If there is one thing I love its mega cool video game artwork!

This time around I look at the artwork of a really fun looking game called Bastion.

Bastion tells the tale of The Kid, who travels through a broken world which was torn apart by an incident called Calamity. The realm is shattered into many pieces and has been overwhelmed by a legion of terrible monsters. The Kid journeys towards Bastion which is an ancient gathering point during times of strife. With the guidance of an old man The Kid sets about restoring the world to its former beauty by reconstructing it piece-by-piece.

The game itself is a level-structured action RPG with an immersive narrative and a path that is created ‘on the fly’.
The gameplay sounds like lots of fun and the ability to become more powerful and develop your ‘Bastion’ or HQ, through finding ‘shards’ sounds interesting, ne?

Although the game looks great I’m more interested in chatting about the video game artwork.

First off, props to the very talented designer JenZee for her absolutely breath-taking artwork for Bastion. It is composed by employing a very slick chunky design style, with obvious influences from Japanese manga.

If you would like to see more amazing artwork by JenZee you can always cruise across to her Deviantart gallery…prepare for serious droolage. She is overflowing with artistic power!

What is even more fantastic for me is the fact that they translated not only the original artwork perfectly into the actual game, but also that the digital colouring techniques echo seamlessly across to the game design as well.

Don’t you just love these little Bastion characters!

They really are so cute and badass in their own way. You will notice that all of the human characters are really short and stubby, which is the case even with the old man. I like that they have done this, it’s like a realm of Halflings, or some kind of gnome race. I suppose this lends itself to the more ‘childlike’ focus of the game.

The video game artwork of Bastion is perhaps directed more at a younger market. I mean what young gamer could resist the awesomeness that is The Kid character!
While saying that I know plenty of older gamers who love this kind of artwork just as much. I would be interested to see the age group split for Bastion players.

Here are some great screenshots of the in-game design….it’s got an explosive fantasy ‘cool factor’!

For those of you who would like to check out the video game trailer for Bastion, scope it out below.

I would love to know what you think about Bastion’s artwork.
Heck, if you would just like to comment on how cool the game is….go ahead!

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