Pierre-Yves Donzallaz

FMX 2013: The Art and Technology behind Crysis 3

pydonzallaz — Fri, 10 May 2013 10:41:06 +0000

This presentation is part of my talk at the FMX 2013 conference in Stuttgart. The session goes through the different phases of the art production, from concepting to full production. Tiago Sousa describes some of the technical features implemented to create one of the best visual experience to date in a video game.

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The Art and Technology behind Crysis 3 PDF

Credits

Pierre-Yves Donzallaz (Lighting Artist: main speaker)
Tiago Sousa (Graphics Engineer: co-speaker)

Filed under: Crysis 3

Crysis 3 Covers

pydonzallaz — Thu, 02 May 2013 13:30:57 +0000

Official Nanosuit renders used in a few magazine covers for the release of Crysis 3. Fully rendered in real-time.

Notice: no overpainting at all was involved in the creation of these pictures, which is extremely rare when it comes to magazine covers.

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Credits

Pierre-Yves Donzallaz (Lighting Artist: scene setup, lighting and capture)

Additional Art

Dima Gait (3D Artist: Nanosuit)
Gregor Kopka (3D Artist: weapons)
Tom Deerberg (3D Artist: vegetation)
Daniele Duri (Animator)

Filed under: Crysis 3

Welcome to my portfolio

pydonzallaz — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 20:00:00 +0000

I am the lighting artist behind the single player campaigns of the award-winning and visually acclaimed Crysis 3, Crysis 2 and Crysis 1 Console games. Discover my lighting work in the next pages.

For more information, see my detailed resume or contact me on LinkedIn.

Filed under: Misc

Crysis 3 Aliens Studio Lighting

pydonzallaz — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 19:00:12 +0000

Realtime renders of the aliens of Crysis 3, with in-game assets and high quality realtime studio lighting.

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Credits

Pierre-Yves Donzallaz (Lighting Artist: scene setup, lighting and capture)

Additional Art

Lars Martinson (Character Artist: aliens)
Daniele Duri (Animator)

Filed under: Crysis 3

Crysis 3 Single Player Action

pydonzallaz — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 10:00:59 +0000

Official in-game screenshots captured for Crysis 3 release, featuring the single player campaign. No retouching. Fully representative of the final game.

Notice: these images are captured while playing, thus some of them might present relatively strong in-game realtime object motion blur.

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Credits

Pierre-Yves Donzallaz (Lighting Artist: lighting and capture)

Additional Art

Magnus Larbrant (Art Director)
Christopher Auty (Level Design Director)
Crysis 3 Team

Filed under: Crysis 3

Crysis 3 Single Player Environments Beauty

pydonzallaz — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:00:13 +0000

Official renders captured for the release of Crysis 3, featuring the 7 main environments of the single player campaign. 100% realtime, no retouching. Representative of the final game.

Notice: some assets might have been hidden from a couple of scenes before capture, in order to prevent spoilers.

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Credits

Pierre-Yves Donzallaz (Lighting Artist: lighting and capture)

Additional Art

Magnus Larbrant (Art Director)
Mihai Titoiu (Concept Artist)
Tom Deerberg, Marcel Shaika, Felix Leyendecker, Stefan Heinrich (Environment Artists)
Ronny Muehle, Robert Hodri, Martin Teichmann, Pascal Mueller (Environment Artists)
Crysis 3 Art & RnD Teams

Filed under: Crysis 3

Crysis 3 Nanosuit

pydonzallaz — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 22:00:37 +0000

Marketing renders of the Nanosuit. 100% realtime, 0% Photoshop. Fully rendered in Crysis 3 Editor with in-game assets and medium-high poly Nanosuit.

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Credits

Pierre-Yves Donzallaz (Lighting Artist: scene setup, lighting and capture)

Additional Art

Dima Gait (3D Artist: Nanosuit)
Daniele Duri (Animator)
Gregor Kopka (3D Artist: weapons)
Lars Martinson (Character Artist: aliens)
Tom Deerberg (3D Artist: vegetation)

Filed under: Crysis 3

Crysis 3 Michael “Psycho” Sykes

pydonzallaz — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 13:17:02 +0000

Marketing screenshot of “Psycho”, one of the main characters of Crysis 3. 100% realtime lighting and postprocessing with in-game character.

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Credits

Manuel Wirks (Character Artist)
Pierre-Yves Donzallaz (Lighting Artist: scene setup, lighting and capture)

Filed under: Crysis 3

Crysis 3 Fields Environment

pydonzallaz — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 12:51:20 +0000

First official in-game screenshots of the Fields environment, presented to the press in November and December 2012. 100% realtime. 0% Photoshop.

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Credits

Pierre-Yves Donzallaz (Lighting Artist: lighting and capture)

Additional Art

Magnus Larbrant (Art Director)
Tom Deerberg (Environment Artist)
Ronny Muehle (Vegetation Artist)
Gregor Kopka (3D Artist: weapons)

Filed under: Crysis 3

Crysis 3 E3 Demo

pydonzallaz — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 06:00:28 +0000

First official screenshots of the E3 demo of Crysis 3, featuring large scale environment with sandbox gameplay. 100% ingame realtime lighting!

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Credits

Pierre-Yves Donzallaz (Lighting Artist: level art, final polishing, lighting and capture)

Additional Art

Magnus Larbrant (Art Director)
Marcel Schaika, Stefan Heinrich, Robert Hodri (Environment Artists)
Ronny Muehle (Vegetation Artist)
Manuel Wirks (Character Artist: CELL characters)
Gregor Kopka (3D Artist: weapons)
Mihai Titoiu (Concept Artist)

Filed under: Crysis 3