Life is Strange is one of the most beautiful games, released last year. One of the biggest features of this project is the way the developers approached the visuals. Dontnod Entertainment took Unreal Engine 3 and used it to build artistic renditions of the Pacific Northwest. The environments in this game are quite remarkable to say the least. They have the incredible atmosphere of the tired, autumn-like Twin Peaks or smth. To understand the creative vision behind the game, you definitely need to study the concept art of Edouard Caplain. (There are SPOILERS ahead. You have been warned.)

Edouard Caplain is an incredibly talented artist. He worked on a number of great projects, including the cancelled game The Outsider from Frontier Developments and Alien: Isolation from The Creative Assembly. However, at DONTNOD Entertainment he managed to create a real masterpiece.

Let’s have a look at some of the concepts Edouard created for Life is Strange and compare them to the screenshots from within the game. The results are actually stunning. The art of Edouard is actually almost pixel per pixel transported into the final game!