Video game textures...?

[jebbo]

Hi, i am always baffled at amazing quality textures in games such as hitman:Absolution ect... I am wondering how they create them. Do they draw textures such as skin and clothes by hand in programs such as photo shop or do they take a picture and apply them to the models? please explain to me...

Thanks
Tim

 

[Sunius]

They draw them by hand using tablet input devices.

 

[jebbo]

thats amazing! the textures are so intricate and fine... it looks impossible to be done by hand!

 

[Sunius]

Amazing indeed. Some incredible artists walk on our earth.

 

[casualcolors]

Amazing indeed. Some incredible artists walk on our earth.

The segments are blown up, drawn, shrunk and then mirrored, then another layer is imposed over the final object to sort of create blanket variance if it is viewed as a whole. Most large objects are done this way.