NS2 - New Concept Art Created 16 years ago2007-05-06 19:39:20 UTC by Archie

Natural Selection 2 looks... awesome..

The images are huge, so i'll just provide direct links.

http://www.unknownworlds.com/blog/2007/04/11/ModularMachinery_Environment.jpg

http://www.unknownworlds.com/blog/2007/03/29/ComputerTerminal_Environment.jpg

http://www.unknownworlds.com/blog/2007/03/29/ComputerTerminal_Sketches.jpg

http://www.unknownworlds.com/blog/2007/04/11/Lmg_sketch_01.jpg
http://www.unknownworlds.com/blog/2007/04/11/Lmg_sketch_02.jpg
http://www.unknownworlds.com/blog/2007/04/11/Lmg_sketch_03.jpg

http://www.unknownworlds.com/blog/2007/05/05/CEnv_production001high.jpg (massive)

Thanks man, I love digital painting.

I love painting

...spot the Feng Zhu fans

friggin Zbrush. Its used for concept art now, which I find retarded.

Nice art, but NS 1 & 2 don't interest me in the least.

Gotten too commercial for ya, huh?

the only thing remotely interesting about NS2 is the randomly generated 'slime' that covers the level depending on who controls it. i saw a vid ages ago.

i never got into NS. is NS2 not free? jeez mod devs can be whores

So anyone gonna enter the mapping contest thing where they pay you to make a map they like and put it in the commercial game.

Don't be hatin' Natural Selection, it's fun. And those pics are pretty.

They really look nice, even though I can't say I love that theme. NS, Unreal II, Doom3, Quake IV... I like these type of settings more in films (Alien series, for example) than in videogames, in which I think it's time for more innovation.
Another comment, would be the role of concept art. I'm certainly not against it, since it usually helps the mapper visualize the areas he's told to map (in the case of the one who thinks up the area and the one who makes the actual map being different people. Otherwise going into so much detail is only good for the extras, not essential to the level design.)

To give you an example of what I want to say. Concept art is sometimes used to trick people into thinking the final product will look like this or that. As a level designer, I don't find it entirely ethical. Real screenshots should be enough. Otherwise, you might even dissapoint people! Look at these "Tomb Raider Anniversary" pics. The first one showed up much earlier, and I really liked it:

Concept art

However, the actual in-game area looks nowhere as good, evocative in light/color or in nature detail:
Real thing

"Concept art" = 403 ("Forbidden..")

Well I imagine concept art has a bigger role when different people are making the models, textures and mapping the level. If you only describe it briefly all the people may have a different vision of what it will look, concept art helps them keep a consistent style.

Badass concept art right thar.
PS: Penguin, NS2 will be an independent, retail game. That has been confirmed for quite some time.

Rail car secks:

http://www.unknownworlds.com/blog/2007/05/NS2_RailCar_Sketch.jpg

http://www.unknownworlds.com/blog/2007/05/NS2_RailCarRoom.jpg

http://www.unknownworlds.com/blog/2007/05/NS2_MoltenMetalRoom.jpg

I'm going to track down that concept artist and make love to him.

Good looking concept art!

Rim, there also using max for concept art, mainly setting up the scene. And it seems quite natural to use Zbrush 3.0, i mean it has a lot of potential compared to earlier versions.

matte painting concepts is extreme i think. I usually draw things out in minutes then approve the conept, then get it colored.

How much does one of those tablets cost? those digital painting thingys

Btw i was a huge HUGE NS fan until they killed the skulks with the updates... back in 04

NS2 is definitely something im looking foward to. And that slime is amazing i have the video still on my pc i watch it every now and then heh.
Any known release date?

A tablet price can run anywhere between $15 to $3500 so shop around.

I got mine for $15.

The best known brand is Wacom, they own the industry standard title.

Sucks that it's going commercial, as it's fucking awesome.

How the hell did you get it for $15? And where. i'm interested

I got my Wacom for ?200 I believe and that's A5 size...It's useful though and great for concepts.