I’ve been meaning to make a thread about game art for a while. I’m a huge fan and love picking up books w/ concept art, environments etc. Being a huge Blizzard fan, I tend to collect those books the most but would love to learn what other games/companies people are a fan of.
This is a site I stumbled across a while ago: http://www.sonsofthestorm.com/ It’s a site run by Blizzard artists and their company + personal work.
I’ve been collecting old PC/Amiga BigBoxes the last year and a half. Some of the styles used are really impressive or unique and would not look out of place on an LP or book cover…
Mobygames.com has a good selection of cover-art but it does not beat having a tangible copy.
The only Game-Art Book I have now is the one from the first Witcher game. Really mean to pick up some from other titles sometime.
While I’m not exactly into collecting stuff, it’s quite amazing to see how many great artists are out there, so whenever I feel like checking it out, I browse DeviantArt. There’s all kinds of stuff, not just game related.
I’m a big fan of DeviantArt but there can be a huuuge range of quality which is a plus and minus depending on what you’re browsing for. Regardless it’s a really cool community that has managed to maintain an active user base for a really long time which is great.
