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Incline 2D Art Appreciation Thread

StaticSpine

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Ok Bros, we have an awesome topic for
Isometric 2D Art Appreciation Thread here:
http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/index.php?threads/isometric-2d-art-appreciation-thread.79386/
and Kem0sabe gets a massive
:bro:

I propose to share tour fav 2D (not isometric) game art.

I'll start, I played some Vanillaware and they are so beautiful!

Muramasa
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Dragon's Crown
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Bring some beautiful 2D:yeah:
 

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Everything in this thread (and the 2D isometric as well) SUCKS.

Even the Fallout pictures look like crap, they're so fucking zoomed out you can't tell what the fuck is going on.

All in all, yes, images look "pretty" and well-drawn. But do they convey mood? No. Any trained monkey can acquire technical skill, but artistic capacity cannot be trained.

And don't even get me started on the anime-looking ones.
 

Siel

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Everything in this thread (and the 2D isometric as well) SUCKS.

Even the Fallout pictures look like crap, they're so fucking zoomed out you can't tell what the fuck is going on.

All in all, yes, images look "pretty" and well-drawn. But do they convey mood? No. Any trained monkey can acquire technical skill, but artistic capacity cannot be trained.

And don't even get me started on the anime-looking ones.

Define Art.
 

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All in all, yes, images look "pretty" and well-drawn. But do they convey mood? No. Any trained monkey can acquire technical skill, but artistic capacity cannot be trained.
Ok, then give us an examples of a 2D background that convey mood more than those above you.

And don't sleaze out with a cheap NO ONE EVER DID 2D ART RIGHT!!!!!111
 

1eyedking

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Define Art.
That's as stupid as writing down a manual on how to ride a bike.

Ok, then give us an examples of a 2D background that convey mood more than those above you.

And don't sleaze out with a cheap NO ONE EVER DID 2D ART RIGHT!!!!!111
No one ever did 2D art right :smug:

True story.

Most 2D games need backup from other sources to help them convey a mood, such as sound, music, or writing.

Only with the advent of 3D did we actually start getting games that had p. awesome visual design.
 
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To get 2D art right, you have to understand the Absolute.

Alright? Now that it's settled, I'll lure him away so you guys can keep talking.

Heeeeeere, potato potato potato...

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That's right, follow the witcha...who's a good little potato? Yes! You! You are!
 

1eyedking

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Only with the advent of 3D did we actually start getting games that had p. awesome visual design.
1eyedking confirmed as retard David Cage.
And there's not too many of those, to be honest. It's probably got nothing to do with 2D or 3D, and more like the right artist at the right time.

I can count with one hand the number of games that could stand judgement due to their visual design alone:

The Witcher
RAGE
DOOM 3

All other games in my list need the other departments. Considering there's been made hundreds of thousands of games, three is a pretty sad number.
 

1eyedking

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Not from any game(s) as far as I know but still cool:

http://www.effectgames.com/demos/canvascycle/

EDIT: just put zoom to max and click next to cycle through them all and enjoy the atmosphere :smug:
Mountain Storm - Day
Highland Ruins - Rain

are the best.

All the others have something that pisses me off, or are generally uninteresting, even though overall they are miles ahead from shit like, say, Project Eternity.

What I'm saying is, that given the choice of playing a game that looks like PE or like those 8-bit pictures, I would go for the latter.
 
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1eyedking

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You know this doesn't tell much about your expertise in art, but your total lack of understanding about what predominantly provides mood and immersion, right? Tip: it's precisely sound.

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Have fun.

And thanks for making me cringe with that picture and music.

Sometimes I don't even know why I bother.
 
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Damn, ghostdog brought Kof, Garou, and some others fighting games already, :manlytear". I'll continue from here.


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Sometimes I don't know why I bother.
You shouldn't. In the years I've been here, I've never seen him contribute to a conversation, only disrupt them. Don't respond to him.
 

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