Guild Wars 2

Years ago while running with my WvW guild, Tiny a GW2 artist joined us, someone mentioned that the art for load screens like Lions arch are a special type of art that takes real photos and does something to them.

Does anyone have any idea what this type of art is called and how it is done?

Thanks!

I don’t remember the name of the technique, but it’s used a lot in concept art. Basically the artist takes part of a photo (usually for the texture) and paint over it so it blends in with the rest of the drawing.

https://youtu.be/0nv2hMH3AGc?t=7m35s

Here’s a more extreme example of turning an entire photo into concept art.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Keo8Tg66Kr0