Different artistic styles

Different artistic styles

There are a variety of artistic styles in the games industry, and these different styles are used for different reasons also, today I am going to be describing the different styles used in these photos and why the artist has used this particular style for their game.

DayZ: realistic style of art, photo realistic. As with many realistic/survival/army games is a realistic art form to accompany it, this is used to make the player feel more immersed in the game. Also a cartoonish style would not go with the gritty realism presented in the game and would disrupt the atmosphere. This is relevant as well with simulation games or games like Fifa as to keep the player seeing less of a difference from the game and the real world to keep the person playing the game. Photo realism can be spotted in a game if the game looks a lot like real life.

Super meat boy: Next up is Super Meat Boy, this games style is retro/cartoonish, this style reminds me a lot of a children’s comic book which is funny because this isn’t a children’s game. The artistic style of this game suits it very well as the game itself comes off as a fun plat former with a lot of quirky humour, this, combine with the artistic style, makes the game blend together very nicely. As you can see by the humanised environment, the scared sun and the smiling hill shows more evidence into that this was made to look child friendly/cartoony vibe. But the blood dripping off of the protagonists shows otherwise. A quite from the maker and artist of super meat boy is that the art style is made to be “bold and scary”.

Cell shaded

This image is of boarder land, but is also exaggerated realism. As you can tell by the cartoonish look this effect is created by the cell shading in the models. It is also made to look cartoony with the exaggerated realism. This is shown clearly by the person on the rights muscles. Both of those combined gives it a type of comic book style look to the game which is very appealing in this game it meshes together very well.