Thief 4 Storyboard Art

[Llama]

Based on what?
To corroborate what Dominus said, the actual imagery in the storyboards isn't what the artist is trying to convey. It's lighting, gesture, atmosphere and composition. It's a shame the blog isn't up any longer, because you could look at some of the storyboards this same artist did for cutscenes in Deus Ex: Human Revolution. They look nothing like the final product. That's just his art style. With a likelihood bordering on certainty, Garrett will not look like Gollum. He's just exaggerating the posture in order to convey that the figure is sneaking.

They're so rough, in fact, that you can see on the second page, panels 2 and 3, that he literally just copied and pasted the same character model he drew once before.

lol so the act of drawing is not conveying anything according to you. Don't worry guys I'm just gunna draw a couple of cool ninja looking Garretts. But the act of me drawing Ninja Garrett doesn't mean that's how I the artist pictures Garrett because I just wanted to draw Garrett like a ninja cos' I felt like drawing Garrett like a ninja.

[Boxsmith]

the actual imagery in the storyboards isn't what the artist is trying to convey

furthermore

this same artist did for cutscenes in Deus Ex: Human Revolution. They look nothing like the final product

this same artist did for cutscenes in Deus Ex: Human Revolution. They look nothing like the final product

this same artist did for cutscenes in Deus Ex: Human Revolution. They look nothing like the final product

this same artist did for cutscenes in Deus Ex: Human Revolution. They look nothing like the final product

[Nephthys]

Based on what?
To corroborate what Dominus said, the actual imagery in the storyboards isn't what the artist is trying to convey. It's lighting, gesture, atmosphere and composition. It's a shame the blog isn't up any longer, because you could look at some of the storyboards this same artist did for cutscenes in Deus Ex: Human Revolution. They look nothing like the final product. That's just his art style. With a likelihood bordering on certainty, Garrett will not look like Gollum. He's just exaggerating the posture in order to convey that the figure is sneaking.

They're so rough, in fact, that you can see on the second page, panels 2 and 3, that he literally just copied and pasted the same character model he drew once before.

I agree on this. Concept art doesn't mean it's the finished product idea. It's more about setting a mood for a story rather than showing what it will actually look like. In that sense, I feel that just from looking at this, that they aren't going for flashy Assassin's Creed style gameplay, but that can't all be concluded from this very small portion of the project, if it is even valid at all. Who knows if this is even relative to what they are doing now.

[Briareos H]

Can we still all agree on the fact that this guy is a terrible artist?

[Captain Spandex]

Lots of dumb words.

Was it that hard to understand?

Here's one of the storyboards the same artist did for a Deus Ex: Human Revolution cutscene (I guess I had remembered to save one):


Notice how there's virtually no decoration in the office whatsoever? That's because it's the roughest of sketches. That's what storyboards are. What matters are the sharp shadows, the lighting, where characters are standing, and how the shot is framed. Does this look ANYTHING like what the cutscenes in Deus Ex: Human Revolution ultimately became? Of course not.

[scarykitties]

Personally, I'm more concerned that "Thi4f" is still officially spelled that way.

I'm okay with the Victorian setting. It was going that direction anyway in Thief 2.

[Queue]

All I know is.... Nice ass in that picture!

(It may not be art, but I know what I like.)

[Brethren]

The word "Concept" is key here. This guy isn't the Lead Art Director for EM or anything, he came up with an idea. His "concept" my be rejected altogether. Ask anyone in advertising, agencies usually come up with multiple campaigns to win a client over - one is usually picked while the others are rejected outright and never see the light of day. I'm guessing this setup is similar. We have no idea if this will resemble Thief4 in any way.

[Nephthys]

Maybe someone will get some answers at the Open House. I'm sure they are dreading these very questions, but perhaps they'll be prepared to answer them.

[Llama]

I agree on this. Concept art doesn't mean it's the finished product idea. It's more about setting a mood for a story rather than showing what it will actually look like.

Setting the mood for some sweet ass ninjas!

[Llama]

Personally, I'm more concerned that "Thi4f" is still officially spelled that way.

I'm okay with the Victorian setting. It was going that direction anyway in Thief 2.

really? was it? Robots, semi-undead servants and Mechanist technology was Victorian?

[Beleg Cúthalion]

No, the skybox! Those stars were definitely Victorian.

I hope you're as serious as I am.

[jtr7]

Who's serious? I hope no one's serious. No one.

NO ONE'S SERIOUS HERE!!







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NO ONE!

[Renzatic]

I was totally serious.

TOTALLY

[Dia]

I wuz but I'm not anymore.

[jtr7]

In these threads, seriousness is equal to mock-worthy "hysteria". People who have no interest in the game can't wait to jump in and laugh at the "hysterical" seriousness of others who are "attacked" by "pixels" and "blurry images", etc., so then, the peanut gallery must have their lulz:


WUT WUT

[twisty]

I wonder what the fan reaction might have been to the following concept art:

[Llama]

I wonder what the fan reaction might have been to the following concept art:

your argument is invalid. We had nothing in which to judge the original concept of Thief . Thi4f on the other hand... has three previous games to go by.

[twisty]

The point being that the final product differed significantly from the concept art. That fact is not unusual, however the art in concept pieces tends to look more similar in detail to the final product than what storyboarding does.

Storyboarding serves a different purpose in that it is designed to conceptualise a moving scene rather than just an object or setting. To that end, it doesn't need to define an end state -- it is used as a tool to help the team visualise the scenes as part of the design phase.

[PotatoGuy]

What twisty said. If this would have been the concept art for Thief 4 (Constantine being a new character then), this thread would have given just as many headache-giving, overanalyzing responses. I mean, jtr's "what the hell are these?" suggests he has never seen a human face before. It's concept art, people, calm down.

[jtr7]

The arrows point at nothing. If you think I'm serious, you're too serious. I'm not serious.



DAMN YOUR EYES!

(Too late)

[PotatoGuy]

Ugh, let's keep this on a case of bad reading on my part. Sorry man.

[Koki]

The point being that the final product differed significantly from the concept art.

Bugbeast is in the game. With legs, probably because the snake version would be a bitch to do(and I can't imagine it with the animation quality Thief got away with). Constantine is in the game. Viktoria is in the game and has long hair, wow.

I don't know what WEWD! is. Looks like some kind of underwater thing?

[PotatoGuy]

Bugbeast is in the game. With legs, probably because the snake version would be a bitch to do(and I can't imagine it with the animation quality Thief got away with). Constantine is in the game. Viktoria is in the game and has long hair, wow.

So, now Thief 4. There will be a thief in the game. There will be climbing into a building via a window in the game. There will be steampunk in the game. Well this doesn't sound so bad now, right?

[Random_Taffer]

That room full of birds is the shit.