Fallout 3/Skyrim illustrator dies.

[deuxhero]

http://www.awesome-robo.com/2012/02/farewell-adam-adamowicz-visual-mind.html

Normally I wouldn't care, but 1:there is one very choice quote he used in an interview that sums up post Morrowind Bethesda perfectly that got mentioned in one of the various places using this as a source

"I love Lord of the Rings. It's gorgeous. And so how do you beat that? That's kind of what it came down to. How do you do something really cool in this genre, and have it be original and not ape all of these things?"

Yep, rather than take what makes LotR cool (a world that exists far beyond the needs of the plot) like Morrowind did, you take the superficial elements (Elfs!) like a plagiarist instead.

2: It tells me the guy who did Morrowind is no longer there. WHo was he and where is he now?

 

[Elrond Hubbard]

We all mourn the loss of such a gifted and visionary potato.

 

[Harold]

I saw the previous thread on this was retardoed (why?) and I didn't get a chance to say:

Serves him right for making super-mutants look like orcs.

Ahh, now I feel much better

 

[Multiple Sarcasm]

Yep, rather than take what makes LotR cool (a world that exists far beyond the needs of the plot) like Morrowind did, you take the superficial elements (Elfs!) like a plagiarist instead.

2: It tells me the guy who did Morrowind is no longer there. WHo was he and where is he now?

Well, Project Lead for Morrowind was

Spoiler

Todd Howard

. No wonder so many codexians praise it to high heavens.
And the Lead Designer for Morrowind was Ken Rolston, the lead creative visionary behind the masterpiece Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning.

 

[deuxhero]

But the Concept Artist that drew those neat loading screens?

 

[Multiple Sarcasm]

But the Concept Artist that drew those neat loading screens?

Ehrm, the loading screens were p. shitty, as I recall, featuring 2D shots of in-game monster models and stuffies.
The concept art for the game didn't pop up in the game, though, and was pretty awesome. The artist was Michael Kirkbride.

 

[shihonage]

How come I can't find his cause of death anywhere? He wasn't exactly 80.

 

[Stinger]

The comments on NMA make it sound like cancer.

 

[poocolator]

Kind of like Bethesda's the cancer and the gaming industry's dying from it?

 

[Jack]

How come I can't find his cause of death anywhere? He wasn't exactly 80.

Lithuanian hitmen.

 

[MetalCraze]

Fallout 3 and Skyrim had artists? Especially Fallout 3 which is buttfuck ugly

 

[toro]

Taste is subjective. Death is definitive. And this is a penis competition ...

 

[Menckenstein]

One down...

 

[Black]

And he didn't take down toddler down with him.
Pollacks sure know how to die in vain.

 

[Menckenstein]

I guess you could say that his health... declined.

 

[Comrade Goby]

Looks like he took an arrow to the knee.

 

[Deleted member 7219]

Yep, rather than take what makes LotR cool (a world that exists far beyond the needs of the plot) like Morrowind did, you take the superficial elements (Elfs!) like a plagiarist instead.

2: It tells me the guy who did Morrowind is no longer there. WHo was he and where is he now?

Well, Project Lead for Morrowind was

Spoiler

Todd Howard

. No wonder so many codexians praise it to high heavens.
And the Lead Designer for Morrowind was Ken Rolston, the lead creative visionary behind the masterpiece Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning.

Rolston is such a shitbag. I can't believe he had anything to do with Morrowind, since he did such awful work on Oblivion and KoA: Reckoning. Bethesda got better after he left.

 

[reaven]

rip in pice, I wonder if his gravestone is a shit looking too.

 

[curry]

Why was my thread retardoed but this thread is left alive? I think the mods are after me

 

[Dantus12]

RIP Adam.
Guess some higher force needed someone with a stellar grasp on composition.

People not knowing about a concept artists limits within the final product in the year 2012, and the believe that art is not dictated by asset performance , He delivered the absolute maximum within the material limits given to Him, because materials affect performance in a equal manner or even worse than polygon count, on all platforms.
So many strange believes about games on gaming forums , and so many myths .

Obshitian created "awesome" art after Bethesda provided them a straw to prevent them from drowning in the productive shit they were in, before Bethesda gave them 70% of the assets to recolor and retexture for their "masterpiece" NV.

http://www.adamart08.blogspot.com/

 

[DraQ]

Well, Project Lead for Morrowind was

Spoiler

Todd Howard

. No wonder so many codexians praise it to high heavens.

It's pretty apparent from how uncoordinated particular aspects of the game were in Morrowind (like premade spells and enchantements completely failing to account for how spell effects actually work), that whoever was there to coordinate the team was busy sniffing paint thinner and generally not leaving his happy place instead. This person being Todd it was still better than the alternative, I guess.

And the Lead Designer for Morrowind was Ken Rolston, the lead creative visionary behind the masterpiece Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning.

Main concept artist was Kirkbride, though, and he was also responsible for good chunk of the lore.

 

[Ion Prothon II]

I don't understand why previous thread about Adamowicz ended up in retardo zone.
http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/inde...e-f3-super-mutants-look-like-shit-died.69289/