Well, I had always thought it was the game developers/publishers themselves, but apparently that's not the case for most. After completing World at War earlier I saw in the credits "Packaging designed by Petrol", and after viewing their website it seems they have done the websites/key art/branding/packaging for several prestigious games and other forms of media (God of War III, Homefront, CoD World at War, Ratchet and Clank, Gran Turismo, CNBC, Sons of Anarchy, inFAMOUS, Dark Souls, Arkham City, Turtle Beach, etc.). Just thought it was interesting, many of you may be interested in this considering this is, well, a box art website. I'm sure there are several other companies that specialize in this, but this is the one that has done several high caliber gaming and TV designs.
http://www.petrolad.com/
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05-19-2012, 07:44 PM #1
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Who makes official box arts?
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05-19-2012, 08:04 PM #2
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Petrol should come to vgba when they need to hire someone
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05-19-2012, 09:07 PM #3
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Interesting stuff. I find it odd that game developers would have an outside agency do any of their branding/logo work. I could see this for movies/television, but most game devs do their own branding, as far as I know.
It's also surprising that game developers hire outside companies to do their promotional artwork. I mean, I get the whole graphic design on promotions, but principal artwork too? Wow. I guess I shouldn't be too surprised since Epic "lets" me do promotional art for their products.
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05-19-2012, 09:14 PM #4
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I wonder if petrol has any job openings..
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05-19-2012, 11:29 PM #5
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Dang, all of their stuff looks really good too.
Was thinking the same thing. Originally Posted by Eggboy'13
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05-19-2012, 11:43 PM #6
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What stuff? There are just thumbnails. Originally Posted by Mariolee
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05-20-2012, 12:13 AM #7
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Theyve done glee omg
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05-20-2012, 12:20 AM #8
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Under the thumbnails, it says what they've done. I am familiar with their work and advertisement, and am thus impressed. Originally Posted by Throavium
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05-20-2012, 12:10 AM #10
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I found two. They both require the applicant to be able to work directly in the office. Originally Posted by Eggboy'13
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