How are video games an Art-form
Videos games
have been visually interesting ever since the first video game. Although early
games were just 2D pixel games they characters, the map, pretty much everything
was in a way, beauty. Artwork is something that is unique, very interesting,
inspiring, and sometimes very colourful. Mostly the artist hasn't rushed and
took his time making his or her work look sensational. Also, it takes a
talented person to create a piece of artwork. That’s the same with video games,
they have been created by talented people, they take their time to get only the
perfect finish and most importantly, it makes people interested and they get
inspired by it.
As I was
researching specific games that has been inspired by art form I came across a
website called neoseeker.com. And one of the posts on the website was titled “Video
games officially considered an art form in the United States”. I read the post
and it said that in June 2012 a company such as “The National Endowment
for the Arts” also known as (NEA) one the debate about video games is an art
form. This is a good thing because video games will get proper recognition and the
graphic designers and the animators will get more appreciation. Also ever one
who commented on the post said that it is a good thing and happy that the
debate has finally been won.
I researched this website at 20.21 on the 14th February 2013
I think the
one game that if the best because of the way it is set, the characters design
and the weapons design. The Halo games. In my opinion Halo, despite being a
first person shooter game, I think every single thing about it is pure art. Every
single detail it just beautifully designed. No other game in my opinion is as
good as this.
Isaac
Hannaford is the one who created all of the concept art for the halo games. And
after looking at some of his work it is obvious that this man is a fantastic
concept artist. He is also the lead concept designer of Bungie. He has his own
blog which has lots of his artwork on it. I looked at the comments below and
they were all positive. Someone called Danny Gardner said “LOVE you work Isaac, a true inspiration!” And
someone else who named himself “the lion heart” said “So incredibly awesome! Thank you so much for this! Love it love
it love it! :D *grinning ear to ear* It just goes to show that people
admire his work, they really do like his work.
I found this blog account at 21:15 on the 14th February 2013
I watched a documentary video on YouTube about pixel art and it was
about digital pixel art used in games and showing how similar it is to
traditional pixel art. The narrator of the documentary (I couldn’t find his
name) said this “one of the good things about pixel art is the simplicity of
pixel art, it’s very bold colours, its strong outlines it in some ways it seems
cheap as well”. I agree with this because I think you don’t have to be such a
fantastic artist to create digital pixel art. Because of the very first games
such as Mario, The legend of Zelda and so one, it makes pixel art great and
because people can relate to the early games. Also, how different is pixel art
different to any other existing art movements such as art movements such as
pointillism, mosaic, roman tile work (roman mosaic), geometric abstraction and
tapestry? It’s all very similar and it’s very easy to make the connections.
That’s another reason why I think 8 bit gaming it also art. The choice
of colours make it stand out, it’s simple and you don’t need to work as hard or
be very artistic to create it and the results are just as moving as any piece
of traditional art. Unlike most art movements, pointillism, mosaic, roman tile
work (roman mosaic), geometric abstraction and tapestry is all about the
process other than the result, and I like that. To me it’s the same with
building Lego and playing Mine craft. You can enjoy doing it and still proud
when you finish.
I found this research at 17:12 on the 16th of February 2013
I research for pixel artists a while ago and I found an artist called Chris Olian. He isn’t very famous,
but that doesn’t mean his artwork isn’t good. He does have some fame though; he
calls himself the mastermind of pixelated pop art. His art work is literally
just 8bit. All of his work is game character ideas. He has
made a name for himself in the video game-inspired art. Company’s such as
COIN-OP TV and RetroBlast were very interested by his work. But that is on the
information I could find about him.
This
is some of his art work:
These drawing are fantastic; this
is the most artistic part of creating a game. This is also another reason that
proves that video games are an art form, before the game is finish, it starts
getting created by someone drawing out what the character of the map should
look like then put on to a computer. So it is art work being turned into a
game. Therefore it is art.Evaluation
Originally I believed that video games are an art form and after all the research it has made me believe even more. In America video games are now considered an art form so I don’t understand why it is considered an arm form everywhere else. I really can’t get my head around the fact that some people disagree. I also realised that to make a game you need artistic people to come up with the ideas for a game and then draw the ideas to see what it should look like and maybe change some things and the results are always fantastic because an artistic person is creating it. That is an artist lifestyle.
I also thought everything that is created by people is art, because like an artist, when making something you have to think about what it should look like and people can be moved by it. Such as cars/ other vehicles, buildings even objects that we don’t normally take an interest to. there are all designed by designing it beforehand then creating it. I also thing natural things flowers, waterfalls, mountains, even though they were not created by people there are still something that can make people interested. And that what I think art is: something that unique, something that you put your time and effort into make something and something that gets people attention and make people happy and amazed.
James Cantle
