Dishonored 2 + Concept Art: Characters & CreaturesĀ
āFrom the young empress Emily Kaldwin to the lowliest laborer tolling away in the Karnaca silver mines, every single character in Dishonored 2 received our full attention.
We browsed the books of the masters, finding inspiration in the way the Orientalists treated realism. We crafted the costumes, gestures, anatomy, skin, and lighting with Detaille, Meissonier, Buland, Malczewski, Dagnan-Bouveret. We referred to the work of popular illustrators like Leyendecker, N. C. Wyeth, Schaeffer, Cornwell. We studied the anthropology of the Mexican Revolution through the amazing photography of Agustin Casasola. We enriched our eyes first, before we started to bring our powerful, charismatic characters to life.
We then considered how the searing sun of Karnaca would leave its mark on the workers who live there. We researched dress codes, costumes, and anatomy. We focused on body language as a new visual feature, including details to make the world deeper and reveal a characterās origin with every passing glance.
Karnaca is the home of a variety of ethnic groups with distinctive faces. Clothes are well cut and tailored, while hands, arms, legs, and faces are rough and have stories to tell. Clothing is a medium to show a characterās position in society, but whatās fundamental is the person inside the costume. That attention to detail raised the quality to an unexpected level, where all the cityās inhabitants have a backstory and truly fit within their environment.ā
Artists: Sergey Kolesov, Elodie Marze, CĆ©dric Peyravernay
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