Part of my graduate studies also included game design. At the time I took the classes for fun but I found out that game design became a very needed part of my career in web.
Image 1 of 4: Video game character model created in 3D Studio Max and Photoshop.
Image 2 of 4: The character design at the time had to have a very low polygon count so to be able to run in video games properly.
Image 3 of 4: Another video game character that was later loaded and played on the Unreal game engine.
Image 4 of 4: The character had to look visually appealing from many views.