Digital Character Creation for Video Games and Collectibles
eBook - ePub

Digital Character Creation for Video Games and Collectibles

  1. 168 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Digital Character Creation for Video Games and Collectibles

About this book

This book covers the process of creating digital characters for video games as well as for 3D printing and collectibles. It looks at character asset creation for high-end AAA console games as well as asset creation for legacy devices and the ever-growing mobile gaming industry. Lastly, it covers creation of figurines for 3D printing and collectibles.

Digital Character Creation for Video Games and Collectibles provides a step-by-step walkthrough of creating these assets at an industry level standard. It includes the necessary theory that you need to understand how to be an effective character artist, but primarily focuses on the practical skills needed for creating character assets in the modern games and collectibles industries.

This book will be of great interest to all beginners and junior character artists currently working in the gaming or collectible industry and for those looking to enter these industries. There is also relevant content in the highly detailed examples for people currently working in the industry and looking to pick up a few new tips, tricks and knowledge.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Half Title page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Contents
  6. 1.0 Introduction
  7. 2.0 Who is this book for?
  8. 3.0 What is character art?
  9. 4.0 The industry: Past, present and future
  10. 5.0 Core artistic skills
  11. 6.0 Tools!: The modern digital artist toolbox
  12. 7.0 Technical Example 01: High-detailed PBR game character
  13. 8.0 Technical Example 02: Hand-painted character prop
  14. 9.0 Technical Example 03: Figurine sculpt for collectibles and 3D printing
  15. 10.0 Your portfolio
  16. 11.0 Work life
  17. 12.0 The industry
  18. 13.0 Other skills
  19. Acknowledgements
  20. Glossary
  21. Index