Entertainment Design
ArtCenter College of Design
Tabletop Game Art and Design
Hello and welcome!
I’m looking forward to having you all in class and exploring the wonderful world of Tabletop Games. We will be focusing developing the visual elements necessary to create wonderful artwork that is both beautiful and informative for the purposes of function within a game space.
Your first homework assignment is to either expand upon or reskin an existing card game. Below is a link to the presentation from day 1 so you can look back at what we talked about and explore a card game of your choice for this assignment.
Board Game Art presentation for day 1
Option 1: expansion content
Create an expansion card or card type that seamlessly fits within the world of the game.
1 page (minimum) of style analysis and breakdown taking a look at Line, Shape, Color, Composition, Rendering & Lighting for an existing game
1 page (minimum) of a UI/UX breakdown of an existing card within the game
5 concepts (minimum) of expansion material for the game.
Option 2: New look (reskin)
Create a new look using the skeleton of a card game by changing its location, time period, culture, genre, etc.
1 page (minimum) of your intended style to reskin the game, taking a look at Line, Shape, Color, Composition, Rendering & Lighting.
1 page (minimum) of UI/UX that transforms the current elements to what your intended style will be (you can use found images for this page)
5 concepts (minimum) to change the look of the game
This assignment is due by the next class meeting. Please submit them to the dropbox using the submission link on the main page. If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to me at fernando.olmedo@artcenter.edu
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