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they’re the visionaries responsible for
some of the most beautiful video games
out there
[Music]
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
video game concept artists
for this list we’re looking at concept
artists that are responsible for the
look and design of videogame characters
environments and aesthetics
[Music]
number ten he did talk on Miyazaki Souls
series
it takes some real artistic ability to
find such beauty in such deep darkness
excluding dark souls2 Miyazaki
contributed as director to every game in
the series before from software allowed
him to take over demon souls the company
was under the impression that the
project would be a failure but under his
ambitious eye it began one of gaming’s
most famous and unique RPG franchises
the imagery is as the title implies very
dark yet strangely beautiful and
mesmerizing every inch of the
environment helps to tell the story of a
fantastical grim world unlike anything
else out there
number nine hi Yonny Kojima Castlevania
series this woman created some of
gaming’s most recognizable vampires her
unique style involves a variety of
different techniques including smudging
and the use of a palette knife to give
her paintings a more three-dimensional
look needless to say this made
Castlevania one of the most beautiful
action platformer franchises in all of
video games the franchise is highly
individual look owes to both gothic
Dracula imagery and manga styles
countering both creepiness and
gracefulness in the characters and
environments what’s most impressive
about her visual style is that her
artistry is completely self-taught as
she received no formal training which is
the mark of a true artistic genius it
was not by my hand that I’m once again
given flesh I was called here by humans
who wished to pay me tribute number
eight John Sweeney the Last of Us
uncharted for a thief’s end I was trying
to put something personal in one piece
that’s kind of for someone I know like
family friend or even just myself the
seventh console generation saw a golden
age for developer Naughty Dog churning
out the post-apocalyptic masterpiece The
Last of Us it’s already earned a
reputation as one of the most memorable
games of all time and that’s due in
large part to Sweeney’s work you know
that right like the game’s heavy subject
matter the look and feel of the game
manages to balance ugliness and elegance
in a ravaged world more recently he
contributed to the finale of the
Uncharted series gracefully bringing the
series into the current generation with
some of the franchise’s best
environments so it’s taken forever
after this volcano Haitians finger
though ESP or credits than some of the
other artists on this list it still
makes us excited for what his future
holds looks like we’re not the first
ones here
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number seven Python Angelo
Jost Bowles star writer and pinball
machines I created jobs for other people
they’re basically artistic missions from
God like the Blues Brothers if you can
relate to that we may be stretching the
definition of concept artists here a bit
but we couldn’t deny the influence this
man had on the video game industry he
contributed to the aesthetic of several
classic arcade games but is more well
known for his highly influential designs
for pinball machines it was all um
something my parents didn’t understand
and the worked out that they were still
trying to tell me to go and get a real
job one of the most recognizable names
in the gaming industry his designs may
be more simplistic since he was one of
the first concept artists but he still
utilized innovative techniques to create
imagery that is now synonymous with
gaming in the 1980s
though he sadly passed away in 2014 he
certainly left a significant mark on the
history of video games every job every
experience I had made me a better human
being and brought experiences that later
on in life designing a pinball game or
or doing a painting or help me number
six
bengis Street Fighter series
every industry out there has those who
have enough talent to go by a single
name and for videogame concept art that
distinction is held by a somewhat
enigmatic figure
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he’s responsible for the unique look of
this fighting game series particularly
the most recognizable characters Ryu
Alex and Akuma in addition he
contributed to redesigns of some of the
most famous Marvel characters for the
Marvel vs. Capcom series his skill in
creating a world of his own and later
integrating some already well-known
characters into that universe and making
them his own makes him a gaming icon
[Music]
number five Sam Sam why’s didi err
Starcraft series Warcraft series Diablo
series so with the Zerg we have to make
sure that we keep them looking sinister
and an aggressive and evil but without
just throwing a bunch of spikes and
teeth on them because that’s not as
memorable Blizzard Entertainment is the
quintessential developer for some of the
most noteworthy games out there and DDR
was invaluable to the development of
three of the greatest of all time for
owner though he’s most famous for his
fantastical images in the world of
warcraft series he has shown incredible
range by also creating a sci-fi universe
for Starcraft and a darker world for
Diablo while he’s definitely not the
sole contributor to blizzards success
it’s impossible to deny that one of the
biggest appeals of these games is their
aesthetic prowess
since these games have proven their
ability to adapt to the improving
quality of video games or sure he’ll
continue to provide us with more
fantastic characters and landscapes for
years to come memory gaps are a standard
side-effect stand and lower your visor
for software calibration number four
Akira Toriyama Dragon Quest series and
Chrono Trigger
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unlike most of the artists on this list
for Yama had already established himself
as a successful artist as a creator of
the classic manga Dragonball that was
good
following this incredible accomplishment
he made a move to video games to
continue his career with character
designs for the Dragon Quest series and
character and environment designs for
Chrono Trigger
his influential manga art style
continued into his concept art working
well in these classic RPGs his work will
be forever memorialized by a special
ending to Chrono Trigger in which he
makes a cameo appearance with the game’s
other developers while his manga work
may be what he’s most remembered for his
contribution to video games can’t be
ignored
[Music]
number three Ken Sugimori Pokemon series
this is the man who is responsible for
designing every single one of the
original Pokemon except mu there what
country what I dream us
many of them are immediately
recognizable to even the most casual of
gamers while he isn’t solely responsible
for the many remaining Pokemon he still
has the final say on all of them and
they’re all adapted to his style before
the final product is revealed
as the art director for the entire
franchise the look of not only the
videogames but also the anime manga and
films are all due to him that’s an
incredible amount of work to be
responsible for but he’s hit it out of
the park every time and we’re confident
that won’t stop anytime soon electrode
England knitter and manky finisher at
anta Ferro fifty came to Dion Dragonite
ghastly only time before Eon Poliwrath
Butterfree number two Yoji Shinkawa
Metal Gear series this time around it’s
a little bit more heavier than usual and
even me drawing these characters makes
me kind of down sometimes after rising
through the ranks of Konami Shinkawa
began to work on character and
environmental designs for the Metal Gear
series before becoming art director for
the Hideo Kojima directed entries in the
better-known Metal Gear Solid branch of
the franchise snake huh well I’m Eva
are you here to tempt me he has cited
many different artists as inspiration
both eastern and western coincidentally
including our number one pick this has
provided the series with its unique look
with roots in both anime and
contemporary art stay where you are I’ve
had enough of your judo his friendship
with Kojima will continue into their
next effort death stranding which will
no doubt continue his unique artistic
vision
[Music]
before we unveil our top pick here are a
few honorable mentions
[Music]
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number one yoshitaka amano final fantasy
series it’s nice to hold a monocle stays
you got too many things very cool look
at the grass or even just will you put
it there are a few video game series
that have been more influential than the
Final Fantasy series and it wouldn’t be
what it is without this brilliant artist
[Music]
though his role in the series is now a
lot less major than it once was
he still contributed to every main
installment in the series in some
capacity including some absolutely
stunning character design and artwork
for the first 10 games and graphic
design for the first six no but it
Totino gotta do it’ll take a few video
game artists have worked on so many
games that have created so many legacies
an artist of this talented scope was an
easy choice to nab our first place
do you agree with our list right you’re
disoriented remain calm
who’s your favorite video game concept
artist for more visionary top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com HQ
[Music]
they’re the visionaries responsible for
some of the most beautiful video games
out there
[Music]
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
video game concept artists
for this list we’re looking at concept
artists that are responsible for the
look and design of videogame characters
environments and aesthetics
[Music]
number ten he did talk on Miyazaki Souls
series
it takes some real artistic ability to
find such beauty in such deep darkness
excluding dark souls2 Miyazaki
contributed as director to every game in
the series before from software allowed
him to take over demon souls the company
was under the impression that the
project would be a failure but under his
ambitious eye it began one of gaming’s
most famous and unique RPG franchises
the imagery is as the title implies very
dark yet strangely beautiful and
mesmerizing every inch of the
environment helps to tell the story of a
fantastical grim world unlike anything
else out there
number nine hi Yonny Kojima Castlevania
series this woman created some of
gaming’s most recognizable vampires her
unique style involves a variety of
different techniques including smudging
and the use of a palette knife to give
her paintings a more three-dimensional
look needless to say this made
Castlevania one of the most beautiful
action platformer franchises in all of
video games the franchise is highly
individual look owes to both gothic
Dracula imagery and manga styles
countering both creepiness and
gracefulness in the characters and
environments what’s most impressive
about her visual style is that her
artistry is completely self-taught as
she received no formal training which is
the mark of a true artistic genius it
was not by my hand that I’m once again
given flesh I was called here by humans
who wished to pay me tribute number
eight John Sweeney the Last of Us
uncharted for a thief’s end I was trying
to put something personal in one piece
that’s kind of for someone I know like
family friend or even just myself the
seventh console generation saw a golden
age for developer Naughty Dog churning
out the post-apocalyptic masterpiece The
Last of Us it’s already earned a
reputation as one of the most memorable
games of all time and that’s due in
large part to Sweeney’s work you know
that right like the game’s heavy subject
matter the look and feel of the game
manages to balance ugliness and elegance
in a ravaged world more recently he
contributed to the finale of the
Uncharted series gracefully bringing the
series into the current generation with
some of the franchise’s best
environments so it’s taken forever
after this volcano Haitians finger
though ESP or credits than some of the
other artists on this list it still
makes us excited for what his future
holds looks like we’re not the first
ones here
[Music]
number seven Python Angelo
Jost Bowles star writer and pinball
machines I created jobs for other people
they’re basically artistic missions from
God like the Blues Brothers if you can
relate to that we may be stretching the
definition of concept artists here a bit
but we couldn’t deny the influence this
man had on the video game industry he
contributed to the aesthetic of several
classic arcade games but is more well
known for his highly influential designs
for pinball machines it was all um
something my parents didn’t understand
and the worked out that they were still
trying to tell me to go and get a real
job one of the most recognizable names
in the gaming industry his designs may
be more simplistic since he was one of
the first concept artists but he still
utilized innovative techniques to create
imagery that is now synonymous with
gaming in the 1980s
though he sadly passed away in 2014 he
certainly left a significant mark on the
history of video games every job every
experience I had made me a better human
being and brought experiences that later
on in life designing a pinball game or
or doing a painting or help me number
six
bengis Street Fighter series
every industry out there has those who
have enough talent to go by a single
name and for videogame concept art that
distinction is held by a somewhat
enigmatic figure
[Music]
he’s responsible for the unique look of
this fighting game series particularly
the most recognizable characters Ryu
Alex and Akuma in addition he
contributed to redesigns of some of the
most famous Marvel characters for the
Marvel vs. Capcom series his skill in
creating a world of his own and later
integrating some already well-known
characters into that universe and making
them his own makes him a gaming icon
[Music]
number five Sam Sam why’s didi err
Starcraft series Warcraft series Diablo
series so with the Zerg we have to make
sure that we keep them looking sinister
and an aggressive and evil but without
just throwing a bunch of spikes and
teeth on them because that’s not as
memorable Blizzard Entertainment is the
quintessential developer for some of the
most noteworthy games out there and DDR
was invaluable to the development of
three of the greatest of all time for
owner though he’s most famous for his
fantastical images in the world of
warcraft series he has shown incredible
range by also creating a sci-fi universe
for Starcraft and a darker world for
Diablo while he’s definitely not the
sole contributor to blizzards success
it’s impossible to deny that one of the
biggest appeals of these games is their
aesthetic prowess
since these games have proven their
ability to adapt to the improving
quality of video games or sure he’ll
continue to provide us with more
fantastic characters and landscapes for
years to come memory gaps are a standard
side-effect stand and lower your visor
for software calibration number four
Akira Toriyama Dragon Quest series and
Chrono Trigger
[Music]
unlike most of the artists on this list
for Yama had already established himself
as a successful artist as a creator of
the classic manga Dragonball that was
good
following this incredible accomplishment
he made a move to video games to
continue his career with character
designs for the Dragon Quest series and
character and environment designs for
Chrono Trigger
his influential manga art style
continued into his concept art working
well in these classic RPGs his work will
be forever memorialized by a special
ending to Chrono Trigger in which he
makes a cameo appearance with the game’s
other developers while his manga work
may be what he’s most remembered for his
contribution to video games can’t be
ignored
[Music]
number three Ken Sugimori Pokemon series
this is the man who is responsible for
designing every single one of the
original Pokemon except mu there what
country what I dream us
many of them are immediately
recognizable to even the most casual of
gamers while he isn’t solely responsible
for the many remaining Pokemon he still
has the final say on all of them and
they’re all adapted to his style before
the final product is revealed
as the art director for the entire
franchise the look of not only the
videogames but also the anime manga and
films are all due to him that’s an
incredible amount of work to be
responsible for but he’s hit it out of
the park every time and we’re confident
that won’t stop anytime soon electrode
England knitter and manky finisher at
anta Ferro fifty came to Dion Dragonite
ghastly only time before Eon Poliwrath
Butterfree number two Yoji Shinkawa
Metal Gear series this time around it’s
a little bit more heavier than usual and
even me drawing these characters makes
me kind of down sometimes after rising
through the ranks of Konami Shinkawa
began to work on character and
environmental designs for the Metal Gear
series before becoming art director for
the Hideo Kojima directed entries in the
better-known Metal Gear Solid branch of
the franchise snake huh well I’m Eva
are you here to tempt me he has cited
many different artists as inspiration
both eastern and western coincidentally
including our number one pick this has
provided the series with its unique look
with roots in both anime and
contemporary art stay where you are I’ve
had enough of your judo his friendship
with Kojima will continue into their
next effort death stranding which will
no doubt continue his unique artistic
vision
[Music]
before we unveil our top pick here are a
few honorable mentions
[Music]
[Music]
number one yoshitaka amano final fantasy
series it’s nice to hold a monocle stays
you got too many things very cool look
at the grass or even just will you put
it there are a few video game series
that have been more influential than the
Final Fantasy series and it wouldn’t be
what it is without this brilliant artist
[Music]
though his role in the series is now a
lot less major than it once was
he still contributed to every main
installment in the series in some
capacity including some absolutely
stunning character design and artwork
for the first 10 games and graphic
design for the first six no but it
Totino gotta do it’ll take a few video
game artists have worked on so many
games that have created so many legacies
an artist of this talented scope was an
easy choice to nab our first place
do you agree with our list right you’re
disoriented remain calm
who’s your favorite video game concept
artist for more visionary top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com HQ
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