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Creative Bloq
Creative Bloq
Technology
Tanya Combrinck

How art lays the foundations for indie games

Indie game art.

Drawings and paintings take on a whole new dimension when they’re used to create a game world. As emotive as animated films and TV shows can be, there’s nothing as special and engrossing as being immersed in a setting where you can dwell on and influence a moment rather than watching it pass by.

Sometimes the atmosphere, emotion and mystery of just one piece of artwork is enough to inspire an entire game concept (also see our What is concept art? explainer).

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