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A Q&A with Samwise Didier!
A Q&A with Samwise Didier!
While attending the Blizzard press-conference in Irvine, California, our Editor-In-Chief Raistlin got a chance to talk with different members of the StarCraft 2 development team. He was able to sit down with Samwise Didier, the head of artwork at Blizzard, to ask him a few questions.
So are Queens the New Cerebrates?
- I have no idea.
What is your artwork like?
- It is mostly Blizzard style. All our artwork is kickass and we want it to be memorable. Terrans are a group of Texas hillbillies in the future, not boring and noble federation guys. That's some of our artwork style. Grindy.
Where do you get your inspiration from?
- Frank Frizetta whos is a Comic artist, a lot of the old D&D artists. Movies, comics, animals. You mostly come up with your own stuff though, as you can see on some of my anatomy.
How did you handle the Dark Templar design and the critique?
- It was a lot of people's favorite character, so it's hard to please everybody. Some people loved the new design, some hated it. It's the same as the wings on the Zerglings, some loved it some did not. Now it's removed. We will make the game so we think it's cool. It's a gut feeling.
We want to keep the original feel to the game, but not so it's like 2D in 1998. We wanted to update it and have a cooler look. The Zealot for example, now it doen't have its McDonalds archers on its armor, now it's more golden and cool. Aside from most of design tweaks, it is alot like the original.
The Queen is one of the biggest changes, it's no longer an umbrella looking creature, it's actually the "mother" of the Zerg base. It has much a more kick-ass look to it and is the "Queen" it should have been.
More to Come
Raistlin will be back shortly to provide us with some news on his day at the Blizzard press conference in Irvine, California. So stay tuned to GosuGamers for the lastest news on StarCraft 2!
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| Posted by: | Jon "Sp1ralArch1tect" Benn | |
| Date: | 1 year ago (Updated: 1 year ago) | |
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| "It's the same as the wings on the Zerglings, some loved it some did not. Now it's removed" ehhh... does have Zergling wings now or not ? ^^; |
| No the zerglings will not have wings |
| very nice! i couldn't see it in yesterday's low quality videos, but i sure think zerglings look better without them. in the news item at http://sc.gosugamers.net/news/8095-sc2-screenshots-of-the-zergs , they still have the wings. |
| ask them for hit&run please, I heard that hit&run will not be in sc2 |
| Samwise's artworks owns |
| #4 try read other news aswell..there is hit n run. |
| Hmm i see that too scorch now im kinda worried haha. I remember reading about it tho that they will be takin the wings off. Hopefully they do lings cant fly..... |
| Maybe the screens are just old and aren't in line with the current build. If that's the case and the zerglings are wingless we can rejoice! Also ironic he mentions the only two gripes I've had graphically with the game, the Dark Templar scythes and Zergling wings. Glad to see our voice was heard. |
| Zeals SUK ! they look stupid and the whole artwork direction of the toss is stupid - they turned them into pointy snouted scalecovered ant eaters |
| Yeah yeah yeah, bring us SC2 aka the Starcraft D&D edition, plzzz..... lol.. |
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