Assassin's Creed concepts

**viag** · July 21st, 2007, 05:00 PM

Hi everyone !

At last (after 1.5 year) i can post the work i did during my short period of time on assassins creed at ubisoft. Vyle , baron , sparth and simonak did a nice bunch of concepts for this game !

It was a nice project , plus i really like the medevial crusades mood !

now im working on far cry 2 (since 1 year) so more concepts soon !

**Nokill** · July 21st, 2007, 05:02 PM

great concepts for a great project.
I hope the game lives up to the expectations thats for sharing

**kingrobot** · July 21st, 2007, 05:07 PM

The cathedral is incredible... I'm looking forward to performing death defying leaps and jumps around that structure.

**Unbreakable** · July 21st, 2007, 06:01 PM

Wow, I love the mood and level of detail in these.

**el coro** · July 21st, 2007, 06:09 PM

WOW that first one makes my balls hurt! all of them are great dude. congrats on such an outstanding project. hope all is well with you brother.-c36

**hurricane** · July 21st, 2007, 06:10 PM

cool and great concepts!
it shows that they are 1.5 years old though

thanks for sharing, they look great!
cheers

**viag** · July 21st, 2007, 06:25 PM

Nokill , kingrobot: thanks man , ye i think it will be a good game , with a great mood !

El coro , unbreakable , hurricane : thanks a lot dudes , ye its only three pictures , i didnt stay long on this project , because another one (far cry2) wanted me.

My post will be longer for far cry 2 where i did almost 60 pictures for the moment

**ICH** · July 21st, 2007, 07:02 PM

Wow monumental works here! Great.
When you talk about FarCry2 you mean Crysis? FarCry is the only game I played (exept MAME off course ;-]) and I still play some time.

**Jas0n 0n a Bike** · July 22nd, 2007, 12:41 AM

I've been wondering who was doing the concept art for that game! I love everything I see! I just want to bow down and kiss you guys' feet. hahahah, so cool.

Ellingsworth · July 22nd, 2007, 04:21 AM

This game looks absolutely amazing, now I'm even more amped up to play it!

Awesome work by the way.

**teho** · July 22nd, 2007, 04:48 AM

wow, the second one is absolutely incredible! it's kinda like u're a here... listening the sea and gulls and those ships... oh.

and i love the textures on the first, they are so real... did you paint on 3d model? the perspective is so right.

thank you!

**Leon Roé** · July 22nd, 2007, 05:56 AM

Nice!!

**Ian Miles** · July 22nd, 2007, 08:27 AM

I see paint over a 3D model? I´m just curious.

**Pascallo** · July 22nd, 2007, 08:49 AM

Wow, amazing work!
The first one is great, but it looks here and there like a comp betw. painting and photograph, might that be?
I love the castle interior and the harbor!
Great job!

**RiskeMaRue** · July 22nd, 2007, 10:43 AM

No he does mean Farcry 2 , recently announced but obviously has been a while in development.
The pictures re stunning btw, really digging the amount of detail going into even the smallest things, and love the worn feel of the city.

**Evil_Sloth** · July 22nd, 2007, 10:55 AM

awesome dude!

**Feerik** · July 22nd, 2007, 11:35 AM

Excellent work my friend. Nice to work with you. You progressed a lot since. People will be flabbergasted by all the quality you put in Far Cry 2

**viag** · July 22nd, 2007, 01:11 PM

yep its far cry 2 , the challenger of crysis

officially announced last week : http://farcry.us.ubi.com/teaser/

For the assassins pictures , yes i used 3dsmax for basic shapes , its always nice when u need to do multiple view of a same complex object or environment.
btw i dont use photo , just sometimes textures and many complex brushes.
Thanks again !

**James Kei** · July 22nd, 2007, 02:42 PM

These are awesome, Viag!

**dkounios** · July 22nd, 2007, 03:34 PM

great work man. loving it!

**Mandryk** · July 22nd, 2007, 07:39 PM

wow these are great! Really lavish concepts....how long did they take on average?

great work as always!

-d-

**Beelow** · July 22nd, 2007, 07:47 PM

Nice stuff Viag! Love them all.8) Yeah please share how long you've spent on these. I am curious.

**Pelaxus** · July 22nd, 2007, 09:51 PM

Interesting games need solid concept art

Very nice work: details colors & stuff... But i'm curious 'bout the technical background: what application did you used? Maya? 3Dmax+VRAY? 'cause i'm only sure for the photoshop

How long does it take to create such a cathedral - from simple 3dblocks through rendering to final paintover?

Cheers and i'd be looking for more stuff!!!

**Pound** · July 22nd, 2007, 09:54 PM

The perspective in the last 2 are not so great at some parts. But why should I say that, these are awesome pictures.

**Wixxi** · July 23rd, 2007, 07:00 AM

Wow man AWESOME midle ages feel!
Where are the stars for this thread,you get 4 from me

**Fl3wk** · July 23rd, 2007, 07:09 AM

Your style is very natural, I love it. 1 of many possible questions. Do you use any 3D application to find the right perspective for all major objects in the scene, or a photograph? Or is it just guess work (i.e. lay down a horizon line and do things manually). And also the textures are varied, for this I guess you are using existing textured photographs (soil, bark, rust etc) and then overlaying it on top of your drawings, is this right?

Thanks!! And great paintings!

**viag** · July 23rd, 2007, 10:41 AM

Yep Heres my step in a concept production

1st day : * collecting references (textures , architecture photos , historic description, mood refs : sky , movies screenshots (like kingdom of heaven) )
Collecting refs is really important , because this step gives you a lot of ideas : composition, lighting , gameplay etc.

* Quick sketches : black and white or colors speed painting to establish the composition --> at the end of the day the artistic director will chose one.

2nd day : Im starting to work with 3ds max , with basic 3d shapes , sometimes i spend more times on a specific complex object. Im taking my time , because 3dsmax allow me to work the composition (with the camera placement) and the lighting (i like vrays for this part)

3rd day : Im working on the render in photoshop ,the good thing with a render is that you get an alpha layer of your shapes so u can work with selections.
Im working with textures overlay , brushes but no photos elements.
Its a good thing to be precise in this kind of pictures , because level artists ask for this kind of precision : in the texture , the shapes and idea of gameplay.They dont want to spend their time to understand what is what in your picture.
In fact we are level artists , but without all the constraints and the debug

Sometimes i need a 4th day , some change coming from the artistic director , and sometimes your picture needs more polish ( color mood , extra details etc)

But it depends of the project

**Vyle** · July 23rd, 2007, 11:58 AM

Yes, I agree with Feerik, I had seen some stuff you did on farcry just before I left Montreal, and it was even better. Amazing progression.
I miss you a lot man, I send you some Scorp vibes

**NURO** · July 23rd, 2007, 01:16 PM

Very Good , very nice Viag.

**Dougbot** · July 23rd, 2007, 01:22 PM

I can't wait for this game. Great concepts too, the team did really well with what you created. It's one of the first cities I've seen in games that feels alive. Great stuff.