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So now you have heard about Age of Empires Online, and have seen that it takes us back to the time period of the original Age of Empires. From an art direction standpoint, we took a look back at the roots of the original game as well. Before I get into the ‘nuts and bolts’ of the factors that made up the look of our most recent game, I wanted to give a little background and my personal history with the Age of Empires Franchise, because I'm personally very excited about revisiting ancient times.
Age of Empires was the first game I had ever loved.
I was addicted! READ MORE
There are so many cool things to do with the fantasy theme, it's hard to decide on just one. A few weeks ago, I started going through some of my reference images to see what I might want to sculpt and I came across this really cool concept by Jeff Murchie of a bugbear. I did a little research on what exactly a bugbear was and found that they can sometimes be mercenaries and that every once in a while they take people as slaves. So I thought it would be cool to have him holding a woman in chains. I was very influenced by Jeff Murchie's design but also added some of my own elements. I hope you guys like it!
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Hello Everyone,
This is my contribution to the fantasy theme. I have always loved the fantasy genre and this is my attempt at a Warrior. I had no intention of having him resemble a Warcraft character but it definitely ended up going down that road. READ MORE
Hey guys,
Drew here, nice to meet ya. I'm glad I could get in on the Fantasy Theme, it's definitely my favorite subject matter. Nothing better than sitting down and drawing goblins and dragons and all manner of disgusting beasties. So here's a Forest Wyrm about to munch on the Last Unicorn- hope y'all like it!
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First of all, it feels like I've been away from Art Bot Central forever. I'm sorry that I missed such a great theme with the Monster Topic, but the art department represented with some amazing stuff as always.
But now, I'm back to help kick-start our new theme, Fantasy.
Before I ever knew much about PC games, I knew about comics and Dungeons and Dragons. I forced my will in my graphic design courses while in college by doing dragons and superheroes when I was supposed to be doing corporate advertisements and company logos. I have always had a soft spot for the fantasy genre.
With this piece in particular, I wanted to do a piece inspi ... READ MORE
