Icewind Dale: Environment Art-8003

When I worked in Black Isle I was tasked with taking scene models and texturing, lighting, and/or hand painting environment screens. This image represents the entire explorable scene. When playing the game this image was actually more than one screen worth of background art. Usually I would place a couple of basic textures on the 3D model, render a few passes in different materials (like rock and stone), then I would paint the rest quickly by hand in photoshop. I completed one of these scenes every 1-3 days.

The game was originally released on June 29, 2000, and re-released on steam on October 30, 2014