Game Art Styles

Borderlands Legendary Collection

Gearbox Software · 2020

First-person · Shooter · RPG · Console

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

A collection of Borderlands: Game of the Year Edition, Borderlands 2 and Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, with substantial add-on content. These cooperative first-person shooters combine weapon loot and RPG progression across Pandora and its moon Elpis.

Art style

Borderlands Legendary Collection (2020, 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 and vibrant. It draws on comic book.

Palette 9 colors

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Details

Release
Collection · Modern (PC / PS4 / PS5 / Xbox One / Series / Switch)
Developer
Gearbox Software, 2K Australia
Ported by
Behaviour Interactive, Turn Me Up Games
Publisher
2K
Engine
Unreal Engine 3
Released
2020-05-29 Worldwide, Nintendo Switch
Platforms
Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Credits
Brian Martel Art director — Borderlands
Brian Cozzens Technical art director — Borderlands
Jeramy Cooke Artist — Borderlands 2
Paul Hellquist Director — Borderlands 2
Randy Pitchford Executive producer — Borderlands
Sean Reardon Producer — Borderlands 2
Matt Charles Producer — Borderlands 2
Links
nintendo · mobygames · wikipedia

Screenshots 3

Related

Borderlands series 12 games

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