We bring fine-art talent to digital production
Virtuos’ largest team is specialized in 3D art production. Our artists have all received formal art training in leading Art institutions, complemented by training and professional experience on 2D and 3D software tools. They are all full-time employees at Virtuos. No work is sub-contracted to freelance artists nor any kind of external contractor.
Virtuos 3D art services:
3D models
Virtuos is known around the industry as one of the premier providers of 3D models for AAA games. We provide best-of-breed characters, vehicles, environments, buildings and props. Hollywood has caught on too, using Virtuos 3D models in blockbuster movies.
Level design
Virtuos creates dynamic levels for industry-leading RTS, FPS, 3D action, and 2D platforming games.
3D animation and character animation
The Virtuos animation team brings characters to life with the expressive nuance needed to give them emotion and personality.
Texture creation
Bump maps, specular maps and subdermal scattering maps – Virtuos’ advanced texture creation brings photorealistim to our 3D models. Our partnership with Allegorithmic allows us to offer efficient creation of micro file size textures.
Virtuos 2D art services:
2D Flash art and Flash animation
The explosion in Online Flash gaming on Facebook and elsewhere has led to the need for efficient creation of art assets for those games. Virtuos’ art production pipeline is a great match, and today creates art assets for the world’s leading Facebook game companies.
Concept art
Our newest team, Virtuos’ concept art department provides inspiration based on our clients’ visions. Our concept art feeds into our client’s production pipeline – and also our own – in the levels of games we co-develop and the art assets we produce.
Our Process
Art production does not start until an Art Director has made sure that we have gathered the appropriate reference material and the team has understood the style and technical constraints. We then produce a couple of short iterations of Q&A to ensure that we quickly get in line with our client’s vision.
Multiple Quality Checks
Throughout the production, our online project management system provides real-time information on progress and the ability to view deliverables and exchange feedback immediately. Before delivery, checks are performed at 4 levels (Artist, Team Leader, Art Producer and Art Director) to verify that all creative guidelines and all technical constraints have been fulfilled on all assets. For larger projects involving a full production pipeline, in-game testing will also be carried-out.
