Project Types

We use Project Types to cover different parts of the creative process.

Warm-Ups

Warm-ups are focused technical or conceptual studies used to get you in the creative mood. The work you create for a warm-up might go one to be used in your finished world, but mostly they are one-and-done projects you can use to re-focus into a creative mindset.

Brainstorming

These experimental projects are for sparking new ideas. Rough sketches, thumbnails, shape studies, and paint-overs are just a few projects in this category. Brainstorming helps you define the thing you want to work on next.

Reference

More polished than a brainstorm, a reference is like a blueprint for a game object. These can be storyboards, character or object reference sheets, maps, comics and more.

Key Artwork

Key Art is used in game design to convey an “in-game” representation of a concept. This can be a landscape drawing or detailed study of an object or character within a scene.

Sample Canvas

The Sample Canvas gives you a sense of what your file will look like once you start working. It shows you the recommended tools, layer structure, and other important settings used for the project.

Tools

These are the tools you’ll be using the most in the project.

Canvas

The canvas will preview a sample file to give you a sense of the end goal.

Layers

COLOR

LINE

SKETCH

TEMPLATE