In today’s gaming market, it is important for your game to have quality assets and art. If your game has quality assets and art, you can engage your players during gameplay.
Luckily, you don’t have to create your own art and assets for your games these days. Instead, you can get them from other sources. Below we list 5 of these sources you can use to get assets and art for your game:
There are several websites from where you can get free assets to use for your game. These free asset websites are used by game developers around the world.
The most famous one among these sites is OpenGameArt, a huge repository of free game assets. From OpenGameArt, you can get 2D and 2D assets, concept art, and even music, all for free. Most of the things on the website have been released under the creative commons license and hence, you can use the assets even on your commercial game projects.
Itch.io is another website from which you can get free game assets. Itch.io has a separate collection of free assets, which though is not as huge as OpenGameArt, is a great collection of its own.
GameDevMarket is a third website, from where you can download assets for your game.
The r/GameAssets subreddit on Reddit is another resource you can use.
If you don’t find any assets you like from the free websites, then you can get paid assets from online stores.
The Unity Asset Store is one of these online stores. The Unity Asset Store has a large collection of art and assets. What’s more, you can use these assets even in other game engines.
CraftPix is another well-known online asset store. Like the Unity Asset Store, from CraftPix you can get both 2D and 3D assets at reasonable prices, for use in your game.
GraphicRiver is another place, where you can get quality game art and assets.
If you don’t want art created by others and want art created specifically for your project, then you should hire a freelance artist.
A freelancer will create assets and art as per your unique requirement. You can find freelance game artists from websites like Upwork, Fiverr, and Freelancer. You can also hire individual artists from game development companies who outsource their resources. LinkedIn is another good place to find freelance artists.
You should be careful when you hire a freelancer, as the quality of game assets you get will depend on their skill and experience, which varies from one individual artist to the next. So before you hire an artist, you should go through their portfolio.
If your game’s art and asset needs can’t be fulfilled by a single artist, then you should consider building an art team.
When you build a team, you have the option to get experts for all areas of asset production, be it modeling, texturing, or lighting. As a result, you can get very high-quality game art and assets.
When you have a team, you can also better communicate your ideas so the final artwork your team creates is as per your original vision.
Building an art team, however, is expensive, time-consuming, and at times hectic. You have to spend money on office space for your team to work. You have to spend a lot of time managing your whole team. You may even find trouble finding the right artists to work with.
If your project is a small one or a non-commercial one, these risks might not be worth it. And if you are a beginner to game development, building a team of your own might be too daunting for you.
The final option and the option that people choose the most these days to get assets for their game is to get the services of a game art development company. These days, even AAA companies outsource their art and asset production work to such game art development companies.
A game art development company will create art and assets for your game as per your unique requirements. These companies create high-quality game assets at reasonable prices.
Because game development companies will have big asset production teams, containing experts from every discipline of game asset production. In addition, these companies also assign a dedicated project manager for your project so you don’t have to spend too much time managing your project.
However, outsourcing your project can be a bit expensive compared to some of the other options in this list.
Whether you are creating a commercial or a non-commercial game, there are numerous ways you can get assets for your game. Some of these ways are either free or require minimal investment. While others are a bit expensive.
Whichever of these options you choose, make sure it is the one that best fits your project’s requirements.
Juego Studios is a game development company that provides game art and asset production services. We have a complete art and asset production team that consists of experienced animators, UI/UX designers, concept artists, modelers, lighting artists, etc. The team has created artwork for several game titles across various platforms.
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