Game Art Styles

Borderlands: Game of the Year Enhanced

Gearbox Software · 2019

First-person · Shooter · RPG · PC · Console

Dimension
3D
Rendering
Cel-shaded
Colors
Export palette ↓
Linework
Black outlines, Inked lines, Interior lines
Shading
Soft gradient
Texture
Hand-painted textures
Post-processing
Bloom
Palette
Muted
Imitated medium
Comic book
Proportions
Exaggerated
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About

A first-person shooter with role-playing progression, Borderlands follows Vault Hunters searching for alien riches on Pandora. It combines cooperative combat and randomized weapon loot with a hand-inked comic appearance; this remaster upgrades the visuals and includes the original game's add-on content.

Art style

Borderlands: Game of the Year Enhanced (2019, Gearbox Software) is a 3D cel-shaded game played from a first-person view. Its look is built from black outlines, inked lines, interior lines, soft gradient shading, hand-painted textures and bloom. The palette is muted. It draws on comic book.

Palette 12 colors

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Details

Release
Remaster · Modern (PC / PS4 / PS5 / Xbox One / Series / Switch)
Developer
Gearbox Software, Blind Squirrel Games
Ported by
Blind Squirrel Games
Publisher
2K
Engine
Unreal Engine 3
Released
2019-04-03 Worldwide, Windows
2019-04-03 Worldwide, PlayStation 4
2019-04-03 Worldwide, Xbox One
2020-05-29 Worldwide, Nintendo Switch
Platforms
Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Also known as
Borderlands Game of the Year Enhanced (Worldwide)
Borderlands: Game of the Year Edition (Worldwide)
Credits
Brian Martel Art Director — original development
Jennifer Wildes Art Director — original development
James Sanders Art Team Lead — original development
Timothy A. Wilson Environment Art Director — original development
Brian Cozzens Technical Art Director — original development
Scott Kester Concept Artist — original development
Kale Menges Concept Artist — original development
Lorin Wood Concept Artist — original development
Alan Lee Studio Art Director — Blind Squirrel
Yvonne Chung Associate Art Director UI/UX — Blind Squirrel
Scott N. Army Lead Character Artist — Blind Squirrel
Koy Vanoteghem Art Director — Blind Squirrel additional art
Galen Davis Lead Environment Artist — Blind Squirrel additional art
Haydn Dalton Creative Director — Blind Squirrel
Matthew Phillips Senior Producer — Blind Squirrel
Links
official · wikipedia · steam · mobygames

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Borderlands series 12 games

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