The main thing I'v been thinking about.

In the games world there seems to have been a decline in the artwork ingame recently, for the PS2 quite a few good games came out that had a different style, but now there seems to have been a decline maybe in games having more inavative and knew styles.This could be a shame I think. As I think I'd much rather work on a game like okami or the old street fighters.

Okami and Street Fighter IV







But now there seems to be a decline, partly the coming of this knew street fighter has brought this to the surface. Games makers keep trying to make the games look more real and real for this is what the audiance demands.

The Knew street Fighter:



Though I think they is a still a high demand for concept art in the making of games, eg if ya take a look at this Metal Gear Solid 4 poster you can see Yoji Shinkawa weaving his magic, graphicaly and illustratively sound.

Metal Gear 4 preview poster:



Though the artist hasn't released any concept art books for two games now and there is no word of any knew books up coming. I find this a shame as I think its an art form that should be recognized. Though they still may be games to come that will push the art boundaries.