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• Game Art: The Graphic Art of Computer Games - More than 500 color illustrations dance around a text that's written in a style slightly more sophisticated than Wired magazine. More than just an art book, the volume is full of interviews with game artists, programmers, and other computer luminaries. Discussions outline the process that game design teams go through when choosing the point of view of the player character, interiors, and the "feel" of the games, from proto-mythological to urban noir, and the visual choices that govern the experience of the gamer.
• Game Character Development with Maya - When you're ready to start creating equally compelling characters of your own, you need this comprehensive volume! In these pages, gaming-industry veteran Antony Ward uses a combination of informative narrative, hands-on tutorials, and a slew of illustrations and screen shots to show you how to use Maya to address the most complex element of game creation-developing great characters! As you follow along, Antony uses the development of two diverse characters-a female figure and a fantastical character with outrageous proportions, wings, and a demon-like face-to demonstrate the techniques involved in modeling detailing, optimizing, texturing, rigging, binding, and animating characters with Maya. The companion CD includes lesson files, scripts, an automatic rigging tool, demo software, and more!
• Goblins of Labyrinth - In 1986, the magical fantasy movie Labyrinth introduced the world to a set of unforgettable goblins from the minds of Jim Henson and Brian Froud. Not only has the film become a classic with a huge cult following, but Brian Froud’s long out- of-print book about the malevolent and cantankerous goblins—packed with his brilliant drawings and paintings—has achieved similar cult status.
• Half-Life 2: Raising the Bar - Hundreds of art, design, pre production, and other art pieces crammed into the book.