Monday, 19 March 2012

Research into Assassins Creed 2 Artwork - Desmettre

Maxime Desmettre - Concept Artist for Assassins Creed 2

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Maxime's drawing style is exactly what I love about concept artwork. I could look at these images all day and not tire of their evocative use of light and mood-setting colour palettes. Even the painty backgrounds to the working sheets complement the areas of focus beautifully. In my preparatory work for my door design I would love to try to emulate this same quality style in my own concept work.

As you can see from Maxime's work, the architecture featured in Assassins Creed 2 is heavily based on archways. They are used in windows and doors and can be seen in grand and humble abodes alike.

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The top and bottom images are my particular favourites amongst the collection. Their use of bright lime greens to depict the rolling countryside of Tuscany reminds me of a holiday I spent there several years ago.
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Robin Silcock

I am a Second Year Games Art and Design student at Norwich University of the Arts. After exploration of a number of roles in my first year, I am now looking to graduate as a 3D Artist with applicable skills in Maya, Mudbox, ZBrush and Photoshop. I understand that my skills in this field are not there yet - but I aim to achieve this goal through consistently working through the programs in my University and Personal Projects. I love to be busy - I have always had a lot of things on my plate since the age of 7 where I successfully balanced school with Ballet, Tap, Horse-Riding, French, Piano and Singing Lessons! In the same fashion, my university schedule is just as hectic and varied; I am a Peer Mentor to first year students, Student Rep for Second Year, and President of the Enterprise Society. Like I said, I love to be busy! I am a Games Hippie - so to speak - I believe that Games if designed and harnessed in the right way, will be able to help solve many of the global issues we have today - even if it starts off in a small way. Just look at the positive effects that Facebook and Twitter have already had... When navigating my blog;
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