Warcry got a three-pages interview with Ben Boos, ex-Blizzard North artist. He drew some early sketches of Diablo III before departing. It is interesting to those who seek a job opportunity with Blizzard. He reveals he met Max Schaefer at the Blizzard North booth in the Game Developer's Convention. All it takes is to approach someone from Blizzard with the best of your work. Doors can open. Make sure to bring your work and a resume at BlizzCon on October 10th. From the interview we learn that Michio Okamura was the creator of the original character design of Diablo. Ben Boos published a book full of sword illustrations. Make sure to check it out at your favorite bookstore.
WC: Could you please introduce yourself for the WarCry community?
Ben: Greetings! My name is Ben Boos. I'm an author and illustrator with a past in game development. I spent nearly 8 years in the trenches at Blizzard North during a fabulous time of that company's history. Then I took the adventure a step further: I leaped and pursued a crazy dream.
For the last several years I've been pouring my heart into the crafting of a book that I hope gamers will like. It's called SWORDS: An Artist's Devotion, published by Candlewick Press. My crazy dream has now come true; thoughts have turned into things, and now the book has released! I can't tell you what I'm going through. WooooHooo! It's a very scary, exciting time. So hello everyone! Sorry I'm freaking out; it's awesome to be here!
A common revision that I remember being involved with was the effort to make stuff look aged and gritty. When art assets looked too clean and new, I'd often be called in to paint grime and grit on them, whether it was dungeon walls, or weapons.
I think it's opposite of it now.Blizz wants artists to make arts more clean and new
Ben Boos is a really cool guy. He puts a lot of effort in developing personal connections with his audience, which is something that means a lot to many fans. I know he registered an account on EoN (I'm sure some of you recognize that acronym) and had his own topic where he responded to nearly every post for 7+ pages.
Hell, we even chatted of Facebook for a while. Haha.
Something you all might chuckle at (or bang your head against a table because of):
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Benny, you must tell us: What was the purpose of the chatgem?
Max Schaefer and I were sitting around kidding about it - that it looked like a button... so I made it clickable, as a joke to drive people crazy. I think a programmer added a little mischief to it. I forget what it does, or says, when you click it long enough, but something happens.
http://www.blizzplanet.com
To answer your question, I'm pretty sure that it's "at"
Thank you very much man.
O and his next book I'm sure will be awesome.
Hell, we even chatted of Facebook for a while. Haha.
Something you all might chuckle at (or bang your head against a table because of):
...in areas that aren't supposed to be destroyed and evil...
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