Games by Established Artists

Titles which were designed, produced, directed, or contributed heavily to by artists with established careers or fine arts backgrounds outside of video games. Titles like Peter Gabriel: Eve do not count as they are made in association with an artist rather than with their direct involvement.

Notes state the artist(s) and their career outside of the games here, though there may be overlap of course.

H.R. Giger
Painter, sculptor, set designer, film director
H.R. Giger
Painter, sculptor, set designer, film director
Yosuke Kihara
Illustrator
Yosuke Kihara
Illustrator
Keita Takahashi
Illustrator, playground designer
Keita Takahashi
Illustrator, playground designer
Keita Takahashi
Illustrator, playground designer
Keita Takahashi
Illustrator, playground designer
Keita Takahashi
Illustrator, playground designer
Keita Takahashi
Illustrator, playground designer
Keita Takahashi
Illustrator, playground designer
Rodney Greenblat
Graphic artist, sculptor
Rodney Greenblat
Graphic artist, sculptor
Rodney Greenblat
Graphic artist, sculptor
Rodney Greenblat
Graphic artist, sculptor

Masaya Matsuura
Composer, multimedia artist
Rodney Greenblat
Graphic artist, sculptor

Masaya Matsuura
Composer, multimedia artist
Rodney Greenblat
Graphic artist, sculptor

Masaya Matsuura
Composer, multimedia artist
Rodney Greenblat
Graphic artist, sculptor

Masaya Matsuura
Composer, multimedia artist
Pierre Taki
Musician, actor
Pierre Taki
Musician, actor
Pierre Taki
Musician, actor
Ted Skolnick
Multimedia artist
Osamu Sato
Digital artist, photographer, composer
Osamu Sato
Digital artist, photographer, composer
Osamu Sato
Digital artist, photographer, composer
Osamu Sato
Digital artist, photographer, composer
Osamu Sato
Digital artist, photographer, composer
Osamu Sato
Digital artist, photographer, composer
Gerald V. Casale
Musician, composer, director
Mark Mothersbaugh
Musician, composer, visual artist
James Ludtke
Visual artist
James Ludtke
Visual artist
Natalie Bookchin
Media artist
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Artist collective
Jon Thomson & Alison Craighead
Multimedia artists
Jaron Lanier
Visual artist
Jaron Lanier
Visual artist
Jane Veeder
Digital artist, filmmaker
John O'Neill
Interactive artist

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Jodi (Joan Heemskerk, Dirk Paesmans)
Internet artists
Masaya Matsuura
Composer, multimedia artist
Masaya Matsuura
Composer, multimedia artist
Masaya Matsuura
Composer, multimedia artist
Masaya Matsuura
Composer, multimedia artist

Kiri Matsuura
Computer artist
Masaya Matsuura
Composer, multimedia artist
Toshio Iwai
Interactive and installation artist
Toshio Iwai
Interactive and installation artist
Toshio Iwai
Interactive and installation artist
Toshio Iwai
Interactive and installation artist
Toshio Iwai
Interactive and installation artist
Prize Budget for Boys/Michael Jones
Visual artist collective
Escape from Woomera Collective
Art activist collective
Bill Viola
Video/new media artist
Laurie Anderson
Performance artist

Hsin-Chien Huang
Mixed media artist
James Gunn
Filmmaker
The Designers Republic
Graphic design studio/collective
The Designers Republic
Graphic design studio/collective
The Designers Republic
Graphic design studio/collective
Guillermo del Toro
Filmmaker
Thom Yorke
Musician

Stanley Donwood
Artist
Takatsuna Senba
Animator
Takatsuna Senba
Animator
Takatsuna Senba
Animator
Yoshiyuki Sadamoto
Manga artist, character designer
Yoshiyuki Sadamoto
Manga artist, character designer
Yoshiyuki Sadamoto
Manga artist, character designer
Yoshiyuki Sadamoto
Manga artist, character designer
Yoshiyuki Sadamoto
Manga artist, character designer
Yoshiyuki Sadamoto
Manga artist, character designer
Takeshi Kitano
Filmmaker, authour, actor
Toshiyuki Kubooka
Animator, character designer

Stand-in for series
Toshiyuki Kubooka
Animator, character designer

Stand-in for series
Yuji Himukai
Illustrator, hentai artist

Stand-in for series
Yuji Himukai
Illustrator, hentai artist
Yuji Himukai
Illustrator, hentai artist
Saitou Masatsugu/Saitom
Illustrator, hentai artist
Saitou Masatsugu/Saitom
Illustrator, hentai artist

Stand-in for series
Raita Honjou
Illustrator, hentai artist

Stand-in for series
Clive Barker
Novelist, playwright, film director, visual artist
Clive Barker
Novelist, playwright, film director, visual artist
Clive Barker
Novelist, playwright, film director, visual artist
Range Murata
Artist, designer

Stand-in for series
Range Murata
Artist, designer
Range Murata
Artist, designer
Range Murata
Artist, designer

Yoshitoshi ABe
Graphic artist
Masamune Shirow
Mangaka
Range Murata
Artist, designer
Yoshihide Fujiwara
Mangaka

Yoshinori Kobayashi
Mangaka

Osamu Ishiwata
Mangaka

Yumi Tamura
Mangaka

Ryouji Minagawa
Mangaka

Gosho Aoyama
Mangaka, author

Kazuhiko Shimamoto
Mangaka
Onono Imoko
Hentai artist, illustrator
Screaming Mad George/Joji Tani
Special effects artist, director, musician
Douglas Adams
Author, humourist
Neil Gaiman
Author, screenwriter
Harlan Ellison
Author, screenwriter
Tsunku/つんく♂
Songwriter, producer

Stand-in for series
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Musician, actor, producer
Stephen Spielberg
Director, producer, screenwriter
Stephen Spielberg
Director, producer, screenwriter
Stephen Spielberg
Director, producer, screenwriter
Diana Hamilton
Author, poet
Jon Bois
Speculative fiction writer, producer
Cyriak Harris
Animator, composer, artist, author

18 Comments


1 year ago

would the rhythm heaven series count because of Tsunku's hand in development?

1 year ago

Absolutely, added

1 year ago

Add Medal of Honor 1 and both Boom Blox games for the Wii. Steven Spielberg produced all three of those.

1 year ago

elden ring's world building was done by GRRM

1 year ago

Ryuichi Sakamoto wrote the scenario and all the music for L.O.L.: Lack of Love

1 year ago

Added with the exception of Elden Ring as his contribution to the game was only the 'mythos' of the game, he did not write the story itself.
diana hamilton's dreams, bill belichick offseason simulator

1 year ago

Going Down by Cyriak Harris

1 year ago

Down bad in the "hentai artist" row

1 year ago

Does Mother trilogy belongs here? As fas as I know, Shigesato Itoi has been a writer since way before the games. Although I think most of it was non-fiction?
@LSW Help me out here, please. XD

1 year ago

@CDX If copywriters fall into the category of artists, then Yes.
Gitaroo man, by Mitsuru Nakamura aka 326
does that count?

1 year ago

tomomi sakuba was the art director of garage: bad dream adventure, and he has published various artwork of surrealism priorly and after the release of the game

1 year ago

Added all of these except Itoi's ouevre

1 year ago

The dragons lair games and space ace for don bluth's involvement

1 year ago

9: The Last Resort might qualify: Robert De Niro executive produced, art direction by Mark Ryden

1 year ago

@LSW Thanks a bunch! I had no idea he was a copywriter, or what a copywriter even was for that matter. lol Until I wikipediad the term just now, I mean. There's not a word for that in pt-BR. =P

1 year ago

maestro, mike oldfield
gaball screen, tetsuya komuro


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