From 2D sprites to 3D models and textures for AAA titles, these are the tools for game art used by the pros.

Outside his day job, Ben Greene finds creative refreshment drawing with markers and other more traditional art tools.

Game concept art can be weird - it’s visual problem solving with lots of technical requirements. And it means making appealing designs without pointlessly over-rendering them, because you’re rarely ...

Games would be nothing without the incredible art that goes into the worlds, characters and icons you see on your screens, and every year the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS), iam8bit, ...

“Art game” is a relatively recent coinage that can refer to a very artistic video game — Flower, for example. But it’s also the title of indie developer Pippin Barr’s latest creation, which takes its ...

Several artists have turned in‑game photography into a serious artistic practice, with radically different approaches.

"Every year video games generate billions of dollars and some of the most dynamic and engaging artwork today. It's an ever-growing field that holds great professional opportunity, but you need the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. According to her official Twitter/X account (shown below), Inomata ...

Mark has been thinking and writing about games since a Gameboy Pocket and a copy of Link's Awakening was first placed into his tender, seven-year-old hands. Since then, he snagged a creative writing ...

Getty Images; Illustration by Alex Thebez for TIME. In English, “art” has several meanings. It can be used as synonym for “craft”, such that any art-ifact made by an art-isan — practically anything ...