Illustration & Concept Art
📋 What it is
Illustration tells a story or explains an idea in one image; concept art designs how a character, world or object will look.
🗣️ Coach says
Illustration and concept art are art with a JOB. An illustration tells a story or explains something in a single picture; concept art invents how a game character or world should look before it’s built. Art that solves a problem.
🧠 Memory hook
Illustration tells/explains · concept art DESIGNS the look. Art with a job.
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What did the warm colors say at the campfire?
"We're in our element!"
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Before a big game or movie is made, concept artists draw hundreds of versions of each character and world to decide the look.
🖼️ Curate an “Art With a Job” gallery — choose 4 kinds of working art.
You're the curator. Choose 4 pieces, write a placard for each, then open your hall. There’s no single right set — curate with a reason.
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Pictures that tell a story alongside the words.
One image that explains an article or idea.
Designs how a game/film character will look.
Designs the look of a world or place.
Designs the objects a character uses.
Sketches that plan a scene shot by shot.
Art that makes data or steps easy to understand.
Before you open your hall, check your own work — no grade, just a curator’s eye:
🎉 Your hall is open! Every piece has a placard and a reason. Curate another →
🧪 Try it! (2 minutes)
Imagine a game character and name two things a concept artist would decide about its look.