A concept art from Red Dead Redemption 2 shared by former Rockstar senior art director was discovered two months after it was posted.
An undiscovered concept art album for Red Dead Redemption 2 was uploaded to ArtStation by a former Rockstar designer Daren Bader. The album was published two months ago, but was only recently discovered by the user deadasdisco on the website GTAForums.
Uploaded by the former Senior Art Director, the album showed an interesting perspective on the creative process behind one of Rockstar’s best games. O Red Dead Redemption 2 The art collection gave fans an insight into the early designs of the characters and locations in the game. Although the game received less support from Rockstar with its standalone Red Dead Online release, many fans still value the Red Dead Redemption 2 plot. With fans praising the game for its beautiful graphics and expansive world, it is no surprise that the discovery of conceptual art has been valued by many. Red Dead Redemption 2 is the most popular game for digital photography, so seeing the initial concept art feels like an exclusive interview.
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Unfortunately, the ArtStation album linked to the GTAForum post was deleted. The album itself shows no change in the game, but the beautiful concept art was labeled with names that may have been characteristic of the game. On the one hand, there are two images that, once downloaded, would be saved as “scaling”. This may have been a resource for the gameplay of the original storyline. Red Dead Redemption 2. The album also shows the first designs of some characters, the most prominent being Arthur Morgan.
Finding the initial concept design for main character Arthur Morgan is an exciting discovery for Red Dead Redemption 2 fans. Other images of Colonel Henry Favors and two other gentlemen were also found alongside the main character. Despite praise for his single-player campaign, he was left behind by the developers because of his multiplayer counterpart. Red Dead Online took Rockstar’s attention away of the single player campaign. Rockstar supported the Red Dead Online community with dedicated servers, similar to GTA Online.
Knowing that Rockstar has no plans to create a DLC for single player campaigns, anything new to the Red Dead Redemption 2 lore is welcome by fans. Although the album was deleted, some concept art was happily shared on the site and saved by discovered users. The initial conceptual art is interesting to look at, especially when compared to the final versions of the characters and locations. Fans crossed their fingers over a Rockstar art book to showcase the amazing concept art and the work that came from it. Hopefully, one of these albums and art books will be released in the future.
Red Dead Redemption 2 is now available for PC, PS4, Stadia and Xbox One, with PS5 and Xbox Series X / S versions coming in 2021.
Source: deadasdisco / GTAForums
