In-depth look at GTA IV’s Liberty City
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Posted April 22nd, 2008 at 1:51pm
by Devin Kent
The guys at IGN sat down with Aaron Garbut, Rockstar’s Art Director, to talk about the jaw dropping amount of detail that went into Liberty City, the setting for Grand Theft Auto IV. A taste:
The character artists would use clothing and sports branding on the characters, shop windows contain branding at a minute detail for items they are selling in a corner shop window or on a larger scale the shop fitting, logos and coloring. You’ll see branding for oil companies on barrels, gas stations and gas attendants clothing and then when you visit some of the more industrial areas of the map you’ll see the same branding on industrial facilities. We even created history in the branding with older variations on old painted ads fading on the side of old buildings. You’ll see virtual artists advertised outside galleries, see some of their work through the window and then see other examples in some of the homes you’ll get inside. Tiny businesses, dry cleaners for example will have a store on a certain street, and you will see their van driving around the area.
They also talk about the creation of pedestrians, the distinctive feel of each area of the city, and quite a bit more. Definitely check it out if you get the chance.
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