props are drawn by the original artist.。

Expansion: There is a special type of work derived from the original art design - concept design, which is responsible for the early design and atmosphere design. In the game industry, concept design is a "schematic rendering", which provides a stylistic direction for the game in the concept stage (pre-design) and an atmosphere description in the production stage (atmosphere design).

It is not a product per se, just like the original painting, but just a description of how to make it.

3.Illustration design.

Illustrators use pictures to present ideas, which can play an eye-catching role in publicity.

Illustration has a wide range of applications, which can be roughly divided into seven categories: [free creation], [decorative painting], [publication], [commercial promotion], [commercial image design], [commodity packaging design], and [film and television].

The above is all the introduction, I believe there is a basic understanding of these three concepts.

There are many animation design courses, first of all, we need to have a general understanding of what courses are available in animation design, and then choose the course that suits us according to our personal interests. Roughly speaking, animation design courses are divided into illustration design, concept design, special effects design, and film and television post-production. Among them, the original art design has high requirements for the art foundation, while the special effects design and action design require an understanding of modeling.

If you have zero art foundation and feel that your drawing talent is average, but you like animation design very much, then you can choose to learn from post-production and special effects. CGWANG has related courses, you can go up and check the course introduction to see if there is one suitable for you. If you think your drawing talent is okay, you can also go to CGWANG to see which one is suitable for you in illustration or original art design, which is learned from scratch, as long as you are willing to pay, there will definitely be gains.

Some of the requirements are somewhat different overall.

Meixuan combines original art and illustrations

Meixuan is art publicity, which is a display design in game operation, which can be understood as a game promotional map. Meixuan combines original paintings and illustrations, which are more brilliant than the original paintings in design, more exquisite than illustrations in the picture, and have higher comprehensive requirements for artists.

The original art is a specific image description in the form of a picture to provide a standard and basis for post-production such as modeling, and is a design draft used internally by game companies.

The original painting pays attention to design, requires clear, intuitive and accurate expression, and does not need to have gorgeous and cool effects, and its design draft includes renderings, multiple views, color designation, material designation, scale and splitting.

Illustration is a picture that expresses the illustrator's desire to hide the spirit, which plays a role in supplementing the text or art appreciation, and the illustration itself is a product. Illustrations focus on aesthetic needs, requiring beautiful pictures and stories to attract the public.

Meixuan is also called game art propaganda illustration, which also plays a promotional role, but the difference with illustration is that Meixuan needs to show the overall art design of the game to players, rather than a certain plot of a single game.

It can be said that the role of American propaganda is "propaganda". This is more of the role of the original art, but the difference between Meixuan and the illustration is that Meixuan needs to show the overall art design to the player, rather than a single plot.

The difference between the two:

1) The focus of original art design is design, which is an indispensable link in the production of a product.

2) Illustration is more inclined to "painting", it is a kind of art, and it is already a product in itself.

3) The purpose of their troubles is different, and the final quality of the completion is also different, and the completion of the illustration will be higher than that of the original design.

The term concept design originated in the animation industry, not from the play of Sun Opera. Now we know that the original art design and sales cover meter is often the original game painting; The core of the original design is the "original", that is, the design, which can also be directly understood as the source.

For example, when we design a character original painting, we need to draw the requirements of gender, personality, character scenes, costumes and props, body shape, etc., and show the most fundamental design through the front, three-quarter side, back and three views of the character.

Let's get to know the game's concept art and illustrations first.

What is it. The following illustrator teacher will give you a brief explanation!

The original art of the game is an important part of the early stage of game production, and the original artist designs the art plan of the whole game according to the planned copywriting, including the concept of the original art design and the production of the original art design, which provides standards and basis for the later production of game art (models, special effects, etc.).

Concept art design mainly includes style, atmosphere, main characters and scene settings, etc. The original art design of the production class is more specific, including the design of all props, characters, monsters, scenes, and game interfaces in the game.

The original art is for the development of the game, and it is necessary to maintain the unity of the game as a whole and ensure the production of the modeler and other art links.

Illustrations, also known as illustrations, are widely used in books, albums, magazines, advertisements or film and television posters. In the creation, it is more free, and it is more about the expression of painting art.

However, it is not contradictory that an illustrator can work as a concept artist after studying. There are a lot of great game concept designers, both nationally and internationally, who are illustrators and cartoonists themselves!

Therefore, the teachers of Wuhan Illustrator Training Center feel that although there is an essential difference between game original art and illustration, it does not affect the illustrator to engage in the profession of game original art, and the game original artist can also engage in the profession of illustrator. Of course, everything is premised on ability!

The production requirements and purposes of the two are very different, Meixuan focuses on "good-looking", which is used for game promotion and requires beautiful graphics; The original painting focuses on "design", and it is necessary to show the design intent clearly and provide explanations for subsequent art production.

Mei Xuan

The role of Meixuan is "publicity", and it is necessary to show the overall art design to Sun Jurui's players and attract players to understand the game. Therefore, Meixuan's design must be exquisite, the plot details must be in place, and the requirements for the painter are also the highest.

Original art

Original painting generally refers to art design drafts, and the simple way to understand it is to understand it as a three-view painting. At its core, it is design, and it is the process of transforming words into images by creating according to the settings described in the copy. Therefore, many times the requirements for design are higher, and the requirements for painting are not high, after all, the three views do not need to be much powerful posture and gorgeous lighting effects, and the design intention is clearly and intuitively expressed.

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