Costume design for video games : an exploration of historical and fantastical skins / edited by Sandy Appleoff Lyons.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Appleoff Lyons, Sandy, author

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer games--Design.

Computer games.

Computer games--Programming.

Video games--Design.

Video games.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2023.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2019.

System Details:

text file HTML

Biography/History:

Sandy Appleoff Lyons is the founder and former Chair of the Game Art major at Laguna College of Artand Design. She is the current founder and Chair of the Art of Game Design MFA. She is the structural creator of the processes utilized and combined to create a unique approach to bring story to costume and create strength in the final product that is applicable across multiple disciplines.

Summary:

"Researching costume and character development pertaining to plots, scenarios and visionable goals, while exploring silhouettes, draping and aesthetics of era in the context of the human experience, both real and imaged. This survey of costume design for the video game market includes an exploration of the aesthetics of historical, fantasy and futuristic influences. Supporting solid process for creative problem solving as it applies to costume design and the design principles applied. This is uniquely done through a reader project, which in turn builds and implements research skills and the creation of authentic designs"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Pipeline Costumes for Games / Gavin Rich

Style Sheets / Sandy Appleoff Lyons

Thoughts on Character Design / Lou Police

4 Design / Sandy Appleoff Lyons

Immortals and the Creative Process / Sandy Appleoff Lyons

Draping / Sandy Appleoff Lyons

Research / Sandy Appleoff Lyons and Jennifer Martinez Wormser

Translation into 3D / Sandy Appleoff Lyons, Jaime Stagg, and Anna Sakoi

Egypt and Mesopotamia (3000-600 BC) / Sandy Appleoff Lyons

Minoan and Greek (2900-300 BC) / Sandy Appleoff Lyons

Etruscan and Roman (800 BC-AD 400) / Sandy Appleoff Lyons

Byzantine/Early Medieval (AD 300-1300) / Sandy Appleoff Lyons

Late Middle Ages (AD 1300-1500) / Sandy Appleoff Lyons

Italian Renaissance (1400-1600) / Sandy Appleoff Lyons

Northern Renaissance (AD 1500-1600) / Sandy Appleoff Lyons.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781351618175

1351618172

9781351618168

1351618164

9781315111148

1315111144

OCLC:

1140388162